MilliesMom

Hey, Animalover 44--Where do you live? Remind me to stay away!

Sorry about your loss. It was very hard to hang up Millie's ornament, too. I put a big gold bow on her favorite bear and put it on Santa's chair.

AnimalLover44-- Your kids are adorable!

Today I thought that had it not been for Daisy Mae's passing (our German Shepherd mix), we wouldn't have had Millie. I know there's someone else out there, but it's been 4 months, and I still can't throw away her toothbrush. Her Odie food bowl still sits by the fridge. The last box of her Milk Bones (now empty becaue of strays) sits in her bag of food (also used by strays). This may sound stupid, but every once-in-awhile, I ask Millie to send me another special friend when the time is right.

Is it just me (since Millie was my only) or do the rest of you find your moods going up and down during this holiday season? First I feel happy that my dog has no pain, then I feel horribly sad that I've lost more than a dog-- I've lost a friend who I had for over 13 years. Then I start thinking that there's someone else out there for me, and I'll wonder where she's been all this time when she finally comes to me. THEN I start thinking about the comparisons I'll be making between the two, and that will make me hurt even more. It was four months ago yesterday that Millie went to the Bridge. Sometimes I just want the pain to go away, but I don't want it to go away completely because I'd feel too far from her. Does any of this make sense?

Shame on the people who did this to her! I'm so glad she found you. You made her life special.

So very sad. At least she knew love and the last couple of days of her life were happy ones.

Just found out that the Morris Animal Research Foundation will be matching the first $4500 collected by the Greyhound Project for cancer research until 3/03. Here's the link: http://www.adopt-a-greyhound.org/misc/tgp-cancer.html

That poem nearly left me speechless. Seniors are big 'ol snugglebunnies. Ours lived until she was nearly 15.

There is a Bridge ceremony that's held privately or in chat around the world on Monday nights at 10 pm ET. The ceremony is on the site in several different languages. You also can list your pets in the database which now has 62,000 names. There's also a section for pets with special needs. It's a beautiful ceremony with prayers not only for our and special needs pets, but also for those furbabies who are strays, the subjects of experiments or abuse, and so forth. The site is: www.petloss.com.

Thank you, everyone. My son says he can't stand looking at dogs because it's so painful. At least they grew up together.

This is so sad! She was a beautiful girl.

My sincerest condolences. The picture under my name is of our dog, Millie, who we had to put to sleep 8/19. We're still devastated. I've buried six dogs and six cats, and it never gets easier. Have you discovered www.petloss.com? There is a Monday night Bridge ceremony around the world. There are over 62,000 names in the database. You also can add a tribute to your pet. Saying a prayer for Millie every week and all the ones who went before them (as well as those who are ill or wandering or abused) helps me. I still have a good cry. Take care.

I'm so sorry. We had to put Millie to sleep 4 days before you lost your dog. I still can't throw out her toothbrush or move her food bowl or even donate her food, although I do give some to strays.

For some reason, her picture isn't up below my name yet, but we had to put our one and only grey, Millie, to sleep on August 19th, just 10 days before her 15th birthday. We had been given her by her owner-breeder, who used to throw her over her shoulder and carry her around. Although Mil's dad earned $275,000 in racing, she bumped on the track and only ran 3 races. Our German Shepherd mix was found dead in the backyard one morning, and our then-little boy wanted a new dog right away. I wanted to wait, but the breeder who had a day job with my hubby offered us Mil (RM's Hope) only 3 1/2 weeks after Daisy Mae's death. I remember Millie running out of the mobile home and around the track, and Steven fell in love. I was a bit resentful because it was so early still, but it didn't take me long to fall in love with her either. I didn't realize that greys really were hounds, and the first night she was home, she howled and howled because we had barricaded her into the family room with the tile floor. (We didn't know whether she was housebroken yet.) Finally, I decided to go lie on the couch with her, and soon, I felt this big 'ol dog move right next to me and put her big 'ol arm right around me, and that was that. As I'm chronically ill and homebound most of the time, Millie was a great comfort to me, and her loss has been extremely difficult. I've buried six dogs and six cats in my life, and the loss of a furbaby never gets easier.

What an absolute doll! I'm so sorry for your loss. We had to put our Millie to sleep in August. I still cry sometimes.