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My grandma once told me "Honey,if you have animals you're gonna have heartbreak" How true that statement is.Over the years I have lost some great pets,Dogs,cats,and a couple of horses.Many of you know that about a month ago I lost my littel Tinker she was a purebred miniature dauschund.I had her since she was weaned,she was the daughter of my old weiner dog that I got when my first love Rick died and left him to me.Tinker was about thirteen and had developed a cancer as well as kidney stones.In April I adopted Lucy,a miniature dauschund\chihuahua cross,(I swear it was short for lucifer and not lucille)She was such a sweet hearted girl with a wild streak of orneriness and that who me look when she was doing something she should'nt.Yesterday morning I let Lucy out for the morning pee,she came back in for her breakfast and morning lovin,after that she wanted back out.That was the last time I saw her.I have searched everwhere and put out calls to all the neighbors.I have a feeling all the calls and searching are a futile venture.I believe that either the damn coyotes or the resident bobcat killed and took her.It breaks my heart to think of that cruel ending for a girl thats biggest pain in life ws an occasional swat with the flyswatter.Her not knowing what was happening and me not being there to help her.I had the windows open,so whatever got her did it by surprise and in a way that whe could'nt make a sound or I would have heard.There will now be no mercy on any carnivorous animal that crosses my place,if I see so much as a squirrel with big teeth I'll shoot its ass off.I spent most of last nite getting up and down checking to see if she was outside waiting for me.I just pray that it was fast and painless and not a game for those animals. Heartbroke and sick. Ricky | |||
9/9/2008 2:51 pm |
Ricky: I just checking your Blogs finally..came across this one and it broke my heart....feel for your loss. Hugs Bruce
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9/8/2008 7:41 pm |
Big Ricky, Oh, I am so sorry to hear. I just can't imagine. I be thinking of you! Take care!
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8/30/2008 5:04 pm |
My hart goes out to all who have lost a loved pet.I lost my dog of 10 years about a mounth ago to cancer.It was hart breaking to loose him,but Im so thankful for the time I had him in my life.Its still very hard,I find myself looking for him and expecting him to come walking into what ever room I happen to be in.Its very true, that its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. I loved my boy very much and look forward to the next dog I can get to know and share my life with.It is hard to part with them but it is so well worth it,considering the joy and love they bring while they are wuith us.
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 8/24/2008 9:44 am |
Hey to you all, Thanks so much,I know that pets eventually lead to heartache,but the joy and companionship thay bring while they own us is worth more than the heartache.I'm looking already to find me a new little buddy to boss me around and make the nites in the chair a bit more comfy. Thanks again, Huggs Ricky
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8/24/2008 6:16 am |
I Completely Feel & Understand the no closure thing. I'm sorry 4 your loss. about 3 months back, I had to have my sweet Spoiled-Rottenweiler Miss Kitty put down due to bone cancer. I did get to say my goodbyes to her & arranged 4 a private cremation. after a month & 1/2-- I quit seeing shadows/glimpses of her around the house.... I called the vet's to find out when her ashes/remains/essence would come home where she belongs. Only to find out that somewhere,somehow have been LOST. bman
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8/23/2008 7:54 pm |
ricky i am so sorry this happened to you i do know what it is like i found my 13 yr old cat dead just after i feed her when i found her i was shocked to be honest it never hit me till after i had buried her and about 4hrs after that i lost it she was my baby i had her the full 13yrs i found her in the barn and had to bottle feed her till i could give her solid food im so sorry this happened to you
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8/19/2008 1:08 pm |
Hey Rickey I am so sorry to here about your loss! I like what Mark said about "being loved by a animal and then having to loses that animal". Just about two years ago this weekend I loss my baby a little Shettland Sheppard "Spicey" and it just wiped me out! I was dealing with the trama, shock and lonelyness and was such a mess that I had to take in another sheppard very soon! I adopted her cousin and her baby as I needed to stay busy, this all helped but I still miss here every day as we worked togehter as a team and the University and hospital with the kids! I am not sure why we are put through the pain of the loss, but I think it shows that our love was very strong and that we miss our little friend "kids" so much! I know this dose not help but I too went through many stages of pain and angery and was just one of them! I could have attacked the person that hit my Sheppard as they were on thier cell phone and not watching, but I am not sure this wold have helped anything and I think Spicey would have want me to spend the last moment on earth together as I held her in my arms! Sorry that You are going through this please feel free to write if you like to talk! Martin!
