Lost my best friend of 15 yrs today

Mike,

I just went through this with my best friend...who was with me for 12 years.

My sincere condolences...

Mike

 

My condolences. It is never easy.

 

Dogs are so loyal.
They get joy out of always being there for their owner.

My dog would take a bullet for me.

So hard when our faithful pets die.

Time will soften the loss some, but it never fully goes away.
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I lost my first real bud at 10 4yrs ago and although I have a new bud I still really miss my first.

 

I'm really sorry for your loss. It's been 3+ years since I lost my best friend, that day crushed me. I agree with what Toggie said.

Dogs are great.

The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.

 

I am so glad to have read this. It puts so much in pespective.

 

I am sorry for your loss mike.

 

One of the few movies that had me and wifey balling like a baby was Hachi, "Hachiko a dogs story" If you are a dog lover, this one will get you.

My condolences, losing one is always hard......

 

Sorry for your loss. I'm sure your affection added years to your dog's life.

 

My condolences to you.

 

Sorry to hear it Mike.
My pal is 12 1/2.

 

Sorry for your loss, I am afraid I am not far behind you. It's tough because mine is still doing great in his mind but his body and hips just are just getting to the point where he is having a very hard time getting up. Very tough to watch.

 

Lost mine four years ago. He was five weeks from being twenty years old! Still missed and
never replaced. My condolences.

 

Sorry for your loss Mike as the loss of a TRUE friend is never easy. You could and should consider adopting another puppy for your children/family.

Lost but never forgotten.