[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Are we that important?
- From: Santanagsd1954@xxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:32:06 EDT
Each Dog is a UNIQUE Individual with a Unique Set of Conditions and
Needs, and Each Decision to "Put down" or " Place" has to be considered
with that in mind. Some Can Make it fine ....and Some can't...for Various
reasons ...Age..Health..Adaptibility.. Etc...
Then here are certain rare, ONE MASTER Dogs..they do not ever stop
grieving. They may survive but are always searching and looking for that
Master,
to come for them...They are never ever the same, and can never be truly
Content, Happy Joyful Companions...A Big Part of their Heart is gone...They are
often depressed and eat only enough to survive so they can keep seeking that
Master.. .
I bought a Corgi and when I got her she was 7 months old and was
inconsolable..Did not want to eat and was always searching to find the
Breeder/Owner
she adored and left behind in New Zealand...
I called the Breeder and asked, 'What in the World can I do for her?
Perhaps I should just send her home, she is so unhappy.. ?'
." She answered." Because she is So YOUNG...Just keep being kind and
loving and caring and she will come around, because Young Corgi's are very
OPTIMISTIC!!!'
I just lost her, my Little Corgi Love ,' Bo Bo,' , not long ago, when she
was 14 and 1/2 to a heart problem... We both loved each other dearly and SO
enjoyed our time together... But if she had been Older, perhaps she would
have lost much of her Optimism.. So it is always an Individual decision based
exculsively on Each particular Dog . I do not believe One blanket decision
fits all...
Readjusting takes time to accomplish, if it is indeed possible ...and Lots
of Patience and Lots of Optimisim on both sides.. Some people and Some dogs
are not able to give what is required to make that transition.
It is up to each of us to know that and make responsible decisions for what
is truly best for Each of our Companions..when we die..
No one knows your Dog better than you who have devoted yourself to it's
everyday well-being of Body, Heart and Spirit..That Dog in turn knows no one
better than you, to whom they have given their Body , Heart and Spirit..in
perfect trust and Confidence..
That is why I still have two 9 year Shepherds (one purchased at 2 years of
age, and had to be spayed early on,never had a litter, and one Male,
purchased at 8 weeks of age, who had 5 fractures of his pelvis from being
stepped on
as a newborn and still going strong) _ and A Standard Schnauzer who will be
14 and is a demanding Monkey!
I never found anyone I felt confident to place them with over the long
years, and they have all been hale and hearty and full of life and Gusto!!
..So
we are all still traveling together, along with Our Nero who will be 8
years old the 1st of June and Bellavia who was 4 in September 2005... Doyle is
80
and I just turned 76... So hopefully we will all continue on together until
we have all passed away...from Old Age...I have made my arrangements for each
of them... and feel confident it is the right one.. and Pray it is... JMO
Barb Williams
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