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LOSS OF PET:
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Loss of Pet Pages...

   
 

"Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o'er-wrought heart and bids it break."

-- William Shakespeare (MacBeth)

Why? Because writing feels good. It is probably the most basic and simple method of creative grieving. Experts all agree that expressing your grief is essential to a healthy mourning process, whether due to loss of an animal or human companion.

Our society as a whole does not recognize the significance of pet loss or provide formal and public rituals, like a human funeral, where sorrow can be openly expressed and emotional support freely given. So you are pretty much on your own with pet loss grief, and may be embarrassed and unwilling to share it in a healthy way.
 

Think of your own "loss of pet" page as an emotional outlet for you, one you won't find elsewhere. We will not be judgmental or make you feel "crazy" over your deep sorrow. All you will find here is a silent army of readers, other animal lovers, who have gone through what you have. We feel your pain and wish you well.
 

So tell us all about your lost pet, what you will miss about him. Tell us what happened to him, and how you feel about your tragedy. Express your words of pet loss sorrow; it will be therapeutic in the long run.  Come back later and read the comments left by visitors to your page, and see how you felt "back then".

Share your story of pet loss with others! It will help in coping with your loss. It will also help others to know that they are not alone in their pain. Helping others, even in a small way, helps you. You can access loss of pet grief stories left by others below the submission form. Feel free to comment or give comfort to others if you wish.

Ready to tell your story?  It's very easy, and there is no cost. Just click in and start writing below. (*Tip: Compose your story first in Notepad or other simple word processor, make all your corrections, then copy and paste into the box below. We also ask that you please do NOT type in ALL CAPS; but we would appreciate if you did capitalize "I". Thanks so much for following these simple guidelines.)

And please provide a picture of your lost baby.


 

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My Max ~~ I will always love you!!!  Click each photo to enlarge.

Max Green was born in Bossier City, Louisiana on March 31, 1997. Max crossed the rainbow bridge on Wednesday, January ...

Our beautiful Jasmine  15 some-odd years ago, a tiny tabby kitten crawled into my purse in the cat enclosure at the pet store. Of all the kittens I had to choose from, this one ...

In loving memory of my Beautiful dog Buster  My beautiful black pommerian dog Buster left me today 22/1 2012. What a very sad day it was. I didnt want to have Buster put down But due to his age and ...

Snow Snow my Ikigai  Snow Snow aka Boobaloo was my Ikigai (the reason for which we wake up in the morning)was hit by a car at 9:30 AM on December 12th 2011 and died at the ...

A beautiful mother possum and her baby   I moved into country Tasmania two years ago, into a small cottage on a large property. There is a large beautiful oak tree just behind and shading my ...

Andre Lane   Click on each photo to enlarge.

Andre Lane
May 19th,1996, January 14th,2012

We have a secret, you and I
that no one else shall know,
for who ...

My Matute 
...to never take things for granted...to not assume that there is tomorrow...lessons learned. My Matute went to heaven this past Monday, 1-2-12...a ...

My beautiful, smart, funny, sweet best friend is gone. I miss her so.  I lost me best friend this week on January 4, 2012. Miss Maggie came into my life just under 12 years ago. I found her on the side of a very busy highway,...

Best little bird in the world, Rodney, age 27...  My parents bought Rodney in 1984, when I was 13 years old, and this started my obsession with birds, and my love for pet birds. I had 7 birds when Rodney ...

Best Christmas Gift Ever 
Sweet Sophie came into my life during the Christmas season 14 years ago. Her first "Mom" decided she did not have time for her, and I asked if I could ...

Felix the Cat  Felix brought sunshine into my life. When I first saw him, all I saw were ears, long legs and a long tail. But he sure was smart. He was taught to fetch,...

Logan, My special little boy.. Thanksgiving 2011  Logan, who was a gift given to us by god, was the sweetest living thing I ever knew. I grew up with him since I was in 6th grade and now I am a senior ...

My Dear, sweet Logan  Click each photo to enlarge.

This past Sunday our precious black lab, Logan, left us. Tomorrow is his birthday. He would have been 10 years old. It ...

