MoNsTeR Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 R.I.P. Pebble, died this morning R.I.P. Bamboo, died Nov '03 I had each of them over 14 years. My wife's oldest cat also left us this past year, as well as my mother's dog. It feels like a curse some days. ...sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDean Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 That's sad news man, I'm a sucker for cats. They lived long and happy I'm sure. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Twenty years ago, when my wife was working for a vet, a woman wanted her Golden Retriever/Lab mix put down because the dog would occasionally vomit on the carpet. Carol asked to adopt Percy instead and took her home with her. Carol's ex-husband gave her an ultimatum to get rid of the dog. Percy moved out that day --- with Carol. Turned out that Percy had cancer and displasia. For about eight weeks that dog dragged herself out of the bedroom whenever Carol came home, planted her hips on the carpet, and wagged her entire front half. When she got too weak to walk up the stairs after going for a walk, Carol carried her upstairs. When Percy wouldn't walk downstairs anymore, we took her on a ride to the vet's and held her as she went to sleep. We've had cats since, have lost a couple over the years, and currently have four over the age of 12. We enjoy them every day, and remember their departed siblings. Hang in there, we're thinking of you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Noah..sorry to hear of the loss... family pets are very dear... We have a couple..had them since they were four weeks old..we adopted them after they were found in a bag abandoned on a road.. They both have been through surgeries for health problems..but so far they are fighters.. My wife's family lost their Rhodesian ridgeback a couple of years ago too..great animal.. thoughts are with you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtr Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Sorry to hear that Monster, there is nothing like the love of a pet. I highly suggest you go out and adopt a new animal when you feel the time is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Monster, I am sorry for your loss. Like rtr said, when the time is right. Nothing can help fill the empty spot in your life like another pet...or three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnshapiro Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Very sorry to hear. We've 2 cats and a puppy now. We lost our Mastiff in April to bone cancer. That was real tough. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 While there are no words, others feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkelly Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Losing pets is a very stressful thing, you have my sympathy. The stress of losing something close is why I won't have another after "The Rats", two 19 year old Siamese, pass away. Respectfully, jdkelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Losing a pet is definitely the equivalent of losing some form of family member... especially if the pet's been with you a while... and some cats can live to be ancient. We had a Siamese many moons ago (and they're notoriously long-lived) that lived to be 22 or something. We lost count. Gosh, Pebble was/is an attractive cat. Some families intentionally overlap the purchase or acquisition of their domestic pets precisely to ease the grief when one of them naturally and inevitably passes. In this way they don't all mature at the same time and run all the same risks at the same time. It's no sin to 'plan ahead' with the lives of your pets. People do it all the time. It makes for smoother transitions and reduced grief. I know people who do this. Yeh, many of us have the soft spot for cats...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I just said to my wife last night, that it is one of God's cruelest jokes that pets don't live longer. All of our pets are either rescued or strays that we have taken in. When their time comes I will at least be able to say that I know I helped make their lives better and longer as a small payment for how much they have given to me. I am sorry for you loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I'm sorry to hear that MoNsTeR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Still in its very rough stages, I'm attempting a tidied-up portrait of Pebble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 The good news is.... in the interview with Roy Horn (of Sigfried and Roy) he said that while he was clinically dead, he went toward the bright light.. but instead of seeing people he was greeted by all the cats he had worked with through the years. So, gives you one more thing to look forward to when you die. The great thing is in Heaven, you never have to clean a cat box and you can feed them all you want and they won't get fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Ellis Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I know what you're going through Monster. Our pets are family. Our current brood includes a Mother / Son pair of Maine Coon cats. A medium hair totally tubby tabby. And an ancient short hair tabby. My wife and I volunteer with a cat rescue organization so we have a juvenile tabby foster. And the one I drug home from the heliport just this week (escaping hurricane Ivan) that will be put up for adoption as soon as she recovers from her spaying. Oh yeah, and the Chiwhatzu. Half Shih Tzu, half Chihuahua dog. However, I still think of Fubar, an orange tabby that was my buddy during good times and bad. Lost him nearly three years ago and still miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quimico2 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Monster : I am sorry for you loss. We lost a cat in last april ... My daughter never be the same ... Químico2 - From Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Nothing teaches us quite as much about Life as Death itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Thanks for the quote, Siggy. I, too, am sorry you lost your friend, Noah. Remember the good times and remember the bad, for in the end, this life may be all that you ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Thanks everyone. Pebble really was beautiful. Tabby-point Siamese are some of the most gorgeous cats around. Can you believe she was a shelter cat, and we only paid a $6 adoption fee for her? Sadly, a picture can't capture the sound of her purr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Thanks everyone.Pebble really was beautiful. Tabby-point Siamese are some of the most gorgeous cats around. Can you believe she was a shelter cat, and we only paid a $6 adoption fee for her? Sadly, a picture can't capture the sound of her purr... But she's in our minds, so she lives! She didn't disappear without a trace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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