Sad day for Bushwhacker

[gwh200]

really sad to hear
deepest sympathy to you and yours

[The Lang-Shankit Scunner]

i know i dont know either of you, but feel compelled to offer my sympathy's also, its amazing how attached we become no matter how much we think we won't be. I gather from other posts that you have a wee one on the way, well in my experience you wont have time to think, all of a suuden your life goes upside down (in a good way), theres no settling in period. Focus on the baby because the rewards are so unparalelled, and the feeling of attachment cant be equalled.

I can't say i know how you feel cos were all different, but i have been through similar, remember Time is a wonderfull healer, although you may need quite a bit of it.

Take care now

[Ace Piker]

Sad to hear of your loss, have a couple of spaniels so know how much she meant. As you say at least it was quick and she went happy.
Take care guys

[TonyN]

Our condolences guys.

[stormforce]

Sorry to that Vince but as you know we lost one of our dogs on Monday and know exactly how you all are feeling.It is like losing a child especially when you've had the dog for a few years and its strange at feeding times when you know she has gone but still go to pickup/put down the food bowl or calling them to go out to the toilet before bedtime

[BIG GENERAL]

sorry to hear of your loss just remember the good times you had i know how hard it is to lose a great companion

[llcool dave]

Really sorry to hear about that mate, i know what its like, and how painful it is, they are the best companions in the world they dont care what time you come staggering in or how much money you throw at your surf,they just wanna love ya and be loved back lost my labrador 2 years ago still miss him.

[pirate-storm]

sorry to hear just remember all the good times you had together

[slydog]

oh sorry mate

sorry to hear that vince im sure shes running about chasing rabbits in rainbow bridge . all our condolances mate i know exactly how you are feeling . 8 years is about the dreaded age now . dcm dilated cardio mylopathy the heart condition you are talking about is prevalent in european line dobermanns . we are doing all we can with random testing to try and dilute the problem . keep thinking of your girl she will be in your hearts forever

[Diezel Weazel]

Sorry to hear of ya loss Vince & Family, it's a while since this happened to us but we know how ya feel.... Commiserations all
Jess

[AuldNick]

However hard you try not to get too close to the hairy monsters they always sneak under your skin and get entwined in life every fekin day, every walk, every dinner time........

Even the hardest farmer/hunter who "never" got close to his dog can name every one he owned since he was a child.

Kinda like family get togethers when the old photo's come out the drawer everybody remembers the long gone dogs but cant name the auntie's in the photo's.

8 years is sh!te but as mentioned before happy times for all without the horrible old age suffering and the dreaded trip for the jag that oor Ann's planning for me.

Never ever be without a dog!

[joymic]

sorry to here of u loss, like u say they are one of the family and missed just the same, i wonder how the other dog is feeling, probley the same as u two. our hearts go out to all. mick & joy

[plumb bob]

Sorry to hear about your loss Bushy, I've been there myself and so have most dog owners, so we know the sadness you feel, when my last dog died 12 years ago I cried like a baby, and it took me 10 years to get another one, and he has taken some of that pain away, although I'll never forget Toby, life goes on, and time as they say is a great healer.

Remember the happy times, and be glad that there was no prolonged suffering, and that although her life was short, it was happy.

Commiserations.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Hi people, thanks for all of your warm replys.
Harry (other Doberman) has been keeping our spirits up over the week-end and so far doesn't seem to be missing Jess, probably 'cos he's lapping up all the one-on-one attention.

It was so gut-wrenching to see our 'little girl' (jess) running around with Harry with her usual relentless energy one minute, then just sit down suddenly, seemingly all giddy then trying to stand up and then sit down again. I went over to her to calm her down and told her to lie down to catch her breath for a few minutes, then we walked slowly back to the truck, her head held low, when she collapsed exhaused while I was securing Harry. It was at this point I think she finally died, but I don't think she was in any pain, it was just as though her 'battery' had run out and she just faded away.
Went straight to our vets and they confirmed it was a basically a heart attack due to a weakness in her heart.

Anyway, onwards and upwards as they say, we have loads of videos and photos of Jess so she'll never be forgotten just very sadly missed.

[mrsurf]

yes dont know you mate but same as the other lads here know how you must be feeling , same as bob cried like a baby and took me aso around ten years to get another one broke my hart my last one was 9 years old had epilepsy had a fitt one night went with a hart atack ` ten years later i tried a diferant breed alltogether and my best mate is now little albert my border terrier "keep your chin up mate" we all feel your pain