Ruby May  "Ruby May"-November 5th, 2001 to September 3rd, 2011
My Ruby May... I was Blessed to have her enter my life at 9 weeks of age January 9th, 2002. She was ...

My baby Casey 1996-2010  Casey was my "first born" as some people say. I picked him from several barn cats my cousin had....he was gorgeous. Definitely had a personality of his ...

spiky poo DIEAD  i remember when i played kitty volleyball with spiky he was funny i miss him so much i just wish that i could just see him one more time he was my first ...

Scout  Scout was a hooded white rat,a boy. His head was brown and he had brown splotches on his back, but the rest of him was white. I bought him from the pet ...

Genisis forever will be missed!!!  When was 21 me and my friend Meredith decided to get a dog (boxer). So we went to a house and saw the cutest puppy, and we immediately fell in love with ...

Wolfie.  My best friend died yesterday.He was gentle and sweet and understanding to a fault.Nothing I did was ever bad enough to incur his wrath because ...

Our little girl Chelsea  We lost our little girl Chelsea (doggie) on Saturday Nov 12th. We had almost 12 wonderful years with her. She got really sick with Kidney failure which ...

Charlie <3  I fell in love when I saw him. He was the most mellow one of 8 puppies. I named him Charlie. I never left his side til he got used to his new world. He ...

Where are you?  Where have you gone?

I've looked for you in all your favorite places.

There is no indent on the chair cushion you were just sleeping on,

But I ...

Stray friend  My wife and I found a stray 3-4 week old kitten on the side of the road over 13 years ago. It had been abandoned by its mother more than likely because ...

My dog my best friend Emmi lou ...   I got Emmi when she was just six weeks old.I knew when I saw her that she was the one. I was drawn to her the instant I looked into her eyes. I also knew ...

Swee'Pea ~ Mama's Lil Man  I've been without my SweePea for 5 days now. For eleven years, he's been my best friend. He's been Mama's Lil Man. I have two other cats: Skootch, who ...

My bird Xander...  My bird Xander died on Saturday. I have had him for almost seven years. He was a beautiful grey cockatiel. I am truly devastated. I miss him so much. He ...

My Sweet Baby Boy Angel   Hi, My Name is Eric and I just put to sleep my 6 year old Beagle Lab Angel, this past Monday Oct.24th. He was my life. I found Angel 3 months before I ...

Jynx  Click on each photo to enlarge.

Jynx was my special baby, a beautiful little black cocker spaniel. He had the quirkiest personality and did things ...

My Little Princess...  PLEASE READ NEED MAJOR HELP :( :( :(

Layla Louie LuLu -- My Yorkie <3

My baby girl.. my little princess.. my WORLD.. my best friend. passed away ...

poor baby charlie   well i had a bird called charlie he was 16 when we got him and he was old well we had some good memories! we had him for 4 years and today he died but ...

My Teddy Bear the most amazing, loving friend a   Teddy came to me 6 1/2 years ago. We (ex and I) had been looking for an Alaskan Malamute that would not try to make a meal of our cats.
He found Teddy ...

Gone too soon !  Max, my peikeneese was the love of my life, apart from my partner, We got him 5 years ago from the BSPCA in Bahrain and he was in a very bad way as he ...

Buster, my little boy  Buster came to me seven years ago as a kitten. His owner was going to get rid of him and even though I already had two other cats I stepped in and rescued ...

My little Kisses will never kiss me again  She was just six weeks when this little puff ball caught my eye. For the next few years she was at my side regardless of my destination. On business ...

Fenster beagle butt  Thats what I used to call her. She was 15 yrs, 4 mths & 12 days old when she left me & headed for the rainbow bridge. I miss her so much, it gets worse ...

Jack, my buddy!  Jack was a beautiful orange tabby cat my wife rescued off the highway and he fit in the palm of my hand. Jack was my buddy for over 18 years. I had to ...

My sweet Molly  My sweet Molly was just 8 weeks old when I carried her home hoping see wouldn't pee on me. My son was in the front seat and husband was driving. Molly ...

