I miss my dog so much

[AlwaysMeanWellOftenWrong]

6 months ago I gave up my beloved Labrador for adoption.

I still feel like it was the right decision to make given the circumstances surrounding my family life, however, after getting over the initial grief quite quickly, I am now missing him more and more of the time.

Oh Always, don't know your back story. But I know how pets get to you. I still think about horses I had 18 years ago. Sigh.

It sounds like you had a hard decision to make. I think your grief is to be expected. Take care.

I thought I had reached the point where I could think about him fondly but not sadly. Now every time I think of him I miss him terribly. This has been going on for about a week, building up.

I think it is the change in the weather that has prompted it because I loved walking him in all weathers and cuddling on the sofa on the dark nights.

Always, have you any way of keeping in touch with the people who adopted him? Some charities are happy to do this (obviously depending on circumstances). The occasional email or pics can help.

I can sympathise entirely. I gave up a foster dog we were looking after and she had me by the heartstrings the moment I clapped eyes on her - it really was love at first sight. I still miss her terribly. In a wonderful turn of events though, the lady who adopted her has become a friend, so we still see her very regularly and it has been a joy to see the way she has continued to blossom and flourish and is very much loved in her new home. Maybe if you have this reassurance it will help?

I wonder if it would be possible for you to get an update on how he is doing?

I'm not sure I remember why you had to give him up, but obviously it was not a decision that you made lightly. It is so hard to lose a pet in any circumstances and there is no set time that you will be over it.

A tiny little thing may send you spiralling back to the early days and then the next day you might be feeling okay. You really do just need to take it one day at a time.

Its been 5 months since my puppy passed away. I worked out that he has been gone for the same amount of time that he actually lived with us. It still hurts that he isn't and I don't know when I will feel totally normal about what happened but its something I try not to worry about.

Thinking of you and wishing you some happier times ahead.

always First of all I am sorry that you are missing your lab.

Apart from missing his company at the moment and all the other valid points that others have made could it be that something else is bothering you and this has popped into your head as something sad that will detract from whatever else could be bothering you?

hugs from me.

Thanks to all, for your support and reassurances. You are all right in a way.

Jax - I suspect that as I am due to go back to work following my 2nd and last period of maternity leave, that I am feeling low. It was at low times that I particularly valued the company of my lovely most treasured companion and it is in these moments that it is apparent most, that I am now without him.

I also battle with feelings of anger and hurt at giving him up - and tend to try and blame my partner - which I know is hurtful and I try to rationalise - and I usually win.

I am not in contact with the people who adopted him, though I have had one update of how he settled in and they adore him.

He is now happy, and that makes me happy in a a way, but I just wish things did not have to be the way they are. I just have to work on accepting that, I know.

Jax - I also think that it may well have popped in to distract me from my other issue - I am not that in tune with myself to know for sure!