Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: sleek on October 06, 2013, 02:58:37 am
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After a few days of looking for our dog, we found him. In the back yard curled up in some tall grass. It looks like he has been there for the 5 days we had been looking for him. This is hard for my wife, because he was our first dog together. And she got him while I was deployed to help her keep her mind off missing me so much.
I am going to take him to my hunting spot to bury him tomorrow. He will be by the lake in an open field surrounded by hills and trees. It is the most beautiful and peaceful place to me, and I will think of him every time I go out there. Damn I miss that dog....
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Sorry to hear of Your loss - it's never easy. Over the years, I've found the best thing is go out and get Ya a Pup and start all over again. Bob
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Sorry for your loss.Sounds like he left you with some good memories.
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Real bummer! I know the feeling. Focus on the the joy they brought you and it will dull the pain some.
Tracy
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Sorry to here it I couldn't imagine what I'd do if my dog passed but I do realize one day I will have to deal with it ..... That's the only negative about having a dog
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sorry for your loss. he will live on in our memories.
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Man, I sure am sorry for your loss. It's rough, I know. I lost one years ago and wasted ten years without a dog in my life, mostly because I was afraid to go through the pain of losing another one. I hope you don't do that to yourself. I have three now and life is good. Like was suggested earlier, y'all go ahead and get you another one as soon as you are up to it. There is a dog somewhere that needs a good home.
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I feel for you. I lost my dog a while back.
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I'm always sorry to read these posts. I've lost several dogs over the years. We took about a month last time before we found our rescue pups. Awful month. One of my favorite sounds in life is to hear the dogs greeting me at the door.
As others are saying, I hope you'll rescue a dog before long and celebrate life. So hard though.
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My condolences.
Several years ago I buried my dog by a huge rock near a stream where I hunt.
I go by there often.
Kevin
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Sorry to hear that Sleek. It's never easy. The last dog I lost, I was depressed for weeks. The best cure is to rescue another one :)
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I hear ya, I lost a favorite dog years ago, she was a little mixture of sorts about 7 pounds, silky black hair. She was the sweetest most courageous character chasing deer down the street, She had no fear.
I could never replace that dog. She was truly uinique, lovable and so well trained.
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Thanks for the sympathy guys. We burried him yesterday under a tree by the river that feeds the lake at my hunting spot. Very beautiful area. We put his favorite treats on top of him, covered him up, and laid sandstones on top to mark him. My son is handeling it well, my wife is having a hard time, and I just play with the other 3 dogs soon as I get to feeling sad. Maybe we will get a Christmas puppy if I can find one we like.
After burying him though, we all feel a bit better. At least he is now to rest.
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The not knowing is pretty hard to take, finding him and laying him to rest is a good way to start the healing process.
It's just two years, four months, and 5 days since I lost my ol' Scully. One of the worst kicks I have ever taken in my life, and it is still a sore spot that I keep exploring like my tongue probing the socket of a lost tooth. Someone sent me a private message explaining grief is the measure of how well you loved the now lost. Give yourself the time and opportunity to do that grieving, it's a way of celebrating just how damn good that dog was for you. And then when it is time to move on, you will.
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JW.... you ass... I'm at work right now and cant look all feminen in front the guys. After reading that, havin a hard time holden 'em back right now... Thank you buddy....Really.
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Sleek - loss is hard no matter what - it has been nearly 30 years since I lost my dog. Have had many others but none ever matched up. Take your time.... Remember with joy!
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JW.... you ass... I'm at work right now and cant look all feminen in front the guys. After reading that, havin a hard time holden 'em back right now... Thank you buddy....Really.
Sleek, your tears are manly. Nothing is more masculine than the bond between a man and his dog. You were his Alpha, and he respected you more than any person in the world.
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Sorry to hear about your dog. All I can say is time will heal. I had to put one down 3-1/2 years ago and that was one of the hardest thing I have had to do. I cried every day for a month. I actually am tearing up right now thinking about it. I have a real nice bird dog right now and I always say I will never get another one but can't imagine not having one. Just take your time on the next one. You will know when the time is right to get another. Just remember the whole goal of the dog is to please his master. When he cannot do that any more he is not happy. It sounds like yours didn't suffer. Good luck my friend.
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Hey Sleek? Lena asked me to tell you that she will make room on the couch for you if you want. She's good that way.
(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Yo%20Dawg/SAM_0011_zps72a7dd6e.jpg) (http://s365.photobucket.com/user/JW_Halverson/media/Yo%20Dawg/SAM_0011_zps72a7dd6e.jpg.html)
It was about two years to the day after letting Scully go that I started fostering Lena. We've just been living together this summer, but the idea of her moving in with someone else is starting to eat me up with jealousy, so I'm considering asking her to make it official. (I slipped her an antelope thigh bone today just to impress her. Thanks Knapper!)
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Wow jw... she is beautiful. Can deffinatly tell she is well taken care of. What breed is she? Black lab and???
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I think there is some cattle dog along with some type of greyhound/sight hound. Got a waist the size of a summer sausage and chest that is as deep as a well! Built for speed and plenty of it!
Classic dog from the Pine Ridge Reservation, skinny and fast. Not worth chasing and not worth eating even if you can catch 'er.