Gypsy Rose - My Little Sister  My sweet "sister" belongs to my widowed Mother. I am an only child so I gave Gypsy the title of Sister. What a great loving girl she was. So sophisticated....

Bambi the Pug  To this day, the thought of Bambi's death still saddens me. It happened when I was about 12, I'm 24 now. That experience will live with me for the rest ...

Loss of Logan  Logan was the litter mate to the one he left behind - Phoenix - his brother. Logan was diagnosed with laryngeal paralysis in Jan 2011 and along with the ...

Morris the cat, the greatest cat of all.  I lost my dear friend yesterday morning before I could say goodbye. My cat Morris has been a much loved member of my family for the last 11 years. He ...

My angel poppy  It all happened so suddenly, one day she was fine and the next we were taking her to the vet, she was being sick so the vet gave her antibiotic injection ...

I Lost a Dear Friend Today  I wrote this tribute to my Dog, Brewster a month after he passed away. I miss him as much today as I did in January 2007.

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I lost a dear friend ...

My Sweet Muffy  On June 27, 2011 at 10:23 a.m., my sweet Muffy died. A few days before, she began to walk alarmingly slow. I just thought it was the Texas heat. I dropped ...

A cat named George  The first time I saw George, was a photo in the newspaper and it was love at first sight. The caption under the photo said you were 12 years old. I knew ...

My Beautiful Baby Bird  Westley was the first pet, I ever loved, and the first pet to ever love me. He was a 4 month old turquoise green cheek conure. We'd had him for 2 months....

My Beautiful Girl  I am crying as I write this- 11 days after she is gone, and I can't believe I will never see her again. I lit candles, did the Monday night Memorial Bridge ...

Gone and it's my fault. Only me to blame.  I deserve it double. I was protecting my chickens from a silver colored fox after dark. My cat of nearly 11 years was colored the same as the fox and ...

Momma Will Always Love You, Smeck  Today I had to take my girl, Smeckles, to the Vet for the last time. I have never owned a dog before her, and never would have foreseen the pain I am ...

My Little Tail  Click on each photo to enlarge

My 11 year old kitty Tail was my best friend and when I took him to the vet on July 22nd,2011 just to be dematted I ...

The Last Sit & Shake  If I had known it would be the last time Oliver sat and extended his paw for me, I would have never let go.........

It started off as any usual Sunday ...

you grew old so fast and in a blink of a eye you were gone  Click on each photo to enlarge

my little payton of 13 years old died on 7/13/2011. he was a boston terrier. during payton's life he had some health ...

I Will Forever Miss You My Little Miss Blue  Miss Blue, oh how I love her, and oh how she loved me. She was white with a hint of blue, my sweet little parrotlet who was always with me. She would ...

My baby Mimi  Click on each photo to enlarge.

One of the toughest decisions I've ever had to make is putting down my little Mimi. She was a Chihuahua. She gave ...

MY LITTLE TINY   My little tiny was a lovable creature I loved him dearly had him for about 6yrs. My brother passed him on to me because he could not handle the dog in ...

lost bunny  my baby bunny got lost!!!! :( :( :( :( :( :( i took care of it and gave it lots of love but today it hopped into the bushes my parents are trying to find ...

Until then  I let sweet Pumpkin go this morning; I have to believe to a better place. Almost to the last he would limp to the door each morning and sniff the air ...

She was a gift  I had to put my kitty Josie down yesterday, May 16. She was 20 years old. I went through re-hab in 1991 and she was my sobriety gift. I met my husband ...

My beloved pet that have died  In 2006 I moved from New York City to Florida, with my 4 cats & 3 dogs. Something about this state & the weather caused my animals to become sick....

His name was Zeus  Zeus would have been 2 on the 12th of May, but I had to put him down on the 10th of April.
He had diarrhea? That's what I thought when took him to the ...

Rocky - such a cruel way to die...  Click on each photo to enlarge.

Back in 2002 my daughter and I wanted a male Siamese cat and picked out the name Rocky. However, the breeder had only ...

