The thread no one wants to read: my girl has died.

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She was 14 and 4 months and an absolute superstar. Our entire lives completely revolved around her.
She died on Monday morning after only a few hours of pain, with her three favourite people around her. It was so fast, which was good for her but such a shock for us.

It's the day every dog lover dreads and Jesus,, its so much worse than you imagine.
I'm not coping at all. This relentless horror shitshow is now my life. I just want my puppy back.

Draw your pups close to you today.

Thank you moose and everyone. It's so hard to type, so thank you. She'd had a heart murmur for 2 years but it never affected her beyond her finding new and exciting ways to spit her tablets across the room. Her back end deteriorated so much in the past year, the girl who insisted on chasing tennis balls for hours gradually accepted that she couldn't do that anymore, she became incontinent.

That last weekend in hindsight she wasn't happy, we had to drag her out of the house and she had the runs.
On Sunday night she started grunting and groaning and we could tell she was in pain, the next morning she was groaning with increased urgency and its true-the light really does go out of their eyes.

We all got to cherish her (as usual) for her last few hours and hen the vet showed up and put the injection in I just sank to the floor and barked 'keep talking to her, she can still here you........ Is she gone?' And then I made awful animal wailing sounds. My husband had to carry her body into the car and spoon her on her last ever car ride.

That girl had such personality it was dazzling. And her beauty stopped many strangers in their tracks. She was on a tv advert, appeared in DogsToday magazine three times and was a show stopper. I can't believe it.
She was half springer half Dalmatian. We need a gorgeous, needy, loving, outraged, affectionate, demanding, beautiful smelling dog in our lives!
Her collie brother is here, making the house seem less empty but he's not her!

I'm so sorry. It's been nearly three years since my girl went, and still feels wrong.

We lost our lovely Hannah at 14 after 12 years together. It was agony. The best remedy to is to get another one. It does not replace but it is a big distraction and it eases the pain. xxx

I am in tears for you and your girl as I type this. I have yet to experience the loss of a dog, but as I look at my two boys sleeping next to me, I already know I dread the day.

I saw this quote a few months ago. I hope that it brings some small comfort, but it sums up for me the very best a dog's family can do:

"I have sent you on a journey to a land free from pain, not because I did not love you, but because I loved you too much to force you to stay."

x

This made me cry! :( (damn pregnancy hormones).
Im so sorry for your loss, such sad news!!

Big hugs from warrington xx

Thank you! I was surprised to see this thread back on page 1, it was nice.
We have her ashes back now, its weird seeing that little pouch and thinking that's all that's left of such a vibrant, noisy girl :(
Two weeks on I know she's not in the next room, but she should be. I'm not crying as much. This doesn't feel like our house. Or our lives.
Cherish your pups while they're still here, so you have no regrets. Time goes so quickly.

P.s. I just put a photo of her on my profile here. (She's the beautiful one, not the cute little shit with a belly full of worms, squeezed into a cat basket!)

2 years on and I still get an ache for my parent's boy, I had to take him to be pts as parents were on holiday.

So sorry for your loss, it does ease off and you remember the happy times.

Just be aware that one day you'll be out and end up in tears stroking a similar looking dog, just as I did recently in Chester when we stumbled upon a lady with 3 standard poodles and 1 lent against me just like our Stan used to.

I can't believe I cried but I did!