Dawn
Choco our little girl was with us for 14 yers, she was hale and hearty and died in a freak accident. After Choco I never wanted to have a dog again, but the boys wouldn’t hear of it. They begged me until I got a couple of years later Spark and after Spark came Zoe.
I brought Choco home when she was forty days old. She slept with us in our bed as a baby. She was only the size of my hand then, being a small dog. She had to be handfed until she was two moths old.
Choco was a fun dog, but very obedient. She love to play ball with the kids in the apartment, the only problem was if the ball didn’t come to her as often as she expected she would grab it and runaway with it.
She loved to imitate us. This picture was taken when my younger son and I were playing creating shadows in the light of a candle. She decided that she wanted to be part of the game as well.
She loved to be groomed but hated it when I put clothes on her. That was the only time she would be annoyed, otherwise she was a happy, active dog.
She was everyone’s pet in the apartment and kids there often wrote about her in their essays. After Choco’s untimely death I decided I couldn’t stay in the house anymore so we bought this place and moved out of there, The memories she left us are way to precious to forget in a hurry. It will be seven years now in April since we lost her.
We miss her and talk about her often at home.
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Have you had a tough time getting over the loss of a pet?
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i have lost a few dogs over the years. The first one, was a Collie and was my dad’s dog, but when he died (the collie) I cried for two days. I’ve lost many since then and each one hurts.
True each of these hurt, but some hurt more than others. I have had more than twenty dogs till now. But the death of Choco was too difficult to bear.
i would agree. it is all about the loss sometimes. i will never forget my pals. I miss each of them.
Some losses are hard to come to terms with, some wounds take time to heal.
you never know which ones are going to hit you, but it is possible one will pop up.
I do not have this experience because I have never had a pet, dear Dawn …. it is probably also bad because you get used to the animals and get attached to them
I found it very hard when she died. Probably it was also in the same years as my mothering passing on.
Pets are like family members, it’s always hard to say goodbye to them.
It is hard indeed. Every year I start feeling my stomach churn in March and it gets worse as I reach the anniversary date in April.
I am sorry you are going through this. Our cat of 15 years passed away in March a couple of years ago, it’s also his birth month.
I am sorry Ellie. These losses take time to heal. We really miss our babies. ,
She was very cute. I’ve also experienced a similar loss. It was very bad.
It is tough Vida, hugs to you.
She is very sweet. I always felt depressed when my pet left us. I was very attached to them.
I understand, it is tough indeed.
She was so pretty, and what a shot that is. It looks like it should be a cover for a movie or book. Yes, I do miss the pets that have crossed.
Yes she was pretty but more than that was her temperament, her sweet nature made friends and foes love her all the same .
Losing a pet is so hard, we feel like we have lost a family member.
It is indeed like losing a family member.