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my dog is in doggy heaven now

Aww, I'm sorry. How long did you have him/her for?

my mom had him when he was born and when my parents got divorced my dad was taking care of him he was getting close to 13 years old...but... my dad had him put to sleep a little bit ago cuz he wasent doing good he was just suffering

That's cool that you guys had him for so long. He got to spend time with all of you. My neighbor had to put hers down b/c of health too, she was going blind and such. At least he's not suffering anymore. Remember the good times.

i just wish i could of said goodbye to him....

My dog died around last Christmas. I do wish I had been there, too, though, when we last parted, I knew it would likely be the last time I would see her. It's always sad when your awesome fuzzball (or not-so fuzzball) leaves this world. You have my sympathies.

edit-i just wish i could of said goodbye to him....

Right. Did you guys bury or cremate him? Either way you can still "talk" to him. (where ever you are really.) Animals are living, they have souls. I bet he can hear you.

Aww, I'm sorry Striker. Holidays somehow make it sadder don't they? My thoughts go out to both of you.

My first cat ran away when I was little, I had another at one point we got from a lady who was moving to an apartment and couldn't take him. My grandparents gave him away to the humane society when he bit my grandpa's arm (my grandpa was trying to get him into a carrying case b/c my mom was going to be keeping him while we were on vacation. I live with my grandparents.) So it wasn't really the cat's fault..he was just freaked out and it wasn't like he had rabies or anything...Other then that I've only had goldfish die..one jumped out of it's bowl..found it on the ground the next morning. I was like 11 or 12. I know fish aren't really the same as pets like cats or dogs, but it made me sad..fishie suicide.

Man, losing your pet is always tough. But in the end, you'll smile whenever you think of the good times you spent with him/her.

That's the sad thing about having pets, the die.

Yeah, but all living things die. Not to be morbid. Like Christiaan said, just have to treasure the good times and keep the memories.

This thread is making me miss all the loved ones (including fishies) I've lost. Not that I don't miss them anyways, just making me think about it more.

Recently, our cat (which we had raised since he was born) had dissapeared for a while. At first we thought it was just him going otu for a little while as he usually does. But days passed and we still hadn't seen him. We went out to look for him, my younger siblings (6 and 7 years) couldn't find him. My father found him, lying by the highway that runs by the back of our house. He didn't tell my siblings. My mother wen't out to check and came back saying, it was him. My parents told me not to tell my brother or sister what had happened.

A week later, my sister still calls out for him, and the mother cat still seems depressed. He was only six months old.

At first I felt sad, but then I thought of all the good times we had. After all, how could you not laught at a cat named Shoulder Cat... Yeah, long story short when he was born my sister wanted to call him "Ben" my mother wanted to call him "George", but I always used to carry him on my shoulder, so I called him "Shoulder Cat". The name just stuck, and eventually we all started calling him Shoulder Cat. He even came when called.

Despite being so young, we had so much good time together.

i had a dog named ayla she was a beutifull german shepard, i loved her like a sister, my parents got her before i was even born she was also like a nanny to me and my sis as we were growing up, she never let us out of her sight when we went outside to play, she was a loyal smart and obedient dog, she got along great with our cat too. ther used to cuddle up together at night. i miss my dog she was my best friend. she died happy and free when we moved to raro, the whole family cried when she died.

I might not understand perfectly how you feel, cause I don't like animals all that much. But I still feel sorry for you.

This thread brings back so many happy memories. Like when I saw puppies being born, holding a newborn kitten, being licked all over as they swarm ya... (Wipes tears from eyes) Watching kittens play fight, cuddling up with a puppy or kitten. Good memories. :')

Sorry to hear about your dog bornfree, I remeber you said in the chat that he wasn't well

Fireball your Shoulder Cat reminds me of ours: when our cat had kittens we said we were definitely getting rid of them at eight weeks old, better not get too attached, so we just called them Number One, 2, 3, 4.

Almost nine years later and they have the same names

about mabey 5 or 6 years ago me and my dad were sitting outside and i heard a kitten meowing and i went and told my mom and then my dad told her and she came outside and there was a little kitten on the other side of the fence i tryed to get her but she backed away and my mom tryed to get her and picked her up and took her inside the house. she was really skinny and scared. my dad let us keep her and we named her noel cause it was almost christmas.

and now shes fat i remember rolling her around the house in a book bag but now shes to fat to fit in it xD

She needs more exercise.

oh and mabey like 3 years ago me and my mom were at our pastors house and there was this stray cat they they were feeding and i went outside and i was petting it and i was stareing at my mom with tears going down my face and she let me keep her( ). she looked like she had been shot with a bb gun so we took her home (the car ride was painfull for me cause she clawed me up) we named her tasha and we keept her in my room so my dad wouldnt know but i eventual told him and he got mad but now she lives with my nehibors daughter cause we couldnt keep all the cats (i had 4 at the time) also did i mention we found her around christmas?

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yes, yes she dose

@Sparrowhawk:

You never got rid of them? We only kept one of our kittens, the first litter had six and the second litter had seven kittens, so we ended up giving away twelve kittens.

"You never got rid of them?"

Nope! 4 disappeared, 1 died, but 2 and 3 (and mother) are still with us

That has to be the number one cause of pet cat death... Cats and motorways just don't mix well together.

Dying: The number one cause of death in the universe.

No, that's beer, man, that's beer.