Run free sweet hound

Maw Grace knows that she is back home and can now sleep- she was a gorgeous girl

Very special dog - but so is every dog or cat to their human.
Ah well, it is proving harder today than I expected, maybe I have been doing "too" well. <big sigh>
Tears never far from the surface.

Maw I was like that for weeks after my last cat was put to sleep. This was around midnight and I rang a friend and spent a few hours with her. Her cats knew that I needed solace and the two, who never came remotely near me normally, each sat on an arm of the chair. It was over 6 months before I decided that the house was too quiet and I needed company, hence the arrival of Tara.

mawb you know it's OK that today has been hard, of course it has. Grace is home now, with a beautiful rose to sleep under. Why wouldn't you miss her? We had to make the same decision for our last dog, but agreed with the vet we would take our cantankerous but so loved dog home overnight so we could say a properly goodbye with our sons. We managed an hour, the anticipation was too hard. It was after closing time at the vets but I phoned in hope. He answered, said I knew it would be too hard, I'm still here so we took our dog back. I had tears for such a long while and have some now thinking about it. Everyone who has or has had a much loved animal companion will understand. Just be as you are. .

So sorry to hear about Grace, I had to have my old boy Jack put to sleep last week, he was 18, it broke my heart, I've had him so long, I've also got a 9 month old pup, he's not a replacement but he's a dear little chap, Jack was my friend , he helped me when I had bad depression, I miss him so much, but I couldn't let him go on as he was getting more frail every day, and he had always been so lively, Grace was very lucky to have you to love and care for her so well,