him over there said:
Daystar Clarion said:
him over there said:
Jeez... well my condolences daystar. In my short lifetime I've had to go through two dog's deaths. I hope you had some fun with her before she passed away. I have a new one now, only two years old and things have been okay. Anyway I know you must be going through some hard times but just remember that things always get better eventually.
Thanks man.
This is the death of my second dog, the first was around 1998.
My third dog is on her lonesome now, but I can see a new puppy coming into the house in the future.
I love dogs, the years you spend with them are well worth the heart break.
I know, the one thing that always gets me is that I feel guilty getting a new one. It makes them feel expendable to me, if you know where I'm coming from. Sometimes while we were debating about getting a new dog I thought that I'd never want to get a dog again because I knew that it would be inevitable I'd have to go through that again.
Yeah, I can't help that we've got into a bad habit.
We got our second dog (Rosie) when my first dog was quite old, so when she died, Rosie went into depression, so we got another dog which perked her right up.
My third dog hasn't noticed yet and I'm not sure if she will, but is she does, we'll probably get another puppy, and the cycle continues. Old dogs dying, leaving the young ones to mourn then puppies brought in to cheer up the dogs left behind etc etc.
I think we may end up getting two puppies, to try and break the cycle.