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In reply to the discussion: How many of you still grieve over the loss of your pet? [View all]warrior1
(12,325 posts)19. (((((((HUGS)))))))
I had a cat named Sabrina who I lost in 1998 she was 16 and was a diabetic cat. She would have bouts of seizures and it was cruel to make her suffer. Putting her down, for some reason hurt less. But at the time I had Sara so she had many tears cried into her fur.
The pain over losing her to cancer at time is like the feeling I'm having now with Lance. He just really worn out. Bad hips and lost of his bowels quite a bit in the house. I know he would have kept dragging his self around if I had delayed but it wouldn't have been fair to him.
You're right that we all grief different, I'm trying to make sense of this.
Someone once said to me about losing a pet, that "The grief is amazing." Amen to that.
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Every single one of them.... Of course the most recent is still the most painful loss...
hlthe2b
Feb 2014
#4
I grieved for one of my cats for about 2 years. I believe that a lot of grief over other issues in
raccoon
Feb 2014
#9
For Moggy and Willy-bear, I've gotten to the point of sad but fond memories. They passed 2007/09.
haele
Feb 2014
#17
After fourteen years together, I don't know if I/we will ever get over it.
truebluegreen
Feb 2014
#43
I still grieve over the loss of every pet, and can remember the feel of every one of their heads
Tom Ripley
Feb 2014
#46
Yeah, its just a shame that we outlive them. It really hurts when they go
Trailrider1951
Feb 2014
#62
You're a wonderful human being to even be thinking of others in the midst of your own grief.
IrishAyes
Feb 2014
#66