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**MegaJIT** · 03-23-2011, 10:26 PM

Agreed. My dogs are loyal like that...to myself and each other. And I do have a 9 year old lab-mix that seems highly acute to her surroundings, myself and her doggy sister. My pup (two years old) went blind from a progressive fatal disease, she still has some sight in the right eye, and has adjusted well. She's on medications and is pretty happy, right now. The older dog rapidly intuited her inability to see, and instinctively is acting as her guide dog.
AMAZING...I didn't do anything.

The worse thing about loving a dog, is losing them.
I'm still having infrequent dreams about my Mastiff I put down early fall.
I wake up, and it takes a few tears and about a half hour to shake it. Then I'm okay.

But, I can't imagine life without dogs, I really can't.

I have a long bout of traveling to do, then I will be getting another pup.

I won't bore you or anyone else with another rendition of my dog saved my life again .. but my dog saved my life. Without him in the house, I would have stayed dead 4 years ago.

I couldn't agree with you more about losing them. It's not like losing a family member, it IS losing a family member. When I lost my Bouv Charlie, I had to take 3 weeks off work. When I lost him, I took my vacation of two weeks to mourn him. Stayed in the house the entire time. Went back to work, still couldn't handle it .. took another week off work.

I have no idea how I'm going to handle losing Tupac. I'll be as lost without him as he would be without me.

Until that happens I'm going to enjoy every moment of one of Natures greatest wonders and greatest symbiotic relationship.

03-23-2011, 10:26 PM	#16
MegaJIT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 591 Senior Member	Agreed. My dogs are loyal like that...to myself and each other. And I do have a 9 year old lab-mix that seems highly acute to her surroundings, myself and her doggy sister. My pup (two years old) went blind from a progressive fatal disease, she still has some sight in the right eye, and has adjusted well. She's on medications and is pretty happy, right now. The older dog rapidly intuited her inability to see, and instinctively is acting as her guide dog. AMAZING...I didn't do anything. The worse thing about loving a dog, is losing them. I'm still having infrequent dreams about my Mastiff I put down early fall. I wake up, and it takes a few tears and about a half hour to shake it. Then I'm okay. But, I can't imagine life without dogs, I really can't. I have a long bout of traveling to do, then I will be getting another pup. I won't bore you or anyone else with another rendition of my dog saved my life again .. but my dog saved my life. Without him in the house, I would have stayed dead 4 years ago. I couldn't agree with you more about losing them. It's not like losing a family member, it IS losing a family member. When I lost my Bouv Charlie, I had to take 3 weeks off work. When I lost him, I took my vacation of two weeks to mourn him. Stayed in the house the entire time. Went back to work, still couldn't handle it .. took another week off work. I have no idea how I'm going to handle losing Tupac. I'll be as lost without him as he would be without me. Until that happens I'm going to enjoy every moment of one of Natures greatest wonders and greatest symbiotic relationship.
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