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8/16/2008 12:04 pm |
Ricky, Sorry to hear this. Hugs Steve
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8/14/2008 6:01 pm |
i am sooo sorry for your loss ...yeah....its time for someone ...any one with big teeth to "getsome" if you know what i mean but i would also light a candle for her and just talk i sure she knows how you feel its helped when i lost friends
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8/14/2008 7:21 am |
Ricky, I know I'm late getting here, but I am so sorry. I know how tough that is to lose a pet you love so much. Will talk to you soon buddy, hang in there. Big hugs, Jason Life isn't measured by the amount of breaths that we take. But by the moments that take our breath away.
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8/13/2008 11:32 am |
My sincere sympathies buddy. Hugs, Dale.
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8/12/2008 5:17 pm |
Ricky, you know how much I love animals & especially dogs. I know your heart aches & a great void is there. I doubt it being more than little consolation, but remember that nature provides wild animals the instinct to make a swift & instant kill of their prey. I prefer to think that most don't have time to feel any pain. You know you & Lucy are in our thoughts & prayers. Hugs darlin, Clint, Jerry & the posse... Chat FOR Bloggers
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8/12/2008 4:25 pm |
Dear Ricky, Very sorry about your loss. Your grandma was right. I had to decide to put down my favorite pet of 17 years on July 24. The loss of a pet sucks. Hang in there. Brub
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8/12/2008 9:35 am |
Hey Ricky; I had a "Snoopy" Beagle when I was a boy. I called him Laddie. He disappeared one day and I went searching all over the back woods and up and down the road. 6 months later, my neighbor said his Nephew "found" him wandering along the road and "brought" him back to us. We always felt the Nephew had taken him and got discouraged with his (lack of) hunting skills. He only hunted for and with me. A couple of years later, we had to give him away when we moved to the big city. I still miss that boy. Hugs; T "Can't means you won't try."
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8/12/2008 8:14 am |
It's the not knowing that hurts the most an end without closure but on the bright side. Acme has a sale on hand grenades to rid your place of undesirable pests.
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8/12/2008 6:12 am |
I know the feeling when a pet doesn't return. I lost a dog and for months I'd keep seeing her in the corner of my eye. But everytime I looked around there was nothing there. It takes time, and the only thing you know is that you don't know.
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8/12/2008 4:02 am |
Ricky, anytime I see someone who loses their pet, my heart just sinks breaks !!! I am so sorry for your loss !!! I know how I get when one of my little ones die, it takes everything out of me, and I feel so empty for such a long time. Yet, as far as me not having any animals, that just won't happen, since I cherish the time I have with each and every one of them. I believe that ones my time is up on this earth, I will be reunited with each and every one of them, where I will spend eternity loving them even more !!! Charlie
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8/11/2008 10:03 pm |
Rick don't loose hope yet. Call your local police and tell them if someone finds your dog to call you. Call the local animal shelter, and animal hospitals in your area. You will be surprised how many animals are picked up at them but are never claimed. I'll pray for a save return.
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8/11/2008 9:58 pm |
Ricky, I am sorry for your loss. Maybe your dog was abducted and is being well cared for. Hope or the best and think a good thought. Maybe your pet will return some day. Peace, Craig
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8/11/2008 8:00 pm |
I'm so sorry to hear this Ricky. I know how much you love your four legged kids. I can't even bear to think of the scenario you've got. All the pet companions I've lost have all been to natural causes. The thought of something like that happening, well, I can't even begin to think about it. My thoughts are with you, my friend  Hugs, Paul I would rather try and fail than never succeed because I failed to try
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8/11/2008 7:41 pm |
I am SO sorry for your loss Ricky.I too hope it was fast and painless. Take care. Phil
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8/11/2008 7:39 pm |
Ricky, So sorry to hear this, the not knowing for sure, will be hard. Hope she was not taken but got out somehow and will be found. I also have had dogs in the same situation with Mtn. lions, fox, bears & coyote's. I to hope if she got caught by one it was fast also! Later Darold
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8/11/2008 6:39 pm |
Hey, Ricky. She seems like a sweet little dog. No words can make it feel better. Get yourself another dog as quick as possible, and that will help. Much love, frank
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8/11/2008 6:34 pm |
Ricky, Having been a pet lover and caretaker for practically all my life, I very, very much sympathize with you at this time and pray that your fears have been in vain. I used to have a dog like yours, but he had long hair ... named Tut. My Dalmatian learned how to open the gate to the back yard on her own ... neighbors caught her and put her back but left tiny Tut last seen sitting on my front porch. Ads, calls, signs posted, long drives and long walks .. and finally I gave up. I tell myself that someone found him and chose not call me because, after all, he was SO CUTE! As Warwood stated, it is the not knowing that hurts so much. Take care of your good and kind self!!! Whitney
