R.I.P.s

**Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:17 pm**

CBGB. At its 315 Bowery location, anyway.

**Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:21 pm**

r.i.p my dog sally

i had to get her put down today, she hand cancer in her glands in her neck, which spread to her lungs and back end, over the past two weeks. i know that i shouldn't be too sad cos she is at peace now and she isn't suffering. but when she has been my compion for the last fourteen years it's hard. i know i will miss her but it's better all around.
now she is at peace with sam (who also died of cancer), leaving behind her son ben.

**Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:10 pm**

molly wrote:r.i.p my dog sally

My sympathy.

**Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:13 pm**

molly wrote:r.i.p my dog sally...

My condolences, Molly.

**Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:30 am**

thanks fintan, eric v. i know this my sound silly, but that really means a lot.

**Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:17 pm**

molly wrote:thanks fintan, eric v. i know this my sound silly, but that really means a lot.

My condolences as well.

Anyone who owns or ever owned a pet knows that this is a real loss. It can eben be worse than losing a human relative.

**Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:22 pm**

molly wrote:thanks fintan, eric v. i know this my sound silly, but that really means a lot.

i mind when my irish seter got hit and killed by a train. i was distraught for ages

**Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:00 am**

molly wrote:r.i.p my dog sally

My condolences as well, Molly.

My son suffered a tragedy many years past, at the age of 10, when his dear dog Sparky was hit by a car. He was so overcome with grief that we allowed him a day off from school to come to terms with his loss. The sorrow was real, as is yours, and to be respected.

**Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:40 pm**

thanks guys, you've almost set me off again!

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:22 am**

Its a sad day when you lose a dog, my sincere sympayhy to you Molly

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:37 am**

Our black bunny passed away while we were on holidays. He was a wag and a right character; and despite my frequent jokes that I would turn him into a sporran, I must confess to missing him already. Don't know how I'm gonna break the news to the daughter...

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:07 am**

Fintan wrote: Don't know how I'm gonna break the news to the daughter...

My old cat, X, is in hospital and about to die, probably. Wife and I resolved to lie to our daughter if we do in fact put the old boy down. Don't know it its the right thing to do, but how do you tell a 6 year old that you decided to end the life of a family member (the cat)? I figure we'll just say he died peacefully.

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:36 pm**

Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best and Mr. Spock's mom.

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:57 pm**

Eric V wrote:how do you tell a 6 year old that you decided to end the life of a family member (the cat)? I figure we'll just say he died peacefully.

Helping the animal along doesn't mean that it died any less peacefully. There's no lie in that.

**Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:07 pm**

DzM wrote:
Eric V wrote:how do you tell a 6 year old that you decided to end the life of a family member (the cat)? I figure we'll just say he died peacefully.

Helping the animal along doesn't mean that it died any less peacefully. There's no lie in that.

Update: X (lately known as pumpkin kitty) is now home. Still on lots of meds, though. I'll let you all know when he finally kicks. He's a big ginger tabby, everyone has always said he's a beautiful cat, which he is, but he's gonna die. Really bad heart. I figure if all goes well, he'll die in his sleep. And then we'll have a wake, online. He's 12 1/2.

R.I.P.s

Jane Wyatt

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