RIP Tina

[baymule]

You get a lot of history wrapped up in 14 years of a dog's life. Then suddenly, they are gone and you have memories. I am glad for her sake that she went quietly after having a good day. It is never easy.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

growing up i had a dog named Tina, she was a mutt but a good one. live to be about 18 years. i think back on that & remember my dad had a hard time getting over putting her down. only time i can think of when he cried. now with my dog he seems to love having Ein over for visits but he keeps saying he won't get another dog & prefers the visits. i don't know how i will take it when the time comes to put Ein down & i don't want to think on that now either. i just hope he goes pain free & feeling relief.

i'm glad your Tina could go on her own & seemed to have a good last day with you.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Rabbits I think we all made the mistake of waiting to long. Tina's mother Lola was my first Cavalier. I saw her at a dog show it was love at 1st sight. At 14 Lola's back legs became very weak, I pumped her full of inflammatory drugs, she would eat well wage her tail but often fall down and struggle to get back on her feet. 2x after watching her I made appointment at my vet. Both times right before appointment I would call and say I wasn't coming. One day I came home in find lola in a puddle of her urine, the urine was cold so I knew she laid in it for hours. That is when I realize I was keeping her alive for me.

My dad had a Vizsla male named Gypsy who was his seeing eye dog. He was maybe 11 and had pain in his neck when he turned his head, so I took him to the vet and they said he had a slipped disk and should put him to sleep. I just could not see he was in that kind of pain and the vet was upset with me, but I said I would talk to my dad and took him home. Several months later, dad and I went to town and Gypsy was riding in the backseat and I had to put the brakes on kind of fast and he did not fall, but had to brace himself and I could tell his neck started to hurt. We went home and we lived outside of town and had 5 acres, so he was allowed to be off a leash. We carried groceries in and I went to the door to call him and he was gone. This is a well trained dog, so I knew something was wrong. My brother and I looked for days for him. I thought he must have gone out in the trees or bushes and died. We were looking on the ground in brushes and things and I never thought he would leave the property, but 5 days later the vet called and said the police brought him in and he was sitting on a lady's porch about 2 miles from our house. He told my dad to put him to sleep. That made it even worse because I wanted to go see him, bring him home for a day and then do it, but they put him to sleep. All we can do is try our best and I would have been the same with your Lola.

 

[Nyboy]

When my mother died my father was all alone. He wanted a dog, puppy was out. I gave him one of mine, a well trained female who was low dog in pack. My father and Holly are inseparable. He will not visit anyone if dog can't come. One night I was near my fathers house and dropped in for a visit. They where in the den watching TV, while I was visiting Holly kept trying to clime in my fathers lap. My father keep repeteing Hollys upset your here. The 3rd time he told me the dog was upset over me being there. I said well maybe I should leave, he told me I think that's best. Sitting in his driveway I called my sister I said dad just threw me out of the house because Holly didn't want me over. I pray they both go together one will be lost without the other.

 

[baymule]

You have been upstaged by a dog.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I'm so sorry for the loss of Tina. She will be in your heart forever and when you least expect it, you'll see her out of the corner of your eye. She's there...loving you.

 

[Nyboy]

Murphysranch that is so true, I warn my clients about it. I wonder if that's how stories of ghost start

 

[digitS']

One day, Jay Jay showed up at the door and said that she wouldn't allow him to walk by. If he had been older than 5, maybe it wouldn't have been a problem. A kindergartener, he would head home at noon. Tina began to follow him. She would return later and enjoy the older kids as they walked home.

Tina decided that she also liked Jay Jay's older sister and would follow her in the afternoon. Jay Jay came by one day and asked if Tina could stay the night. She left happily with him. He reported back the next morning that "she was gooood!"

That was just about the end of Tina living with us ...

I hadn't kept track of these long-ago neighbors but Jay Jay's mother died recently, that kind of came up on my radar screen. She was a pretty special lady - quite accomplished as a musician. It seems strange that she was in her late 80's because she was only 30-something when she was my neighbor. I will continue to think of her that way ...

What did I learn today? Jay Jay died as a young adult. Tina was probably about Jay Jay's age, maybe born the same year. If she lived into his teen years, that would have been great but I wasn't their neighbor during those years.

Last week, I learned that my current neighbor's dog, the labradoodle I get along with so well, had to be put to sleep because of a tumor. Some of God's Creations are not with us for very time.

I used to think time was a thief. But you give before you take. Time is a gift. Every minute. Every second. ~ Alice in Wonderland

Steve

 

[Beekissed]

It's hard to lose a good dog, no matter how it happens, but I can't imagine a better way to go...sleep away. I'm sorry, NY.

Having been a hospice nurse, I have had a chance to practice letting go, especially when someone or something is suffering. I look at quality of life...not mine, but theirs. Not what I deem quality, but what they would consider quality. Then I let them go....after working hospice, that got easier, the letting go. Doesn't make it hurt any less but it's the best I can do for an old friend.

 

[Carol Dee]

It's hard to lose a good dog, no matter how it happens, but I can't imagine a better way to go...sleep away. I'm sorry, NY.

Having been a hospice nurse, I have had a chance to practice letting go, especially when someone or something is suffering. I look at quality of life...not mine, but theirs. Not what I deem quality, but what they would consider quality. Then I let them go....after working hospice, that got easier, the letting go. Doesn't make it hurt any less but it's the best I can for an old friend.

Well said Bee