Just seen this Prague....Mrs RM and myself are so sorry........I have no words to comfort you, but you will met again at 'The Bridge' of that I am sure. Our thougts and prayers are with you. Run Free Arry until you meet again RIP
RIP Arry. So sorry to hear this Prague. Thoughts are with you Having an ailing 14 year old Golden Retriever myself, I cant imagine how difficult this loss will be.
I am so absolutely gutted to see your news Prague. I was hoping that you would have more time together but it was not to be. I can only imagine what you and your family are feeling right now but the pain will pass and the good memories will flood back. RIP Arry and all the very best Prague. Thinking of you.
@Pragueaddick Hi mate I have sent you an email......just re-read this thread and now I'm in tears.....sorry again to hear the news about Arry. Take care both of you.
I dont know you Prague but do know the pain you are going through. You gave it your best and I know Arry had a great life with you. As others have said, cherish the memories. Take care
So sorry to hear your sad news Prague. We all know how much Arry meant to you and your wife. I know how hard it is, but remember all the good times you all ad together and know he won't suffer any more.
So sorry for your loss Prague, like others I've been where you are now, it hurts like hell. It will get easier and it's true, you'll be left with so many memories that'll make you smile for years to come. You've been blessed to have such a loving companion touch your life.
I don't normally get involved in these kinds of threads, but I'm nearly in tears here.
So sorry to hear Arry has moved on Prague.
My wife and I are yet to have kids and got our first dog earlier this year - a rescued Lab/Husky who's just coming up to his first birthday. I've always considered myself a 'cat man' and we still have three of them, but despite all the chewed shoes, crapped on carpets and 3 am wake up calls to go pee Henry has become such an integral part of our lives it breaks my heart to think of him not being around. To us at least he does feel very much like our child.
Plenty of other people have already given you good advice on here but I thought I'd share my experience. When we lost one of our cats (she got run over while we were on holiday) we went and got two kittens not that long afterwards. We've never forgotten dear old Rosie and I still feel sad to think of her - she was so nervous when we got her and had worked so hard to bring her out from under the sofa (both metaphorically and literally) and she had just started to settle when we lost her. At first I felt kind of guilty that we 'replaced her' so quickly, but we've never forgotten her and I think it's more of a tribute to how deeply the fury ones can touch our lives that we feel we need to have another friend help fill the considerable void they leave when they move on.
Grieve in your own time but don't feel bad when it's time to give your love to a new companion, you'll never forget Arry and there are so many dogs out there in need of your care.
First I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all your messages of support. To those who wrote to me privately offering practical advice and support through experience, Thank you. To those who posted such beautiful poems, which comforted us even though they made us cry even more, Thank you. To those who surprised me by coming on to this thread when I would normally expect to find them in completely different types of thread, Thank you. To those who appeared here whose names I have never seen before on CL, Thank you. To those two wonderful guys who have made CL a place where such a thread would flourish, Thank you.
A small mercy is that my wife and I can at least control our working lives, so on Wednesday afternoon we sat down and lit candles, and just talked about Arry. After a while we managed to agree that there was nothing more we could have done, and that we should be thankful that my wife was able to be with him as he passed away. We didn't really eat much, but when we did there was a heartbreaking moment when we both realised the empty space next to my wife's chair, which would normally be occupied by Arry, silently hoping for a taste, even though he would have already had his own dinner. We went for the usual walk circuit after that too. We sat and collated all our photos of him, and read the messages of support, especially from all of you. My wife marvelled at how well British people can write in such circumstances, and that we could receive such kindness from people whom with just a couple of exceptions, I have never met. We just stayed this way deep into the evening, and I believe that this really helped us. We met our grief head on.
And as we finally felt ready to sleep, something wonderful happened. I should explain that my wife suffered an even worse tragedy a few years ago, when her father died in a car accident. In her grief in the following days she said "I looked for a sign from him. A sign that his soul is up there. But I did not find one from him". As I went to the window sill to snuff out the candle there, I noticed another light, a bluish light. I looked up and saw that it was the light from the moon. We went up to the balcony to see a sight you hardly ever see in Prague in winter. A brilliantly clear starry night, with planes at cruising altitude leaving their trails above us. It felt like the Heavens had opened to let Arry in. And I reminded my wife that when her Dad died, the weather was brilliant soft clear sunshine, all the way through to his funeral. I said to her, this is the sign, and that was the sign from her dad then too.
So you have all stayed with us and showed so much understanding and support,which has made us stronger; and now I would like to pass this thread on to the next Lifer who will need it. For this is the thing with our pets, they will pass away, and leave us in grief. This thread is not just for us, but for all of you who live with and love a pet. If someone else's pet should fall, and you spot that before me, please resurrect this thread for them. And in the meantime, cherish every day with them.
Prague, lovely words mate. I just looked down at my boy and thought what would I do, in early February we expect our next addition to be born and he will run alongside Bailey and obviously at four years younger he should see me too my 70th birthday if I make it. You and your wife will decide if and when the time Is right, if I had to wager I'd say you'll be sitting there one evening and to each other," this is all very nice but something's missing" I know Redmidland's boy will make sure no harm comes of Arry while he waits at the bridge. "Run free Arry" x
Beautiful post PA, got a bit choked reading that. Animals can truly give so much to our lives and sorry if it's a cliche but can touch our very souls. Cherish your memories. As for signs I totally agree. Some may know but my dad died just before Christmas and it was a grey, cloudy day when we gathered to say goodbye. When we came out of the crematorium there was one of the most vivid rainbows I've ever seen. It meant the world to those who saw it. I guess we look for comfort where we can find it.
