Empty House
The house is empty. Foxy is gone. I had to put her down this morning. She hadn't eaten in days and wouldn't take her meds. The vet said we could taken extreme measures, force feeding her and giving her intravenous antibiotics and she might have survived, but the cost was too much. I miss her so much already! I'll go alone to the grocery store tomorrow morning. There won't be a trip down the pet aisle. I will miss the early morning Saturday morning drives(an hour and a half) to my sister's house to go fishing and the fishing trips to the local lakes. I will miss a little red dog with a tail wagging a hundred miles an hour, waiting at the door after I've gone somewhere without her. I'll miss the special places she HAD to be when I did certain things around the house. I will miss her in bed with me under the covers on a cold winter night and trying to get some air conditioning during the summer nights. I'll miss her barking when someone comes to the door. I'll miss her looking at me waiting for her special treat after I got the groceries put away. I will miss her knowing she got a second treat after her last trip to the back yard and looking at me till I gave it to her. I will miss her getting in my lap just to lie there to let me pet her. I'll miss the times when she decided she needed stroking and bugged me till I did. I'll miss her nudging the back of my leg with her cold nose if she thought I wasn't going fast enough to get her to the back yard. I'll miss her knowing that when I'm making chicken or tuna salad that she'll be getting a can of food. I'll miss her waiting, impatiently, for her slice of bacon on the mornings I make breakfast burritos and her slice of pizza on the weekends when I fix one. I'll miss sharing cookies with her. I'll miss those eyes that everyone fell in love with. There are other things that I'll miss. Little things that mad her such a great companion. I LOVE YOU FOXY AND AS I PROMISED, I'LL NEVER STOP. THE HOUSE IS SO EMPTY WITHOUT YOU.
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Oh my, Mike, I\'m in tears. I\'m just so very sorry for such a loss.
Gentle ((hugs)) shared.
:-) Patricia
I didn\'t want to read this journal, as exactly what happened to my dog. I am so sorry for your loss, and I truly do mean that. It is so hard when a person is alone and then lose their baby. I looked at Foxy\'s avatar and such a sweet sweet face. Again, I am so very sorry for your loss. I know how it feels and it is not a good feeling, especially when one is alone. My vet told me when a baby gets bacterial infection or such, it is hard for them to recover. How well I remember when mine got it, I was on the semi, and I took her to a vet in Hoxie Ark, and I was to leave her in the cage at the vets after hours, he said she couldn\'t escape. But you know what? She did, she crawled to my semi. It hurt so bad, and then she passed. So, I do know a little bit about how you feel. Again, I am so very sorry!