GoodBye my Buddy
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12/26/19 11:46 PM
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Just got back from having my lab put down.This was one of the hardest things I have ever done. 3 months shy of 15 years old is a long life for a black lab,but way to short when he was your best buddy.Whenever I did a convention or was gone,my wife always said Phoenix is sleeping at the top of the stairs,waiting for you.Whenever I opened that door ,when arriving home,he was there tail beating the door -and so glad to see me. If I was sitting on the couch,he would get the upper half of his 95 pound body onto my lap,and then he would nod off to sleep with his back legs on the floor. I never worried about my wife if I was gone,her #1 protector was on guard. I have had dogs for my entire life,and they were all good dogs,but none as lovable and as loyal as my lab About 6 months ago he must have had a couple of strokes.About a month ago his hind legs started to go.I helped hi up and down the patio steps,so he could go out. A couple days ago,his hind legs gave out twice in the kitchen and he was unable to get up without my help. With no hope of him getting over his problems and fearing he would break his legs and suffer even more,I had the vet put down my buddy.I stayed with him and kept petting his head and talking to him long after his heart stopped beating. Phoenix was a gift to our lives and he gave himself so fully GoodBye my Buddy. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 12:00 AM
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Sad deal for sure it never gets any easier on a person.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 12:29 AM
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 12:30 AM
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Sad day, sorry for your loss.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 01:08 AM
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When I got home from the vet and Phoenix wasn't there to greet me,I headed to the kitchen to see if he was checking it out for scraps.Later at supper my wife had toast and chicken scraps off to the side of her plate --which she always did for our buddy. Its going to be hard to get used to no dog around .we have had one the entire 41 years we have been married. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 01:24 AM
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Just like you Tom, all the dogs I've had were good dogs but once in a blue moon there is a real extra-special bond with a dog. You just lost family there.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 01:34 AM
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I'm so sorry about your friend. My sincerest condolences. As a Christian, in researching near death experiences, I have come across stories of people who mention pets in Heaven. One which touched me was a person noticed a horse and a dog looking into the distance and was told, they were waiting for their master who would arrive. I believe good animals are cherished by God and like the lion and the lamb will be in Heaven for us to meet up on that forever plain. I also believe God does not waste millions of wild animals as they all serve his purpose and Heaven is a big place and those herds of buffalo to wildebeest are there too. I believe good people have good animals, and impart their spirit into them. When my setter died, I jumped with a start a few weeks later when I felt her nose touch my hand which I had draped over the back of the chair. She always did this and for one of those stories people can believe or not, my brother who lives a state away, said he woke up one morning early and he swears my girl was sitting there. It is hard to have a friend like that not around in this physical world, but I do believe we will be rejoined with them later. My deepest sympathies.
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 01:42 AM
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So sorry for your loss Tom.
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Re: GoodBye my Buddy
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12/27/19 01:56 AM
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Hang in there a great dog is family just like our kids special one's even more so some day's I think it's those darn eye's they have that pierce our soul and wiggle and squirm into our hearts and the total excitement to see us every time we walk in the door or go out to the kennel or go hunting or fishing or a training day on the water getting covered in water each time they shake off ! Allan
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