Me little dog turned sickly

[huskykev]

They steal your heart and then they break it... couldn’t be without one though!

[eggsarascal]

Last Summer we had three. The place feels empty now.

[Gary Prentice]

5 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

Last Summer we had three. The place feels empty now.

They’re part of the family Eggs, the feeling of loss never really goes away (but you know that)

im sorry mate.

[john meehan]

Sorry for you mate, it’s like having your arm whipped off.

[Billhook]

The Power of the Dog

THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day;  And when we are certain of sorrow in store,  Why do we always arrange for more?  Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware  Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy  Love unflinching that cannot lie Perfect passion and worship fed  By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.  Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,  And the vet's unspoken prescription runs  To lethal chambers or loaded guns,  Then you will find - it's your own affair, - But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will,  With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!),  When the spirit that answered your every mood  Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,  You will discover how much you care,  And will give your heart to a dog to tear! We've sorrow enough in the natural way,  When it comes to burying Christian clay.  Our loves are not given, but only lent,  At compound interest of cent per cent,  Though it is not always the case, I believe,  That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve;  For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,  A short-time loan is as bad as a long -  So why in - Heaven (before we are there)  Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

[Mark Bolam]

Really sorry Eggs.

Think of the good times mate.

[silky fox]

Sad news Mr Egg....

[skc101fc]

The Power of the Dog

THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day;  And when we are certain of sorrow in store,  Why do we always arrange for more?  Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware  Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy  Love unflinching that cannot lie Perfect passion and worship fed  By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.  Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,  And the vet's unspoken prescription runs  To lethal chambers or loaded guns,  Then you will find - it's your own affair, - But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will,  With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!),  When the spirit that answered your every mood  Is gone - wherever it goes - for good,  You will discover how much you care,  And will give your heart to a dog to tear! We've sorrow enough in the natural way,  When it comes to burying Christian clay.  Our loves are not given, but only lent,  At compound interest of cent per cent,  Though it is not always the case, I believe,  That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve;  For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,  A short-time loan is as bad as a long -  So why in - Heaven (before we are there)  Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

That's a beautiful piece of work you've found there Mr Billhook. Such true words, that go to the core of the bond between dog and man.
Mr Eggs, I feel your loss, but keep the sunshine and bounding dogs images in your mind. Anyone who is able to dismiss and forget didn't care.
Shaun

[forestboy1978]

Sorry for your loss. 

 

Mine hasn't got long. Had her since I was 24 and now I'm 40. She can still half see but is totally deaf and needs to be lifted in and out of vehicles and stairs. She's happy and not in pain it seems but I can't see here being around much longer. 

 

Really dreading the day.

[Billhook]

1 hour ago, skc101fc said:

That's a beautiful piece of work you've found there Mr Billhook. Such true words, that go to the core of the bond between dog and man.
Mr Eggs, I feel your loss, but keep the sunshine and bounding dogs images in your mind. Anyone who is able to dismiss and forget didn't care.
Shaun

Rudyard Kipling at his best.

My first Airedale pup in 1982 lived for sixteen years. The only dog I have never had to train by repetition.  Just to show her something once was enough.  Devastated after having to make the final dreadful decision ( why do they never die quietly in their sleep?) I went out straight away and bought the two Airedale sisters as pups, the two on my avatar in front of the dozer.  It seemed like a good decision as the old dog seemed to come back to life again in the two pups.  The last one of those two died a couple of years ago, again aged sixteen and I am still so upset that I cannot bring myself to buy another and go through it all again.