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Remembering our beautiful petsโ€ฆ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿฆ†๐Ÿฃโ€ฆ.๐ŸŒˆ

Ggrand
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hello everyoneโ€ฆ.๐Ÿค—โ€ฆ

 

I recently lost one of my beautiful fur girls a month ago and the heartbreaking sadness is still so realโ€ฆ

 

I thought I would start this thread to remember our beautiful pets who have left us to travel over the rainbow bridgeโ€ฆ.maybe itโ€™s a way to remember them and cherish the beautiful memories we have of themโ€ฆhave you lost a precious pet and want to share some of the good times and beautiful memories you have of themโ€ฆ.I know I would love to hear about them as Iโ€™m sure many others wouldโ€ฆ..and just to add we are all here to support each other both in our grief and the sadness we feel every dayโ€ฆ.living without them by our sideโ€ฆ

 

I was the midwife for your mumma and that ment that I met you the moment you were born, so tiny, no bigger then a golf ball covered with black fur you looked like a piece of black Ebony, thatโ€™s how you got your nameโ€ฆmy Dear sweet Ebony, the last of the litter, smallest of all your brothers and sistersโ€ฆ.but oh so very cute..

 

Your brothers and sister grew and were adopted by their new forever parents, but you sweet Ebony I couldnโ€™t part with you, you captured my heart the first time I saw youโ€ฆyou stayed with me and your mumโ€ฆ

 

You had a gentle soul, one that when anyone met you, they instantly fell in love with youโ€ฆ you loved to play with your little soft toys, you and mumma would play tug of war togetherโ€ฆand broke many of them apartโ€ฆ.when your mumma was tired you brought your toy over to me to play with youโ€ฆyou snuggled into my arms every night, you loved to touch me at nightโ€ฆas small as you were you would inch closer and closer to meโ€ฆI even fell off the bed one hot summers night trying to cool myself downโ€ฆyou had a foot fetish anyone who had bare feet in my house had to endure your constant cleaning of their feetโ€ฆ

 

You loved going for drives with mumma fur and myself, I often stopped and got you your favourite Kentucky popcorn chicken on a break when travelling to Sydneyโ€ฆ.You would watch the people passing, barking at them until they noticed youโ€ฆcan I pat them  a few asked meโ€ฆyour little tail would wag so fast after I wound the window down so they could pat youโ€ฆ.

 

Many times when I was desperately depressed, somehow knowing I was down you would walk up to me with those big beautiful brown eyes and just stare at me until I picked you up so you could cuddle meโ€ฆ

 

When I came home from work, you, your mumma and adopted sister would get so excited, after a lot of pats n cuddles even before I put my bag down..you all would just sit in front of my cupboard waiting until I gave you all a snackโ€ฆ.your mumma and sister still doโ€ฆbut Iโ€™m missing they way you would jump up and down excitedly when I opened the cupboard and make those funny little noisesโ€ฆ.until I gave you all one each

 

Cancer found you, then it took you away from me on the โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆmy sadness is overwhelmingโ€ฆIโ€™m hurting deep in my soul, my heart is breaking, I want to once again feel your soft fur against my face, hear your excited bark, feel your wet kisses, watch you run around and play outsideโ€ฆ.I am seeing that in my mind, but itโ€™s just not the sameโ€ฆ.missing you sweet little Ebonyโ€ฆ

 

My kindest thoughts and hugsโ€ฆ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค—.

Grandy..

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Croix
Community Champion
Community Champion

Dear Grandy~

That is a most lovely account of your pet's life, Ebony was blessed wiht you and such a home - could not imagine better.

 

I was amazed at your thread title, I'd never thohgt to fill it up with icons of animals (even if there is no penguin) -amazing.

 

I've already written about Sumo Cat, Zepplin Dog and Nasty Cat here

 

https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/staying-well/store-your-happy-memories-here/m-p/265320/highlight...

 

Sadly only Sumo is left, the others having had most excellent lives, and heart-breaking they  do not live long enough

 

Surprisingly Sumo became a lot less dignified and more affectionate after Nasty Cat had passed away. Sitting just about on top of me as I type rather Stan his plush blanket at my elbow. I guess he misses NC too.

 

Still bosses me around though and has the habit of complaining  to Mrs C that he is a poor little starving cat (having just successfully nagged me into giving him a fishy treat).

Mrs C is not fooled but too soft-hearted to resist.

 

A house becomes a home with pets

 

Croix

Ggrand
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hello Dear Croix and readersโ€ฆ.๐Ÿค—.

 

Definitely I agree a house becomes a home with petsโ€ฆ.beautifully saidโ€ฆI never even thought of loosing my pets, I suppose in my heart I thought that they would be with me for the rest of my lifeโ€ฆsounds silly I know..

 

I remember reading about your beloved pets in your thread โ€œstore your happy memories hereโ€โ€ฆ.I now realise that this thread is very similar to your threadโ€ฆI just thought that members who have lost their beautiful pets could share with us the good, fun, adventurous times they had with them and how they made their lives so much better by having themโ€ฆ

We have rain today, and some thunderโ€ฆ.Ebony used to get scared when it stormed and would hide behind my loungeโ€ฆno coaxing would get her outโ€ฆnot even a treat, she knew that I couldnโ€™t get to her when she hid theirโ€ฆmany times I would run the water in my laundry tub to wash my smaller 2 dogsโ€ฆquicker then ever she would hide behind my lounge and when mumma dog realised that I couldnโ€™t get to them their, she joined her as wellโ€ฆ.๐Ÿ˜‚โ€ฆfunny thing about that thoughโ€ฆis once she was in her bubble bathโ€ฆ(hmm yep I used to pour the doggy shampoo into the tub with the water running and it made lots of bubbles)โ€ฆshe really enjoyed the gentle massage they get from being washed and having a bathโ€ฆThen once nice and clean, Ebony would go crazy running around my lounge room repeatedly jumping on the lounge, back onto the floor for a good 5 minutes then lay on the top of the back of my loungeโ€ฆ.in arms reach (of course) for an occasional patโ€ฆEbony was a very dramatic little poochโ€ฆ

 

A few times since her passing, I thought I heard her move around behind my loungeโ€ฆ๐Ÿฅฒโ€ฆit was also her favourite place to escape the summer heatโ€ฆ

 

Hope everyoneโ€™s day is a good day.

 

Hugs ๐Ÿค—,

Grandy..

 

 

Croix
Community Champion
Community Champion

Dear Grandy~

That all sounded like huge fun:)  It is sad it is a memory, however for some reason I find with pets the happy memories tend to overwhelm the sense of loss as time goes by.

 

I had not realised that Sumo Cat had had inbuilt good manners and etiquette from the past. I normally have a small bowl of fruit in evaporated milk to finish the evening meal, and Sumo comes over to lap up the remains of the milk, but no matter how much is left always leaves just a little in the bowl, the way we were taught to do with soup when on our best behaviour..  Amazing:)

 

Croix