"madgardener" wrote in message
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thank you honey. I am just devistated at the moment. She tried to get as
close to me in the bedroom as she could and only made it under the bedroom
window that I often write about and look out to. Rose always slept with me
in my waterbed. Always. Last night was the first time ever in her 8 1/2
years that she wasn't in my bedroom or in bed with me and Sugar the newer
pup and two or three cats crowding me.......yes, there are LOTS of
memories
but her death has floored me. It was so sudden. Apparently there would
have
been no saving her if I'd gotten her to the vet a mile away. This is a
fatal
problem in deep chested animals.
maddie

I am familiar with the problem. As you say, there is very little that can
be done. Never the less, there is a tendency to feel a lot of guilt when a
companion dies. If only we had done this or noticed that. I had the
sweetest shar pei pass on after 12 years. She died of kidney failure and
suffered terribly for weeks. There was nothing that we could do. Still, I
was devastated and I am still sad three years later. We buried her in the
garden and not a day goes by that I don't think about that dog. I thought
we were going to lose another one this weekend. Our 8 year old has been in
the critical care hospital since Friday and they held out little hope. She
is doing much better today, but I have been sick over it. I think that
"devastating" is the best word to describe these situations. We decided
that the best thing we could do would be to pay forward for the years of joy
we had with our first dog by adopting rescue dogs. You never really get
over the loss, but you do learn to live with it, eventually.