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Sorry for your loss brother. I feel your pain. All our dogs (and cat) are rescue animals. I often wonder who needed rescuing in these relationships. Cried like a little bitch when my 11 YO female Dobie died. Then, our little heeler pup showed up out of the blue. Currently have a big Male blue Dobie that's scared of his own shadow, but sweet as can be, a blue Heeler a friend found wandering the streets @ around 6 weeks old, and a schnauzer mix that's smart as can be, but socially awkward. Then theres the barn cat my daughter drug home from where she kept her show lambs. I live in a zoo. I'll post current pics tomorrow.
Don't feel bad showing the emotional burden of losing your 4 legged children...we lost Norman after 12 years to a myriad of health issues and couldn't justify keeping him alive...he had no quality of life but his last day was filled with love and joy...a full-on McDonald's Happy Meal...chocolate shake... Hershey's bar and 1/2 hour early to later he was gone. We cried as hard as we've ever cried over our boy and he was most deserving of those tears..we held nothing back for hours. His big brother Columbo..with his own cancers stopped eating days later and we couldn't do anything for him. Within a couple of more days we made the impossible decision to let him go, too. We thought there were no more tears left...we were wrong as we collapsed into each other holding him for along time saying our last goodbyes....they were worthy of our emotions. 3 weeks later a Rescue Pittie ...Maddy ...came into our lives when everything was so dark...she literally saved us from total and utter grief as she took care of our souls....nursed us 24/7 for the next few weeks as if she knew our hearts were broken...gently licked our faces...laid her big head next to ours and never left our side. She is God's most gentle creature and brought us back and saved us... it's as if she knew everything and would sniff the area of the house where Normy and Columbo passed and would lay in the exact spot for minutes at a time...then come over and comfort us and gently kiss us... I tell ya it was nothing less than a miracle as to what took place for the next week or so that she took care of us. We rescued our next Pittie.....Gus...a pup to....2 months ago and Maddie takes care of him now like she takes care of us....dogs are amazing creatures and true to form....man's best friend....you better believe it. We also have 4 cats that are amazing as well and we'll never be without our Rescue family.
What a combo! Looks exactly like what he is!
Pappy. Half Great Dane, half Bassett Hound.