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8/11/2008 5:30 pm |
Actually Ricky, just the thought of Otis not being by my side makes my stomach turn. I am VERY sorry for your loss my friend. Like Mark, I would hope that you would consider offering your home to another pet that needs a home when the time feels right. I have heard coyote packs behind my house. So I worry about the same thing happening to Otis. My heart goes out to you... ~Sport~   Check out our local group: Nashville Social Scene
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8/11/2008 5:28 pm |
If you can remember Ricky, I lost a cat (Shanda) last autumn to a Siberian Husky that was roaming the neighbourhood without its owner's supervision. It snatched Shanda right off my front window sill. I'll NEVER forget the look in her eyes. She too had never known neither fear nor pain. Everyone here seems focused on her being 'gone'...I'm holding on to the hope that she's just 'missing' for a little bit. I understand how you feel buddy re: the not knowing aspect. I get that way too when Spook takes off for a month or two at a time. Good luck Steve  There is no 'dis' in my ability  Chat FOR Bloggers
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 8/11/2008 5:18 pm |
BIG LOVE going out to you. I don't know what I would do without my Spike(2yr old male Chih). He is the first dog to really bond with me, he loves everyone else, but when set down runs to my lap!! Kind of like the way "B" does!!!!!  BIGS HUGS to you from "B" and gare
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8/11/2008 5:05 pm |
Ricky, I am so sorry for your loss. It truly leaves a big hole in the heart. I just lost my Tanner to Cancer 2 weeks ago and things just don't seem the same around here. He was truly my baby, everyone else thought he was crazy, hateful and a brat...but only a Dog Dad knows how sweet they really are. Hugs my friend, Dan If you judge people you have no time to love them.
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8/11/2008 5:00 pm |
my mothers name was lucille no one called her lucy no one much loved her i'm so choked up can't say much ...been a hellava of a lifes week...
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8/11/2008 4:59 pm |
Ricky, Wish I could give you a big hug... Take care and shed a tear for Lucy. Huggs, Jim
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8/11/2008 4:55 pm |
Hi Ricky, Im really sorry about what happened to Lucy. I think that people who have never loved and been loved by an animal have no idea what its like to lose one. And yeh, I do mean the word "love" because I have no doubt at all that animals are capable of that. A very real and pure kind of love. But I hope you will be able to let go of the anger at whatever wild animal it might have been that took Lucy. Coyotoy or bobcat or whatever...they are not capable of intentional evil, they just do what nature and instinct tell them to do. Im sorry that probly doesnt help you with what youre feeling. I do believe that anyone who has given an animal a safe and loving life has done God's work. And hard as it is to lose a friend like that, I hope you will think taking in another pet. There are so many who have no home and no love. And they need it just as much as people do.
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8/11/2008 4:51 pm |
Hi Ricky, Im really sorry about what happened to Tinker. People who have never loved and been loved by an animal have no idea what its like to lose one. And yeh, I do mean the word "love" because I have no doubt at all that animals are capable of that. Its a very real and pure kind of love. But I hope you will be able to let go of the anger at whatever wild animal it might have been that took Tinker. Coyotoy or bobcat or whatever...they are not capable of intentional evil, they just do what nature and instinct tell them to do. Im sorry that probly doesnt help you with what youre feeling. I do believe that anyone who has given an animal a safe and loving life has done God's work. And hard as it is to lose a friend like that, I hope you will think taking in another pet. There are so many who have no home and no love. And they need it just as much as people do. *HUGS RICKY* mark
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8/11/2008 3:50 pm |
sorry about the loss of your furry four-legged friend. it is sad that we outlive our pets and ultimatly must see them parish. but think of the happiness you shared with your best friend as a positive. is it better to have loved and lost than not loved at all?
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8/11/2008 3:10 pm |
Ricky Also sorry about your loss of Lucy....... Just do not go overboard as I am sure the big toothed squirrel had nothing to do with it....... lol Love you guy....... take care hugs larry
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8/11/2008 2:41 pm |
Ricky, that's too bad, I feel very bad for you- I've lost a couple cats in the past, getting hit by cars- it's horrible when it's when you don't expect it... Take care, friend, my heart is with you... Jim
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8/11/2008 2:40 pm |
Ricky,I'm so sorry for your loss. I have been through it myself. I understand the stress and anxiety involved.My heart goes out to you.
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8/11/2008 1:48 pm |
I'm sorry to hear of your Lucy's sad departure Ricky. My Heart is with you always, as it is hard losing loved pets. Hugzzz, War 
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