My wonderful Sabrina...  Saturday I had to have my wonderful cat Sabrina put to sleep. Over the last few years she had developed arthritis, and it had gotten so bad that should ...

Harry my Best Friend!  I got Harry as a 6week old Shih Tzu Puppy...He had pneumonia.(unknown to us) and awful breathing problems.. at 2am ..I got a bowl of hot water , put some ...

Greko, my best boy...  I lost my Greko April 15, 2011. When I got Greko, he was a 3 month old, fawn colored Boxer puppy. He was so cute, and all legs. And the very best ...

My Sweet Shalimar  My sweet Shalimar,
I really do miss you,
And I know that you,
Really miss me too.

I remember how sweet you were,
And all the good times we had,
I ...

A life taken much too soon.  Over the summer, I was bored and could not sleep, so at four a.m. I decided to take a walk. On my way home, I heard small little footsteps behind me. I ...

Poo Bear  Black Jack was his given name but he was my jacky-poo and my poo-bear. I rescued him when he was 9, his owners were going to put him down just because ...

Dane, my little man..  23/03/2011. Dane would have been with us 10 years come July had he not died last Friday. Dane was 2 and a half when we got him so when he died he was ...

Tigg, my best friend 13 year old maine coon mix cat  Hi, my name is Julie. It has been a little over 1 year since we had to make the decision to let my best friend Tigg of 13 years go to heaven. If there ...

Molly  My Molly died on St Patricks day 2011. I am heart broken. She was my baby girl. The sun rose and set on her. We moved to Costa Rica 6 months ago and are ...

My Beautiful Cassie  I was considering getting a dog when I felt very alone. I was at work one day when I saw a poster for a three legged Maltese named Cassie. The next day ...

Putting Ellie Mae to sleep  We got Ellie, a gentle, friendly,loving part of our family 14 years ago, when she was four. Her days were numbered at the Humane Society, everyone wanted ...

My Beauty  I lost my beautiful horse on the 5th January 2011. Her name is Beauty and she was 32 years old and she has been my best friend for 22 years. She lightened ...

My Amazing Companion - Always there  For the past ten years he's been there with me. Gently placing his front paws on my bedside in the morning as soon as he heard my breathing change. Greeting ...

A life cut short   Click each photo to enlarge

I've always been an animal lover, and dogs more than anything else. Show me pictures of human babies and I cringe, but ...

Goldie - My Beloved  Goldie passed from our world in to heaven, Dec. 10, 2010 around 7:20PM. He was my companion and a great love of my life. He was a 14 year old beautiful ...

Our beautiful Golden Retriever  We lost our beautiful Golden Retriever named Bolt on 12/04/10. On that afternoon, we took him to a local pet store because we were running low on his food....

Newt  One of the most difficult things we can ever experience in life is the loss of a pet. It is sometimes very hard for others, even those that are closest ...

Abby  I'm so grateful to have found this page. I lost my Abby (lab) in July. I cried all the time but kept it to myself. I didn't tell anyone at work and I isolated ...

There's folks like me  I'm so grateful to have found this page. I lost my Abby (lab) in July. I cried all the time but kept it to myself. I didn't tell anyone at work and I isolated ...

My Pal  Penny was a nine year old Blue Tick Beagle. She was all "business" about chasing chipmunks, squirrels, and rabbits out of our yard. Our neighbors would ...

The Beautiful Life and Pain Which Followed My Loss of Stori  It took a couple of weeks for the loss to even begin bombarding me with that deep turmoil of hopelessness and despair and depression like I have never ...

Sweet William  I really just want to thank you for this site.. stages of grief and for your perceptive comments about the difference between pet loss and human loss. It ...

Our dear Truffle  Your cute little nose and charming eyes looked out to us and we fell in love with our sweet little hamster Truffle. She passed suddenly at the young age ...

Leo  We had leo for 2 weeks, and he already ran the place. Slept with us, played around, he was PERFECT. One day i was running a bath and went out for a quick ...

