Animal Appreciation Thread

[David.]

The babes have been separated bc Elliot was sick but we're giving them time together now and they're doing really well, may end up keeping new guy.

Hannah is trying to play with him but he has no idea how to.

 

[DirtyDan]

 

[N7RobBob]

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VOID Babies!

 

[N7RobBob]

Wife's new boy. We already have Henry viii so here is Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

My dog is def my best friend. Outside of my gf, my only friend. He’s getting older and won’t be around forever to push me on my runs. It sucks. I have a small family and haven’t been around death much, I don’t want him to go. I get teary eyed thinking about life without my only friend

 

[N7RobBob]

My dog is def my best friend. Outside of my gf, my only friend. He’s getting older and won’t be around forever to push me on my runs. It sucks. I have a small family and haven’t been around death much, I don’t want him to go. I get teary eyed thinking about life without my only friend

Yup. The untold contract of having animals you love that won't be here for ever. Makes the good times better though. Especially since you are that animals entire world.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

Yup. The untold contract of having animals you love that won't be here for ever. Makes the good times better though. Especially since you are that animals entire world.

I struggle with depression in general and my dog is 11 we can still jog 6 miles when we go out, he’s in good shape,but all I can focus on is how little time we have left instead of how much time. It’s something I need to get past, so I can enjoy my friend, especially since none of us are guaranteed tomorrow

 

[Sebastian]

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Wife's new boy. We already have Henry viii so here is Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.

He is as striking as Henry Cavill.

 

[bushwick_bill]

I struggle with depression in general and my dog is 11 we can still jog 6 miles when we go out, he’s in good shape,but all I can focus on is how little time we have left instead of how much time. It’s something I need to get past, so I can enjoy my friend, especially since none of us are guaranteed tomorrow

Hang in there. We lost our dog Olive last January, she was 15, she went out in our home when my oldest daughter was in the basement on her own terms. We made the last of her years the best we could. She went everywhere with us, vacations, camping, etc. It is never easy just enjoy them as much as they enjoy you. We also had to rehome one of our other dogs Harvey at the peak when I was going through my own issues due to him having issues with our baby and after significant training. It was not easy but he is as happy as a camper now. Always feel free to reach out...

 

[Jake]

My dog is def my best friend. Outside of my gf, my only friend. He’s getting older and won’t be around forever to push me on my runs. It sucks. I have a small family and haven’t been around death much, I don’t want him to go. I get teary eyed thinking about life without my only friend

I get it. I feel for you. Our current dog Dusty is 15 and we love him. Got him at the Euclid dog shelter in 2013 when he was 5 yrs old. He's precious to us. At my age I've had a lot of dogs, never didn't have at least one. I got a bunch of urns around the house with all the past dogs ashes. I miss them all.
I've been to many funerals over the years, hardly shed a tear for some family even, but when my pets died I cried for a week.
The good news is that after a period of time I always found another wonderful pet to make things well again.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

Such a gentle soul, he loves animals. One time he was out barking out back and he was on his legs alerting me that there was a creature. At first I didn’t pick up on it, but he would not stop barking until I came back there. There was a rabbit caught trying to go underneath a fence and it was too big to fit underneath so got stuck and was impaled by the sharp bottom of the fences. So I had to see what tools I had to try and free this rabbit. I found some dull wire cutters and hacked and slashed at the fencing, while the rabbit is frightened tearing its skin off trying to scurry underneath, so I kept hacking at the fence until I finally cut a piece off and the rabbit ran like 10 feet away with a piece of fencing thru it’s leg and it stopped for a minute, trying to catch its breath from the exhaustion of the event. Looked like it was out there awhile and then it went away. I hope the rabbit made it, but my dog was barking at me to save it, trying to help a fellow creature on distress. The kind of dog he is.

 

[Thelastcavsfan]

It’s not fair that a piece of garbage like me gets to be here 36 years and he gets what 12.13,14 whatever. Not fair

 

[David.]

It’s not fair that a piece of garbage like me gets to be here 36 years and he gets what 12.13,14 whatever. Not fair

My last dog was hit by a car and died way too young and it traumatized me. Every day I try to prepare myself for my 9 year old leaving me, for the last 5 years.

Only recently, after fostering a dog that I could really fall in love with, did it become a little easier to stomach, and I'm telling you I was constantly as upset as you are about the whole thing.

I promise you. I promise you.there is going to be another dog and you will absolutely adore them and it's just going to make it easier. And your current dog would be so happy that you're finally ok with them leaving when that happens.