Missing Bella

[Karen]

Our family pet...Bella
She sadly was put to sleep on the 22nd of November last year at age 16. She had a wonderful life and enjoyed every minute of it. Her kidneys didn't work too good but she lasted years after diagnosis. Then she gave up her fight to live. She took to her bed and wouldn't get out. She looked at us, begging us to let her go. It was the hardest decision my mum has ever had to do. I sat for hours begging bella to get up, then she looked at me & I'm sure she was saying "please let me go". She died at home with my mum with her. I regret I wasn't there but I couldn't do it.
She would have been 17 yesterday. Everyone says "she had a good life" and although it's true they dont understand how much we miss her.
I just wanted to carry on her memory and I know you all know how hard it is :)

Here she is (sorry the pics arn't very good)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/KazHayes/Bella.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e268/KazHayes/BellaB.jpg

[Doberman's]

I am so sorry. I know how you feel as I have been in that position myself.

[Karen]

Yeah thats why i posted it, coz i know everyone feels the same :)

[chase_pike]

so very sorry for your loss bless you and your family

[skunkstripe]

I'm so sorry. I have never been through what you have been through but perhaps I can imagine it, I love my dogs so very much.
I hope you don't mind, I tried to see if I could make Bella easier to see from your picture. Maybe it is a very little thing I can do...

[sheplovr]

oh sweetheart loosing a pet to me is worse than loosing a person at times if they are ill we expect them to pass but a pet we want forever. I have my Eng. Bulldogs ashes on my mantel and it will be 3 yrs this Oct 13. I miss her yet and say hi every day.
I am so very sorry for your loss and times we heal but never forget ever.............Bless You all and the dog is waiting at rainbowbridge.com for u all one day.

[lassie]

It is hard, i have mine cremated and the ashes put in caskets. I cant bear to bury them just in case i do move. I couldnt bear to leave them behind.Sadly its the downside of pet owning but just remember all those treasured memories that you have of her.

[brunosmom]

Karen,
I know how you feel {{{HUGS}}}...it hurts so much. But I try to think that they are still watching us and that their soul never really leaves. In the last 2 yrs. I have lost a boxer (pts) because of aggression and also a beloved lab of 13yrs. who's hips just gave out. The day after loosing our lab I went to move her bed and it had her indentation in it and IT WAS WARM :eek: !!! It was very scary but I felt her presence then and I knew her soul was still there. I'm not a holy roller, no offence to anyone, but it felt like a sign from her that it was o.k. My boxer's death I thought I was doing o.k. with but then something just sets you off. I found this in a magazine, I don't know who wrote it but it really helped me:
The angels say, "The love between a pet and a person is pure and Heavenly. This love is eternal and remains unbroken even after the pet has transitioned into Heaven. We will bring you signs from all of your loved ones in Heaven. Be open to these signs and trust that they are real."
I hope this helps you......

[Macgyver]

I feel your pain. I had a cocker several years ago, Ginger was his name, and at the ripe age of 11 Throat cancer set in and starting getting Enormous lumps. We had to put him down as well. It took me quite a while to get anther dog, espically another cocker. But Gingers memory still lives on.

My thoughts are with you
Jason

[MayaCrazyGirl]

Karen,
My thoughts are with you as I do not have a day go by that I do not think of my Buster (a Golden) after losing him to colon cancer at 10 yrs. He would have been 12 this Christmas. The animals that touch our lives in so many ways make it so hard to say good bye to them. It's OK to cry. I still do. We have to remember the good, happy times we had with them. Just remember she is still watching over you.

Sorry, I tend to get emotional and ramble.