Our Family Dog passed away yesterday afternoon

[Armed Aviator]

Passed away do to heat stroke. Please take extra care with your pets during extreme hot days like yesterday so that you won't have to feel the pain and suffer as our family is now.

Edited August 6, 2011 by Armed Aviator

[CLC]

I am so sorry! My babies mean the world to me so I can relate. Thanks for the reminder about the weather, sometimes people get too busy and forget.

[Guest nicemac]

Sorry to hear that.

[leroy]

Hate to hear it. I know how you feel. My old golden passed away a year ago the last of May and im still sniffing some from time to time when i think about him.

leroy

[Guest Scramasax]

I feel your pain. I've lost four companions in my lifetime. My mother will never have another dog, because of grief.

When I moved into my present house I installed a doggy door in the basement. They can come and go as they please. Fire/heat and cold have always been my worst fears for them.

God Bless you and help with the healing.

ts

[gregintenn]

Sorry to hear it. We lost ours back in the winter. It is a heartbreaker. We now have a lab puppy, and although the other dog will be missed, the puppy does fill an empty space. Little boys need a dog in my opinion.

[Links2k]

Sorry for your loss. My daughter and I were talking earlier about how some people treat their dogs like animals and then there are people like us that know them as family.

[Mechanic_X]

Sorry got your loss Terry.

[Fourtyfive]

Sorry for your loss brother.

[mcurrier]

Condolences. All dogs DO go to Heaven. Cats too. In fact, all animals.

[TGO David]

Very sad to hear this.

[Motasyco]

My condolences. I have more love for my dogs than I do for most people I know. And that includes some family. I only wish there was something I could say to ease the pain but I know, from experience, there isn't. I lost a dog earlier this year and planted a tree at her grave behind the house. Her name was Pippi, like in Longstockings, and I call the tree Pippi's tree. It helps me feel that she's still close by me.

[chemprof]

Very sad to hear this. Yes, we do worry about 'em especially in these temps. Appreciate you letting us know--they are family, aren't they?

[RobertNashville]

The more time I spend with people, the more I appreciate my basset hound. I hadn't had a dog in many years before I picked up my eight week old hound and I dread the day that I have to say goodby.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss.

[Raoul]

Hate to hear that. My condolences.

[Guest tedbo]

Terry, I am so sorry for your loss. Dogs are better than people in so many ways.

[willis68]

Terry,

I am very sorry to hear that I know our Dogs are family members and their loss would be devastating

[BluewaterTactical]

Terry sorry to hear that. We had a dog pass away about a year ago and still feel the effects of it. I have 3 children and a wife, and we have tried to get other dogs to replace him but with no such luck. You know he thought I was superman and while writing this it pains me. Take it slow and you will find another one one day. Again sorry for your loss.

Bluewater Tactical Defense

[maroonandwhite]

So sorry to hear that. I can't imagine ours being gone and don't want too...

[Armed Aviator]

Thank you all for your kind words. He was a very special dog, half Old English Bulldog (UGA) and half American Bulldog. The meanest looking 105lb harmless fuzzball you ever saw. He was just a big old goober.

[zapfbroad]

Very sorry for your loss. bulldogs are an amazingly affectionate breed and so ridiculously loyal, he looks like my brother-in-laws but bigger. It is always painful and difficult for yourself and your family to lose a loved member that's a bit furrier than the rest. I hope one day soon you are ready to open your home again and offer another amazing animal an incredible life of love and fun and play and bellyrubs and chinscratches etc.

[Guest tommy62]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I have lost two this year. Only dog lovers can feel your pain.

[Guest AmericanWorkMule]

Make sure he has a memorial at the Rainbow Bridge.

I can't go there without crying

RainbowBridge.org - The Original Online Pet Memorial

[tnhawk]

My condolences. Our pets become a special part of our families.

[durtyzulu]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I have an american bulldog pup, who's full speed at everything and won't give any indication that he's ready to cool down or go inside. If you set a bag of ice out for him to lay on, he'd just pick it up and run off with it, or eat it. Luckily, my better half and our other 3 dogs are smarter than me and my boy. Again, I'm sorry to hear about your loss.

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Edited August 8, 2011 by durtyzulu