CindyfromRiley Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 An aggressive Carcinoma forced us to lay Cindy down for the last time. She wasn't able to urinate. I was surprised at how fast it took her. The vet, and the labs, diagnosed a bladder infection a month ago, but she showed no sign of recovery while on the antibiotics. So, my best friend, my frisbee buddy, and a startlingly intelligent dog is gone at age 13. It's going to be hard to deal with for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc1963 Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 So sorry to hear that. It's tough to lose an old beloved friend. My thoughts are with you. Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 I am very sorry to hear of your loss. They are so very special that they do leave a huge hole in our hearts when they leave us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoresDog Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm very sorry for your loss of your beloved Cindy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo&Tex Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm sorry. It's hard when you lose them so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm so sorry for your loss. Run free, Cindy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc friend Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 My sympathies for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushdoggie Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm so sorry...I know its hard when its so sudden. Hang in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildFlower Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I am so sorry for your loss. RIP Cindy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aljones Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 In my experience, there is something especially difficult about losing a beloved companion so suddenly. I hope that, as the shock recedes, pleasant memories of Cindy fill that space in your thoughts and in your heart. I am very sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyfromRiley Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm sure that she wasn't 100% BC, but the BC showed through load and clear. Anytime I went up a ladder, to work on the roof, trim a tree, whatever, she just had to follow. I was 25ft up an extension ladder to talk to a contractor and heard her on the ladder. Seconds later, there she was, licking me in the face. "I'm here, what do you want me to do?" When I knew she was going deaf, I had her trained to hand signals in a week. I still sneak over the spot that she slept at night if I have to get up, so not to step on her. I lost more than just a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisK Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I'm so sorry to hear about Cindy. I know what it's like to lose a beloved dog unexpectedly. Run Free Cindy. Where To Bury A Dog There are various places within which a dog may be buried. We are thinking now of a setter, whose coat was flame in the sunshine, and who, so far as we are aware, never entertained a mean or an unworthy thought. This setter is buried beneath a cherry tree, under four feet of garden loam, and at its proper season the cherry strews petals on the green lawn of his grave. Beneath a cherry tree, or an apple, or any flowering shrub of the garden, is an excellent place to bury a good dog. Beneath such trees, such shrubs, he slept in the drowsy summer, or gnawed at a flavorous bone, or lifted head to challenge some strange intruder. These are good places, in life or in death. Yet it is a small matter, and it touches sentiment more than anything else. For if the dog be well remembered, if sometimes he leaps through your dreams actual as in life, eyes kindling, questing, asking, laughing, begging, it matters not at all where that dog sleeps at long and at last. On a hill where the wind is unrebuked and the trees are roaring, or beside a stream he knew in puppyhood, or somewhere in the flatness of a pasture land, where most exhilarating cattle graze. It is all one to the dog, and all one to you, and nothing is gained, and nothing lost -- if memory lives. But there is one best place to bury a dog. One place that is best of all. If you bury him in this spot, the secret of which you must already have, he will come to you when you call -- come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death, and down the well-remembered path, and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel they should not growl at him, nor resent his coming, for he is yours and he belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper pitched too fine for mere audition, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them then, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon's girl Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 So sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Festerling Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Very true. We don't just loose a dog. I am very sorry for your loss. Treasure your memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdaniels Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I am so, so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrecar Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc4ever Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 I'm so sorry for the loss of your Cindy. When we had to have our Scooter euthanized at the age of six due to a brain tumor, everyone here was so kind and supportive and told me to remember the good times. I tried, but that just seemed to make it worse. After a year and a half, I still miss him terribly, but can now smile when I remember all the things that made him so precious and so uniquely him. Praying for you as you grieve. Peace will eventually come. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BustopherJones Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I lost a treasured friend today, The little dog who used to lay Her gentle head upon my knee And share her silent thoughts with me... She'll come no longer to my call, Retrieve no more her favorite ball; A voice far greater than my own Has called her to His golden throne. Although my eyes are filled with tears, I thank Him for the happy years He let her spend down here with me And for her love and loyalty. When it is time for me to go And join her there, this much I know... I shall not fear the transient dark For she will greet me with her bark. ~ Author Unknown Vaya con Dios, Cindy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 I'm so sorry. It's tough to lose a beloved friend and companion, even when we know we must outlive them. Peace to you. Godspeed Cindy. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody & Duchess Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 So sorry for your loss. There is never enough time. But know that this community understands your pain. Cindy was not just a dog, but a very important part of your family. Run fast and free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin99 Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 I'm so sorry for the loss of your Cindy. When we had to have our Scooter euthanized at the age of six due to a brain tumor, everyone here was so kind and supportive and told me to remember the good times. I tried, but that just seemed to make it worse. After a year and a half, I still miss him terribly, but can now smile when I remember all the things that made him so precious and so uniquely him. Praying for you as you grieve. Peace will eventually come. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin99 Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well said, BC4ever. My BC is nearly 17. His loss will be hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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