Lost my own dog Jess this morning a beautiful border collie...had her 11 years since the day I moved from woolwich to Ireland. It was so sudden she started to get sick last weekend after a change of medication to help her degenerative spine disease and it sent her downhill fast not sure what happened this morning she just started shaking and drifted of a couple of minutes later....to say I'm devastated is an understatement....dogs just really are the best friends you can get they don't hold grudges when u tell them off all they want to do is please you....I really do feel for everyone on here who's lost a pet....the only thing I can say is I think losing her is a small price to pay for the 11 and a half years of complete joy she's given me...rip Jess
Very sorry that you've lost Jess Danny. Those are lovely thoughts in your post, with which all contributors to this thread will whole-heartedly agree. You were both lucky to have each other for such a long time. Cherish the memories.
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So sorry to hear this Prague. Thoughts are with you
Having an ailing 14 year old Golden Retriever myself, I cant imagine how difficult this loss will be.
Take care
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So sorry to hear Arry has moved on Prague.
My wife and I are yet to have kids and got our first dog earlier this year - a rescued Lab/Husky who's just coming up to his first birthday. I've always considered myself a 'cat man' and we still have three of them, but despite all the chewed shoes, crapped on carpets and 3 am wake up calls to go pee Henry has become such an integral part of our lives it breaks my heart to think of him not being around. To us at least he does feel very much like our child.
Plenty of other people have already given you good advice on here but I thought I'd share my experience. When we lost one of our cats (she got run over while we were on holiday) we went and got two kittens not that long afterwards. We've never forgotten dear old Rosie and I still feel sad to think of her - she was so nervous when we got her and had worked so hard to bring her out from under the sofa (both metaphorically and literally) and she had just started to settle when we lost her. At first I felt kind of guilty that we 'replaced her' so quickly, but we've never forgotten her and I think it's more of a tribute to how deeply the fury ones can touch our lives that we feel we need to have another friend help fill the considerable void they leave when they move on.
Grieve in your own time but don't feel bad when it's time to give your love to a new companion, you'll never forget Arry and there are so many dogs out there in need of your care.
First I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all your messages of support. To those who wrote to me privately offering practical advice and support through experience, Thank you. To those who posted such beautiful poems, which comforted us even though they made us cry even more, Thank you. To those who surprised me by coming on to this thread when I would normally expect to find them in completely different types of thread, Thank you. To those who appeared here whose names I have never seen before on CL, Thank you. To those two wonderful guys who have made CL a place where such a thread would flourish, Thank you.
A small mercy is that my wife and I can at least control our working lives, so on Wednesday afternoon we sat down and lit candles, and just talked about Arry. After a while we managed to agree that there was nothing more we could have done, and that we should be thankful that my wife was able to be with him as he passed away. We didn't really eat much, but when we did there was a heartbreaking moment when we both realised the empty space next to my wife's chair, which would normally be occupied by Arry, silently hoping for a taste, even though he would have already had his own dinner. We went for the usual walk circuit after that too. We sat and collated all our photos of him, and read the messages of support, especially from all of you. My wife marvelled at how well British people can write in such circumstances, and that we could receive such kindness from people whom with just a couple of exceptions, I have never met. We just stayed this way deep into the evening, and I believe that this really helped us. We met our grief head on.
And as we finally felt ready to sleep, something wonderful happened. I should explain that my wife suffered an even worse tragedy a few years ago, when her father died in a car accident. In her grief in the following days she said "I looked for a sign from him. A sign that his soul is up there. But I did not find one from him". As I went to the window sill to snuff out the candle there, I noticed another light, a bluish light. I looked up and saw that it was the light from the moon. We went up to the balcony to see a sight you hardly ever see in Prague in winter. A brilliantly clear starry night, with planes at cruising altitude leaving their trails above us. It felt like the Heavens had opened to let Arry in. And I reminded my wife that when her Dad died, the weather was brilliant soft clear sunshine, all the way through to his funeral. I said to her, this is the sign, and that was the sign from her dad then too.
So you have all stayed with us and showed so much understanding and support,which has made us stronger; and now I would like to pass this thread on to the next Lifer who will need it. For this is the thing with our pets, they will pass away, and leave us in grief. This thread is not just for us, but for all of you who live with and love a pet. If someone else's pet should fall, and you spot that before me, please resurrect this thread for them. And in the meantime, cherish every day with them.
Richard and Hana.
I just looked down at my boy and thought what would I do, in early February we expect our next addition to be born and he will run alongside Bailey and obviously at four years younger he should see me too my 70th birthday if I make it. You and your wife will decide if and when the time Is right, if I had to wager I'd say you'll be sitting there one evening and to each other," this is all very nice but something's missing"
I know Redmidland's boy will make sure no harm comes of Arry while he waits at the bridge. "Run free Arry" x
As for signs I totally agree. Some may know but my dad died just before Christmas and it was a grey, cloudy day when we gathered to say goodbye. When we came out of the crematorium there was one of the most vivid rainbows I've ever seen. It meant the world to those who saw it. I guess we look for comfort where we can find it.
Take care.
Take care & stay strong.
She was obviously a beautiful dog and a special friend to you .
Take care & be strong
Treasure the memories. She will always be there in your heart.
RIP Jess