Had to put Samantha down; Now Bubba

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thanks for the kind thoughts.. I don't miss. Well, i have and that confused her and my friends dog as well. We have to be better now, shotwise. Two of us are dogless and the other is in training.
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It's wierd but as i was reading this I thought of the little cedar box with the ashes of my black Lab Domino and my new (5yrs) yellow Shawna came up and stuck her head on my knee. Sorry for your loss.
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Sorry to hear Russ. Sure makes me think about my lab who as you've probably seen I take on all my trips. They are such special animals and will always be with us. Hang in there.


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I know this is an old thread, but I had to put Bubba down today (dog on the left in the pic in the original post.) 15.9 years is a good run for a JRT. He usually weighs 18lbs; At the vets, I weighed him at 13.6. Lost Muscle mass and kept jumping down stairs and then face planting. Had two violent seizures last night. Would walk in random patterns and sometimes just fall over.

Anyway, Not trying to bore you all. I'm currently dogless and have a ton of stuff to clean up tonight.

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Sorry for your loss Russ, but it is better for Bubba, his quality of life has not been good for a while. :(
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It's always tough to lose a dog. My sincere condolences Russ. :(
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Russ,

We am very sorry to hear about your loss of Bubba. It is very clear that you are a wise and caring dog person, so it's a hell of a thing to think about for all us above with our own great dog friends, and to imagine what you're feeling now.
We just helped my folks through the loss of their last dog, and though it took them awhile to accept a new dog companion- now that they have a new dog friend in their lives, they are much, much happier.

I don't know what will be best for you Russ, but we sure do wish you well through this tough time.
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It's funny how attached we can get to a good dog, even the not so good ones. Sorry for your loss Russ.
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So sorry for your loss, Russ.
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Thanks all for the kind comments. It wasn't unexpected, so I was pretty well emotionally prepared for this; Wife, not so much.

Bubba knew it was time as well.
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