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[umbluemusic]

My parents put Snowball to sleep today. He has been doing amazingly, but today he got so sick and the doctor said she thought he had a tumor on his heart and his spleen and things, and he was 14 and a half years old

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[kedawen]

I'm sorry for your loss. We put down the kitty I'd had since I was 8 about a year ago and I still miss her. *hugs* Such a cute puppy!

What is it with parents not wanting to tell you until you get home? My parents do that with my little sister.

*more hugs*

[umbluemusic]

They were worried I'd get too upset; I had a hard time falling asleep last night and I'm exhausted but I'm going to class so they won't worry. I think they're mostly worried about that; that I'd skip classes because I'm so depressed about it. When I first went to NZ, there was a month or two where he had lost a lot of weight and they weren't sure he'd be ok and they never told me until I got home and he had been on puppy food and stuff to put back on the weight. My dad said last night that it was like they stole an extra year for him, because last March/April they didn't think he'd make it and then he got so much better. But yeah, they have a habit of not telling me things until waaay after the fact and I really think it makes it much worse.

[umbluemusic]

I wish dogs lived longer :-( Snowball lived a good long life; I'm going to stick with bichons and smaller dogs I think because all my friends that have large dogs lose theirs much quicker and I don't think I could handle that. But I can't wait to live somewhere I can have a dog again, because I think the hardest part of all this is that anytime I've ever cried or been really upset at home Snowball would come find me and just cuddle up with me until I stopped crying. When I lost my grandma he was probably the biggest comfort to me. And now that I've lost him I don't have another dog to help with that.

[tezmilleroz]

I like the second and third photos best - clean and happy :-)

Try to have a lovely day.

[umbluemusic]

Thanks. I like those photos the best too; I think I'm going to have one of them made into a larger print that I can hang on my wall. And I'll try; it'll just be hard.

[tragicamente]

aww, adorable dog! I'm so sorry that he had to be put down. At least he's no longer in any pain.

♥

[umbluemusic]

Thanks. Yeah, it sounds like yesterday would have been terrible for me to see because he was in such terrible pain; my dad said he felt really bad seeing him hurting like that.

[superfrayed]

This post made me tear up. I'm sorry to hear about Snowball's passing. I'm sure he understood how much he meant to you and I"m sure you meant equally as much to him. ♥

[umbluemusic]

Thanks. :-( I never thought it'd be this hard to lose a dog before I had one, even in comparison to other pets. Losing a dog is like losing a human family member in a way, but I know that he's better off and that he made my life so much better for the time he was there.