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Always a gut-wrenching thing to lose a dog. They worm their way into your affections and, wonderful creatures that they are, won't let...

Every time it happens my wife and I drive back from the vets bawling like two 5 year olds who've just been robbed of their ice creams -...

I feel your pain, Rob. Let's NOT make it a miserable thread, but a celebration of what some of us have had. I understand and respect...

Exactly Paddy.

Grew up with dogs, including one that I rescued when I was 12. To be an adolescent nursing a sick pup is to get a glimpse of the...

Sorry to hear that, it's very natural to feel the way you do as your dog was a member of your family. It's 20 years since we lost our...

It isn't silly. They are part of the family. Ive lost 3 dogs (all lived to a good age) and each time it hurt badly.

We miss them all... the more, the merrier...

I've grieved every one of my pets from my first pet rat when I was at college, I did animal welfare for 2 years and he came with me most...

Fortunately I suspect these two will outlive me.

We lost our dog in 2007. I don't think I felt any worse grief at the passing of my parents long ago. We have just lost an older cat who...

I've had cats in my family since I was a kid. I'm 73 now but I remember them all. One, who we named Henry, was a stray kitten a friend...

After growing up with dogs, it was much later in life that I had my own. We have two now, 11 and 8 years old. The first one, I’m not...

Dogs are people. We feel the loss when people who are important and familiar to us die. You’ve suffered a bereavement and you’re...

Our last to go was a 16 yr old cat. I was the one who had to take her to the vet. Walked there with her tucked inside my jacket and...