Sad Day
It is a sad day today at our house. Our little fox terrier named Zorro, is very ill. Dean found him in the backyard this morning, shivering, and unresponsive. He rushed him to the vet, and the vet thinks he had a heart attack or stroke overnight. As I type this, Dean is at the vet with him and having him put down.
I was so unprepared for this, he is such a tough little dog. Our Border collie, Babie, is an older dog with dodgy hips, deaf and failing eyesight. I have been preparing myself for the time in the not too distant future that we would have to put her down. I never expected that we would loose Zorro first.
Poor Jaz has been dealing with the grief of loosing her baby brother Jacob lately even tho she was too young at the time to understand. She has been talking about him lot lately and really missing him, so now she will have to go through it all about Zorro as well which will dredge up the grief about Jacob as well no doubt. She has been a bit sad this morning after I explained to her why Zorro isn’t coming back. It is so hard to know what to say to a 4yr old about death. I will have to re-read the book that her kindy lent me to help her deal with loosing Jacob.
Ooh Robyn, it was so sad to hear about Zorro, he’s a great looking dog. Babie will certainly miss him as will all of you
Oh Robyn, Lots of **hugz** for you guys xxx
Oh Robyn and Dean… that is so sad. Sorry to hear about Zorro. I am sure he had a wonderful life bringing you all so much love and joy.
We too have older dogs that were once our ‘babies’ before children. It is getting to a stage where we have to make decisions about their future and it is killing us.
Big hugs to you all
I’m so sorry to hear about Zorro Robyn. I’m not looking forward to the day we have to deal with the loss of our dog. We have lost goldfish, and Luke goes on for days about them dying. So I have no idea what he’ll do when the dog goes. Sending you all big hugs.
xxx
Big hugs all round! Having to say goodbye is one of the saddest things we sometimes have to do.
I hadn’t peeked at your blog lately–I am just not reading this! I am sooo sorry to hear about the loss of a friend–I’m sure it’s tough all around. Big hugs to you, my friend, and to Jazzy as well….