My handsome man Joshua  Click on each photo to enlarge

Joshua was my baby boy. He just passed away about a month ago and I adopted him from the SPCA about 6 years ago. I ...

Delphine  I lost my friend, Delphine on Wednesday evening. She was about 16 or 17 years old. She had been with me for about 15 of those years. I made the decision ...

A Chance to love Chance  Chance was my stepson's dog. I fell in love when I met him more than ten years ago. I got to see him quite often and then three years ago my stepson and ...

Our beloved Carmelo. Ripped from our lives too early.  Two days ago our wonderful dog Carmelo was lethargic and didn't get excited to go for a walk. At least not physically. I knew something was wrong. I got ...

My Two Precious Girls  I got Roxie 5 years ago when she was a puppy. Roxie is a Jack Russel, white and brown and perfect. Ali came 2 years later. She was a white boxer, and the ...

Bucky - Goodbye Beautiful Boy  I remember the day I got Bucky. I had the pick of the litter - but he was the one who picked me. As I stood watching the 5 week old pups roll and wrestle ...

Jennifer's Second Chance  I had to put my 12 1/2 year old golden retriever, Chance, down yesterday. I can't eat, sleep, think. I have been crying since it happened. I cant believe ...

Our Handsome Boy Tank  My fiance and I adopted our first dog Luna, a boxer mix, and we got our handsome boy, Tank, just a few months later. We are a young couple with no children,...

Sera: A Princess, A Gem, An Angel  Sera is a red-headed mini pomeranian who was born February 8, 2000. She came to our family at the end of March 2000 with open arms and open hearts (she ...

The wonderful Regal "Jack the cat"  My Jack the cat was 11 years old and over the last few months he's been losing weight quickly. Turns out it was his Kidneys, a common but serious issue ...

Our Sweet Boy  When I was in eighth grade I volunteered over the summer at an animal shelter. One cat in particular would always come up to the front of the cage and ...

Prince  Mr. Prince was a 15 year old Dashoud, he was so gentle kind and very friendly he was always there to put a smile on your face and an unreal feeling in ...

Brownie the most wonderful dog  My wife and I adopted Brownie, an English Springer Spaniel, when he was two from a purebred rescue society in Seattle, Washington. He is 8.5 years old ...

IN MEMORY OF COCO WHO LEFT US SUDDENLY - I MISS HER   I have just lost my cat Coco July 16, 2010. She was 16 years old and we all loved her. She was the mother of my other cats, Thomas and Edward and I helped ...

Our big boy BLUE  Blue is a wonderful cat. My husband had him since he was a newborn and he was now about 18 years old. He had asthma and they said that he also had a heart ...

My Beautiful Best Friend Bandit - My one true love  I just read Sandy's (from Philly) sorrow and I feel everything she is feeling. Bandit my black lab mix and I moved into this home together when he was ...

So painful but there is help...  I am a Veterinary Nurse & have been Nursing for 14years. Three weeks ago I lost my 12year old Border Collie - Jaydan & although I have seen hundreds of ...

Snuggles  My nephew named her Snuggles, so that I would always have someone to snuggle. She was a much loved rabbit and I'm devastated that she has gone. She would ...

I Miss My Friend 
I "met" my beautiful long haired black Persian cat when he was a few weeks old. My mother raised "papered" Persians and I sometimes drove out to visit ...

Sugar Baby  Yesterday(6/16/10) on the way to my husband's, dads 50th birthday, the whole family was in the car. Me, my 2 & 5 yr olds and my husband was driving. We ...

my baby tigger  Tigger was given to me at just 8 weeks old, he was a little bundle of joy, he was always there when i needed him and would greet me when i arrived through ...

In honour of a great kitty, Monty  I lost my baby boy, Monty, so suddenly, on Tuesday. Just 11 years old, but the baby of the family. We had to make the decision to let him go. He hadn'...

MY BEST FRIEND BLUE  ALMOST 15 YEARS OLD, AND YOU LEFT US ON 17TH JULY 2009. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A MASSIVE HOLE IN OUR HEARTS, THIS IS FOR YOU BLUE. FOR ALL THE LOVE YOU GAVE ...

