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  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited May 2016

    Karen, He is so adorable!! Welcome to this thread!


  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2016

    Love that picture! Our furry friends know when we are in pain. They want nothing more than to make us feel better. My three Goldens are so concerned for me. They sleep at my feet, have refrained from jumping on me (amazing), and lay their heads in my lap to just be close. Two of them are just 2.5 years old.... they have so much bouncy energy, yet they have been remarkably calm with me since my surgery!. Their attentiveness and awareness of what we need is truly wonderful! We are lucky to have been rescued by our dogs!


  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,751
    edited May 2016

    Our fur babies have been staying close by their daddy. They have been on their best behavior for him.


  • Warrior_Woman
    Warrior_Woman Member Posts: 819
    edited May 2016

    I come here when I need good therapy! These photos and the connections we have with out pets makes all the difference.

  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2016

    Indeed! Here are my 2 year Olds hugging my hubby since they can't get in my lap! Note my house is covered with cardboard to protect things from chewing ! What a mess! Worth every minute!

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited May 2016

    Great pic, LRGO!

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited May 2016

    Could not resist.image

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited May 2016

    Nice to see you WW. They sure are wonderful therapy.

    LRGO, Great picture!! I had a golden many years ago. He was such a sweet dog - very smart.

    Ducky, hahahahahahaha.....Thanks for the laugh!!


  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,751
    edited May 2016

    Love it Ducky!!!!


  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited May 2016

    I love Boston's......as some may already know .....that was our families "go to" dog.....at one point we had 4 in the family.....I had 2,....(that I rescued from a woman who left them at the Vet and never came back), and my daughter had one, and another daughter had one....my daughter bought one for my husband 2 months before he died..his name was Bossman...that one lived for 11 years.......then another daughter bought one from the same breeder and was a nephew to Bossman....his name was Bullet..............then the breeder moved, left 2 dogs she had at the Vet saying she would be back for them...........

    She called my daughter, told her they were at the Vet, and if we wanted them we could have them and she would pay the Vet bill......................I went and picked them up......one was 13 years old, and one was 7.......Faith was 13...Mark was 7............Mark as Bullets brother..........Faith was Bossman's sister............imagine......all of them related.....Faith lived for 1 more year.............Mark lived to be 12..................

    Now here's the kicker...............the breeder said once she got in an apartment where she could have a dog she would take Mark.............always was wondering....will this happen.............well she never did, and eventually Mark's health deteriorated and I had to put him down which I waited way to long to do......loved my Little boy..............t

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited May 2016

    Great pic, Ducky!!

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited May 2016

    Here is a picture of my Boston.....I really miss him...He was blind as you can see from his one eye, but he was blind in both...plus could not hear...and had alight dementia.......his back legs were not real good either....I held on to him for too long, but could not let him go.....so unfair.......wish he was here now....it's been about 12 years since I had to put him down......image

  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2016

    imageSmiles for you ladies today.....

    I thought Stormageddin didn't like her stacked beds...

    But then she got up and proved me wrong!

    My comment on this.....

    If where you are is too hard, find a softer spot!

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    Here's to hoping each of you can find a softer spot today!

  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2016

    The vigil outside my bedroom door continues! Maybe tomorrow my furry friends. Maybe tomorrow my drains will be removed and you can join me in the bed again.....

    Here's to hoping I can enjoy their hugs again soon!

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  • KarenInCanada
    KarenInCanada Member Posts: 194
    edited May 2016

    Love seeing all the doggies! Makes my day.

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited May 2016

    They are saying: MOM!! Let us in!! Bringing you a toy!!

  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2016

    haha...

    Storm (front right) LIVES to chase and retrieve the ball!

    JAKE (front left) just wants to hold something in his mouth - anything will do, a toy, a ball, your arm....

    MEG (white face in the back) just wants to lean against you and smile.

    Goldens are amazing!

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited May 2016

    Dozer scared the spit out of me the other day - he did something we haven't seen him do yet. I thought he was dead.. When we called him, he wouldn't move at all. Silly guy - he loves the sun..

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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited June 2016

    that would have scared me too...yikes

  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited June 2016

    sounds like he was perfecting his tan and his selective hearing.....


    ;-)

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,751
    edited June 2016

    lol

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited June 2016

    image

    Sometimes he is so precious.

  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656
    edited October 2017

    Very sad day today - I just could not let him suffer.
    In many ways this grief is my gift to him for out loving bond and the hole his absence makes in my heart.


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  • LRGO2016
    LRGO2016 Member Posts: 75
    edited June 2016

    So sorry for your loss magiclight. We love them with all our hearts and the last precious gift we give them is easing their suffering when they cannot continue. I hope you have someone near who can hug you tonight.

    LRGO

  • junieb
    junieb Member Posts: 945
    edited June 2016

    my condolences Magiclight. Hugs to you!

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited June 2016

    Oh Magiclight. Sending you big hugs.

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 359
    edited June 2016

    Magiclight - I'm so sorry for your loss. Sending out cyber hug to you.

  • sensitivehrt
    sensitivehrt Member Posts: 310
    edited June 2016

    Magiclight-so sorry for your loss. (((Magiclight)))

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited June 2016

    So sorry, Magiclight.

  • NatsFan
    NatsFan Member Posts: 1,927
    edited June 2016

    Magiclight - I am so sorry - what a beautiful boy.

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