Lost my beautiful girl last week. Grief is unbearable

[mioz]

Just that, she was only 3.5 years old. I miss her with every fibre. When does it get easier? The grief is unbearable, my little boy asks for her, I wander round in a coma like state all day just unable to think of anything but her. I miss her so much.

I'm so sorry. I wish I had some words of comfort, but grief is so so painful.

So sorry

I'm so sorry. Loosing a pet is an intense grief. Allow yourself to carry out the similar rituals to those when we loose people if it helps, and give yourself time. You will never forget her, but I promise it will get easier in time, and you will be able to focus on the happy times.

We lost our boy 10 months ago. The grief never goes away but, over time, it gradually stops being the first and only thing on your mind and you find yourself remembering the happier times with your dog.

Only time can do this, so allow yourself to grieve.

It does get easier with time. I have both my boys ashes which I find a comfort. Xx

I'm sorry for your loss.
I think only time really helps.
My mums dog died unexpectedly a few weeks ago and although she is still grieving over time it's becoming less raw for her.

So sorry

I'm so sorry. How young too, that must have been a shock.

I am so sorry. I’d be as devastated as you are I think, so your reaction is understandable

We lost our 15 year old boy 4 months ago.
You're at a very early stage in your grief: I agree, it feels unbearable.
And your girl was only young.
After the first few weeks, we were able to focus more on happy memories; he was a rescue whom we'd had for ten years, and we tried to remember what a good life we'd given him.
Not everyone will agree with this, but after only a few weeks, we got another rescue- a different breed ( retired racing greyhound): the house felt so empty without a dog.
Then the new dog seemed lonely and withdrawn, so we fostered another greyhound, just to see how they got on, and we adopted her too.

It’s awful. I can’t think about or look at pictures of mine 2 months later without crying. It feels like I can’t breath when I know she’s not there. I’m sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my lovely dog in 2019, she was just 5. The pain is just awful, I do empathise. I kept thinking I saw her out of the corner of my eye, like I couldn’t quite understand that I had lost her. But I promise it gets easier. For now, just get through the days and look after yourself xxx

I lost mine recently too. I knew it would be hard so I never really considered it, and when it happened it was horrendous- the worse time of my life.

I read that loss is like a ball in a box. The box has a button on the inside. At first the ball takes up the whole inside of the box, literally squeezing into all the corners and is constantly pressed on your grief button and it’s unbearable, but as time passes, the ball of loss gets a little smaller so it has times when it’s not fully on the button, and then eventually it will shrink and release the button so you’ll get moments of relief from your all encompassing grief.
It will end up a smaller and smaller ball bouncing around, occasionally hitting the button full on out of nowhere and you’ll cry floods many months from now.

It will get more manageable

for you all

I’m so sorry. We lost our 12 year old westie boy, Olly, a week ago today and it’s so so hard. The logical part of me knows this will get easier over time, but my heart is broken.

How are you today @mioz?

We spoke to our vet today which gave me some piece about the end of Olly’s life, but it’s still so painful. Glad I’m off work this week as there’s no way I could function normally.

Peace

So sorry for your loss. When my girl was PTS last year I phoned an animal grief helpline and it was so good for someone to listen and acknowledge the depth of loss. It does get easier but takes time, one day at a time is the only way to get through it sadly