I lost my best friend

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:41 am

Sorry for a sad post, but at 19:40 10/1/2007 My best friend left me today and its hit hard. Its a terrible thing but the poor sod was riddled with cancer and the steroids had stopped controlling it, and i decided when i got home (i take him to work as he had his own space in my office) that the time had come. I rescued him in 2001 and have had the last 5 or so very happy years with him. You dont realise how hard it is to say enough is enough when you know what that mean. Anyway Blue was a wonderful loving and very loyal dog to me and i will miss him terribly.

Regards James

Post by **cordel** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:51 am

Sorry to hear that mate. I know how hard of a decision that is but you can only allow so much suffering. I'm sure Blue is in a happier place.

Regards,
Corey

Flash_ · Post by **Flash_** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:54 am

Sorry to hear that. My last dog a collie also called Blue, died two years ago. A good friend.

uxbod · Post by **uxbod** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:42 am

Sorry to hear fella, but as already said it was better to let go peacefully.

voronwe · Post by **voronwe** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:28 pm

Hi James

Sad to hear, hope you wille get over it.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:06 pm

thanks guys, still hasnt fully hit yet, im amazed how much im missing him. I knew it would be hard but thought id be ok, how wrong we are.

But it was time and it was best for him, i couldnt have watched him suffer

voronwe · Post by **voronwe** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:18 pm

Hi James

Just remember that it was the best thing for him, there was no reason for him to suffer.

And just remember that cancer is an ugly afair and that you can in most cases only prolong the life for awhile.

tgutwin · Post by **tgutwin** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:38 pm

Sorry to hear. He looks like a beautiful friend.

Thoughts are with you.
tom

Barbado · Post by **Barbado** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:48 pm

Sorry to hear that, James.
I also own a dog named Max, who gives me very happy moments and is always by my side.

Think you've made one correct decision, though painful.

Post by **zoneminder** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 5:02 pm

We lost one of our cats a year or two ago. He's the black one in some of the original screenshots. He also had cancer and though he had a brief remission he went downhill quite quickly and died lying on his cushion in the April sun right under where the camera was. Cats are not really the companions that dogs are but it's still terrible to see them go, especially when they've been around for so long. My daughter still tears up whenever we mention his name.

To put a bit of a ZM slant on it, while he was ill and confined indoors initially I had a camera on him to see if he ever got up to eat or drink or whatever. It was very useful to know that even if he didn't move in the day, at night he was getting up to feed and drink.

haus · Post by **haus** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:17 am

Self-deleting my post. Troll post I was commenting on was deleted by james (next post).

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:32 am

haus wrote:Mods please ban that troll for hijacking a thread like this...OMG I can't believe people would do such a thing. No wait, I can believe it. Just makes me sick.

im on it mate