Coping With Pet Loss

June 2007

• Jack the Cat - by Liz - (Wed, Jun 27 2007)
  Jack first showed up at our house in April of 2007. He was a beautiful black and white male cat with the most loveable personality. I figured he would leave after a few scratches and treats since he was not “fixed.” [more..]
• My Dollie - by Holly - (Tue, Jun 26 2007)
  She was a beautiful red and white bassethound. She worshipped us as much as we worshipped her. In november I noticed a little bump on her hip. Thinking she had bumped it, we waited to take her to the vets. When it didn’t go away, we got concerned. [more..]
• Baby Boy - by Mellissa - (Tue, Jun 26 2007)
  “Hellion” is what i wanted to name him…but yet he was such a lover and so darn adorable…that he was simply baby boy… [more..]
• Lost our beloved Maddie - by Tropi - (Tue, Jun 26 2007)
  Last night we lost our beloved Maddie. We came home and let our dogs out and heard her yelp, we went out and found her laying in the yard not breathing. My wife did cpr on her all the way to the hospital, [more..]
• five years - by lee-ann - (Wed, Jun 20 2007)
  south africa- 20 june 2007 I had to put my 8 month old kitten down, he had feline leukemia I waited 5 years for my cat. He was a beautifull ginger cat, Garfield. I cried for weeks and I still miss him a lot. Our dog (pitbull) and Garfield were best of friends. One can tell he misses garfield as well. My life feels so empty without my cat…. [more..]
• Murphy - by Helen - (Wed, Jun 20 2007)
  Today at 11:20 am we said goodbye for the last time. She was 17 years, 2 months and 9 days old. Always a sweet girl, well behaved and never any trouble. I know in my heart it was the right thing to do. [more..]
• Heart Broken Repeatedly - by Adriane - (Wed, Jun 20 2007)
  This happened a few years ago but I thought I’d share my story. I had a big, gray tomcat named Jerry. He was very sweet and loving. Then their was Isabella (Izzy) she was a beautiful tiger striped cat. [more..]
• The loss of Samson - by Laura G. - (Wed, Jun 20 2007)
  Myself and my boyfriend Simon drove to London to pick up a gorgeous little boy British blue short-hair. I never liked the name Samson, but of course we had one cat already. i called her Ruby, so it was only fair he could choose. We had a fantastic nine months with him [more..]
• My Sammy - by Leslie G. - (Tue, Jun 19 2007)
  What a shock! My 10 yr old stray cat was sounding congested on Thursday night. On Saturday morning I took him to the emergency vets, thinking he had a bad case of sinusitis or respiratory infection. [more..]
• our dog boo boo - by jan - (Mon, Jun 18 2007)
  we went to the humane society and pick out a golden retriever /husky he was beautiful calm and very nice. my two year old son fell in love with him. we paid the money and took him home. [more..]
• There were four - by Lindi - (Fri, Jun 15 2007)
  It began with the arrival of a little black puppy. My father had taken her off a beggar in the street. She was clearly too young to be weaned, mal nourished and full of sores. [more..]
• My cat sapphire…continued - by Sarah - (Fri, Jun 15 2007)
  Hello Animal Lovers! Well I thought I would update the news on Sapphire from the 4th of May. She recently turned 9 months old. She had improved so much and we thought she would get through this and she would survive this [more..]
• Spikes Gone Home - by Heather and Shauna - (Wed, Jun 13 2007)
  Just an update to let you all know that Spike went home to his maker June 12th @4:08 pm, in the arms of his Pal. [more..]
• My recent loss - by Kathy - (Fri, Jun 08 2007)
  I had to give my little Peanut up right close to his 1st purday Sunday, 6/3/07. He had FeLV. The sickness came on very sudden, labored breathing and suffering. [more..]
• FIP He was only 11 Months old - by KA - (Wed, Jun 06 2007)
  My eleven old month kitten Bosco (beautiful orange tabby) was just just put down to sleep today. He was diagnosed with FIP Absolutaly one of the hardest things I ever had to deal with. [more..]
• unexplained death of Brutus - by KSJ - (Tue, Jun 05 2007)
  Sunday, May 27, 2007. Mid-Morn Brutus, my 8 yr old Brittany is at the emergency hospital. Yesterday he got all his vaccinations in the am. By mid afternoon he wasn’t quite right - a little slow. [more..]
• Our Kit - by PG - (Mon, Jun 04 2007)
  Our Kit is a stray that we had for 16 years and is a himalayen. He has been quite ill and finally passed away Sunday evening. We recently learned two days before his passing that our other stray who is 5 years old has tested positive with FIP [more..]