Mandy's gone...

[Dorothy39]

I still think of your Chocolate Lab when I go to bed at night.

I think of Robroy20, his dog, Jeb a lot as well.

and I too, often think, What IF??

Like, what if I told the Vet to just aspirate Foxy's swollen lymph nodes and not to have her spayed. What if???? What if?????


The spaying just opened the cancer up!! She recovered, but slowly went down hill afterwards.

I hate feeling the "What If" blues myself.


And you know? The whole horrible story is like a dream to me. 6 months later, it all seems like a horrible dream, as though, if I call her name, she will come to me.

I have healed somewhat since registering on Pet Talk. I have had to face the future without my beloved Foxy Jean. And, now, when I see a Chocolate Lab, I think of Mandy, because, my niece has a Chocolate Lab named, (can you believe this ?) MANDY!!!


One might think that the older we become, the more tolarant we are when death knocks on the door. Well my friend, I must be a kid at heart. I can't forget a dogs' face.


I occasionally click onto "Pet Memorial", but it is hard for me . I tend to my daily life, but, when I go to --Dog of the Day---, on breaks between chores , it offers me a special place where I belong.

Just remembering all your posts on Mandy, and I am thinking of you and your pets right now.

You were a real trooper!!!!! you grew up a little, right? It is so hard to loose a beloved animal.


You have good friends at Pet Talk.


Hi Bob, thinking of you and your Dog, Jeb. Who had to be put to sleep on June 3rd.

[chocolatepuppy]

In card from our vets...
Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you...
I loved you so -- t'was Heaven here with you.

Things aren't getting much easier. I can't do anything with Mandys toys, only her first bunny (stuffie) I sleep with it. I just wanted to wash them and put them up for now. I can't take her collar from the kitchen chair, where I laid it the night she died. I know time will help. I miss her so.

[Daisy and Delilah]

My heart still breaks for you all. I have to tell you that I can't look at your siggy without crying. That has to be one of the most beautiful pictures of any dog I've ever seen. It's captured all of her sweetness and glory. Those soulful eyes make me fall apart. (((HUGS)))

[Dorothy39]

In card from our vets...
Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you...
I loved you so -- t'was Heaven here with you.

Things aren't getting much easier. I can't do anything with Mandys toys, only her first bunny (stuffie) I sleep with it. I just wanted to wash them and put them up for now. I can't take her collar from the kitchen chair, where I laid it the night she died. I know time will help. I miss her so.

Thank-you for sharing your grief .

I sometimes have to sleep with a "'fake Foxy Jean", Hey, it helps me go to sleep. don't disturb Mandy's belongings, okay?? trust me on this. leave them where they are.

We will get through the rest of this Year, stumbling with our grief. So, when you go to sleep at night, remember this, there are so many people who are feeling the same way. Missing Mandy is pure torture, I realize this. It is a physical pain that nothing can medicate. I have my "Fake Foxy" when my limits are stretched. I don't care what anyone else thinks either. I found Foxy's hair inside the sweater that I placed over a very small pillow. I treasure this momento left to me from HER!!!