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Dollardog

How very true the above is.
I do believe that they still stay with you when they have died. I often feel Dollar still with me and she died in the 80's. She is especially here when I am on my own, I hear her snuffling around and I know it is her.
When she was very poorly once and had to stay in the vet's, she'd had a fit and a stroke at the same time and was in a coma, they had been talking about letting her go but I wouldn't let them.
The vets wouldn't let me see her, so I sat ouside the surgery in my car with an old jumper on and I talked to her for an hour or more, I knew she'd 'hear' me, we were always on the same wavelength. I was telling her that she'd got to get better because I needed her back and that she had been there for me and I was going to be there for her. I then took the old jumper into the surgery and asked them to give it to her as she liked a pillow to scuffle up in her bed. The next day when I phoned, she had come out of the coma and was walking around, she came home the next day, still a bit wobbly from the stroke, but she got over that.
I'm convinced she thought I had abandoned her at the vets because they wouldn't let me see her, they said it might make her worse as they wanted to keep her quiet but I'm sure she knew I was there when I sat outside talking to her and that was what made her recover.

sazzybum

Dollardog wrote: »

How very true the above is.
I do believe that they still stay with you when they have died. I often feel Dollar still with me and she died in the 80's. She is especially here when I am on my own, I hear her snuffling around and I know it is her.
When she was very poorly once and had to stay in the vet's, she'd had a fit and a stroke at the same time and was in a coma, they had been talking about letting her go but I wouldn't let them.
The vets wouldn't let me see her, so I sat ouside the surgery in my car with an old jumper on and I talked to her for an hour or more, I knew she'd 'hear' me, we were always on the same wavelength. I was telling her that she'd got to get better because I needed her back and that she had been there for me and I was going to be there for her. I then took the old jumper into the surgery and asked them to give it to her as she liked a pillow to scuffle up in her bed. The next day when I phoned, she had come out of the coma and was walking around, she came home the next day, still a bit wobbly from the stroke, but she got over that.
I'm convinced she thought I had abandoned her at the vets because they wouldn't let me see her, they said it might make her worse as they wanted to keep her quiet but I'm sure she knew I was there when I sat outside talking to her and that was what made her recover.

Oh DD, I'm snivelling now, what a beautiful memory!

I lost my Patchy in 2000, and I know she's with me, as is her daughter Blue who passed 5 years ago.

My girls will never leave me.

xx

murphydog999

Dollardog wrote: »

How very true the above is.
I do believe that they still stay with you when they have died. I often feel Dollar still with me and she died in the 80's. She is especially here when I am on my own, I hear her snuffling around and I know it is her.
When she was very poorly once and had to stay in the vet's, she'd had a fit and a stroke at the same time and was in a coma, they had been talking about letting her go but I wouldn't let them.
The vets wouldn't let me see her, so I sat ouside the surgery in my car with an old jumper on and I talked to her for an hour or more, I knew she'd 'hear' me, we were always on the same wavelength. I was telling her that she'd got to get better because I needed her back and that she had been there for me and I was going to be there for her. I then took the old jumper into the surgery and asked them to give it to her as she liked a pillow to scuffle up in her bed. The next day when I phoned, she had come out of the coma and was walking around, she came home the next day, still a bit wobbly from the stroke, but she got over that.
I'm convinced she thought I had abandoned her at the vets because they wouldn't let me see her, they said it might make her worse as they wanted to keep her quiet but I'm sure she knew I was there when I sat outside talking to her and that was what made her recover.

Oh flippin heck!

Dollardog

sazzybum wrote: »

Oh DD, I'm snivelling now, what a beautiful memory!

I lost my Patchy in 2000, and I know she's with me, as is her daughter Blue who passed 5 years ago.

My girls will never leave me.

xx

I was crying as I wrote that - and still am!!

Dollardog

Sorry Murphydog!!

Dollardog

Let's just all hope that wherever he is at the moment, he's safe and happy. Let's hope that someone is taking good care of him until he can find a way home.
Bless you Ruars - come on home to your mum soon. xx

chris_n_tj

Thankyou for the lovely posts above Ladies. Sazzy, your picture spoke a thousand words to me. Dollardog, some of your words could have been mine.
I know Teeg is with me, I have heard him a few times slurping his toes, lol in fact one night I told him to stop it just like I did when he was on this side.

It was our Daughters wedding on Friday, we had a lovely few days with them.
Before we lost Teeg we had a real job finding some one we could leave him with. I mean all those meds and 4 meals a day wasnt a hard task for us but for another it would have been harder. Anyway we did find a friend who was going to look after him for us.

But as you all know in the end it ddint matter beacuse we lost him before the Wedding. The reason I am saying this is because of the blinking trouble we went to, I thought sod it he can come to the wedding with us.
So he sat on the bedside table in our hotel room, and was given a little stroke by all our visitors.
We also lit a candle for TJ, Ruars, and my Mum and Dad. It burnt brightly all day and throughout the evening. Some will think it odd but it helped me,and in the end thats all that matters isnt it.

So Ladies yes I shed a tear reading the last few posts, but we all know where each other was/is coming from, and we all have an idea of how each of us is feeling. Although I count myself the lucky one, I know where my boy is, where as poor sazzy is still looking for her boy. xx

A hug is winging its way to each and every poster who needs one today xxxx

sazzybum

Massive hugs to you too Chris.

Having a snivelly day today

xxxx

Dollardog

sazzybum wrote: »

Massive hugs to you too Chris.

Having a snivelly day today

xxxx

Yes hugs sent to you as well Chris.

I think we are all having a snively day today Sazzy.
Its so hard for you not knowing, Chris is right, at least when they have died, you know where they are. You just live in hope all the time that he will walk through the door one day wanting his tea.
As they always say though, no news is good news, there has not been any bad news about him, so there is always hope that he is out there somewhere and will find his way home eventually, look at all the stories of animals being found a long time after they have gone missing. Let's all hope that happens to Ruars and he manages to make it home safe and well.

Oddjob

I've been crying now reading the posts - especially Dollardog's little story. I love the picture and caption.
I hope Ruars is back safe soon.

I also believe that those that have left this life stay with you. I know my previous pets are often still around the house. I used to have a cat that I always tried to get in before I went out, but sometimes he wanted to stay out. When I got back, he was usually hanging around the front of the house and as my car pulled up, he would come out of the gate stretching and would sit in the middle of the pavement waiting for me to get out of my car. He's been dead now for several years, but sometimes when I get home from somewhere, I catch a glimpse of him coming out of the gate stretching, then he's gone.

Hugs to everyone who is suffering at the moment.