Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Pet Loss / June 2005

We sent Cosmo across the Rainbow Bridge last night.  It was clear to
all of those around him that he'd reached the point where his life
held no joy anymore and that to keep him alive would be cruel and
selfish.  He passed away surrounded by people who loved him & who were

It was one year ago today that I made the decision and put my
Miniature Schnauzer Cosmo to sleep.  About a month prior he had fallen
off of the bed & ruptured a disk in his back; our choices were $3000
surgery that MIGHT help him or trying extended crate rest and allowing

My ex-husband and i just put down our 13-yr old cocker spaniel.
That dog helped raise our sons, one of whom is away at college and said
goodbye to the dog over the phone.
I am so sad. :-(

[From _On the Road with Charles Kuralt_ by Charles Kuralt, ©1985 CBS Inc.]
BLACKIE
(Coles County, Illinois)
We were going somewhere else, like all the other traffic on Illinois 16,

Aside from the obvious annoyance.
TK

I just found your group and would like to post about my cat.
His name was Fritzi and I just lost him yesterday. I found him lying in
my back yard and he had been attacked by some sort of animal. I had
Fritzi for nearly 13 years and I am hurting so bad. I just screamed and

Yesterday I lost Stormy aka h0p.  He was a feral kitten when we got him 12
years ago.  He survived toxoplasmosis, seizures which caused brain damage,
a bad liver, a heart murmer, severe burn, toxins from human medications, and
much more.  With each of these incidents he and I ...