General His Support Dog Died

[scout86]

I've got to say the same thing. My veterinarian called me a week after Winnie died, to say they had a young dog in need of a home. Did I want to meet him? He's a great dog! Not Winnie, to be sure, but I'm glad he's here.

 

[Deleted member 28740]

My vet is wrestling with desperately wanting another dog and feeling disloyal to his best mate. I hope he decides to get a pup

In no way do I feel disloyal to Bella. In my heart she is imbedded. Can I replace her, NO. Can I love another pal, YES. Need YES.

I chose a different looking pal so that it would not be a visual reaction and expectation and realization (wham). New pal is a lab retriever mix (as was Bella), but 2/3 the size, and not black. Mostly white below and a gorgeous brindle saddle and head. Caramel speckles through the white. She is a still on the puppy side of 1 year old. A lot of good work and distraction with getting to know each other and training. Bella was serious, this one a clown. Both loved and loving.

 

[Sighs]

Spoke to the breeder again last night. There are at least two bitch pups. He is going to send through some photos. We are both just too exhausted to cry anymore for our lost little one. We talked this morning about how sad we are feeling. In some ways the hollow sadness is worse than the wracking sobs. So unfair for him to lose her at only two!

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Oh god! I am so sorry! It feels like a whole new level of horrible to loose a support animal of any kind! And so young!

I am glad the breeder has two canidates!

 

[Buttercup]

I'm so sorry! :cry::hug:

 

[Deleted member 28740]

Check in as you are waiting on the pup. How are you both?

 

[Sighs]

@Changeling - thank you so much for checking in. It means a lot.

Sigh! He's still grieving so hard. We went away this weekend as we had pre-arranged it with my boss. It was a great weekend in a lot of ways, but I know him well enough to see the sadness just below the surface. When we got home and of course his little dog wasn't there he was angry and verbally abused me. He did apologise afterwards.

This morning as I was leaving to go to work I could hear him sobbing. I went back in and sat with him for a bit. He told me to go and I could hear him howling and keening from the driveway.

During the weekend we were talking about a future event and I said "what about the dogs?" and he said "what dogs? we only have one" so I don't know if he has gone off the idea of the pup or if he just doesn't want to acknowledge the "replacement" or what is going through his mind.

This really is one of the cruellest things I've ever witnessed. Why did this horrible random loss have to happen to him?