My Sweet Baby Girl Molly  My sweet baby girl Molly, who I loved more than life itself, passed away on May 18th 2010 at 7:20am. On June 9th she would have been 15 yrs old. She was ...

Our Hickory  When we picked out Hickory, we wrestled with the name. She had a brown spot on her side and looked like the dog in the Dick and Jane books, I wanted to ...

Willie, Our boy, light of my life  We lost our cocker Willie last Wednesday, May 19th. Willie was a lover dog, always by my side. I knew something was wrong with him and had him to the vet ...

Sweet Digger  My beautiful, beloved basset hound died on April 10th, 2010, only two days after my son's 17th birthday, he had been a gift from his grandparents for his ...

Jealous Gelly or Gelly Bean  My name is Rachel. My beloved Boxer, Gelly passed on 5/20/10.

I bred Gelly’s mom Hailey, so my first memories of him are feeling her belly and the ...

Amber my Chihuahua RIP May 20th 2010  She died today due to complications of anesthesia. She was being spayed at the clinic my wife works at. We only had her for two months but the mark she ...

Figaro  We adopted Figaro into our family when I was not yet three years old. At the time, I was an only child. He was a young kitten, and the only one in his ...

Lucy, my Regal Beagle  Today, May 17, 2010, I had my sweet girl Lucy, my 13 yr old Beagle, put to sleep. Last night I prayed that I would know when to take away her pain, and ...

Cannelle: My Fiery Redhead  Hi,
My name is Anne. I am a woman with a disability who has enjoyed the company of 4 furry babies (cats) since 1992.

I decided to get purebred cats,...

Jonah, such an unexpected loss  We live in upstate NY and lost our first dog 11 years ago this month. After 4 months we decided to rescue two dogs from the shelter, a black lab/shepherd ...

L'il Girls Mommy  My L'il Girl was a sweet little Shih Tzu and Peke mix.. she was solid black with a white patch on her chest and on her foot...until she started getting ...

My prince Albert passed away  Hi, my name is Nat
My boyfriend bought me a hamster 4 weeks ago
I was really happy to get him I named him Albert.
I love animals I knew I was going ...

Bye-bye meatloaf forever  Just the other day, on Monday April 5th, I had to give away my puppy meatloaf. He was a dachshund, he was black with a brown butt, brown feet and he ...

Hannah  In September of 2001, I lost one of my dogs to an illness. I still had 2 dogs at home, but it felt so lonely without Emily. I thought that getting another ...

Sweet Charlotte, my doxie  I am so glad a website like this exists. I think people around me don't understand this terrible grief. On March 25th, we had our beloved dachshund, Charlotte ...

Abby Girl, my LadyBaby  17 years ago, i went to the Humane Society to find a new cat friend. i couldn't bear to walk all the way into the room of crying kitties... all begging ...

Maxie my inspiration  We had Maxie 1 year. I wasn't looking for a pet but she showed up at our door. I believe God put him in my life. At the time, I was reeling from a horrific ...

My Sweet Boy  I just lost my best friend Tigger on Saturday. He was a 13 1/2 year old yellow lab and I had to make the devastating choice of putting him to sleep. I ...

My Children Bill and Miss Kitty  2 Cats. Took them from very uncaring and cruel owners. Let me correct that, they chose me, and I took them in. I fed them, protected them, cared for ...

Sinclaire - Why?  My name is Randy and my adorable cocker spaniel's name is Sinclaire (since she lives on in my heart). She was 13 and very active and always had a healthy ...

Chance  Chance was 3 years old,the only surviving kitten in a litter of 4.

He was pretty much feral, not being around anyone but me. He rubbed against my legs,...

TWENTY BEAUTIFUL MONTHS  24 hours and 18 minutes ago the vets at Cornell University animal hospital stopped trying to resuscitate my Darcey.

People on my country road go barreling ...

ALEX WAS THE BEST CAT  MY CAT ALEX PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY. I NEVER KNEW HE WAS ILL UNTIL LAST SATURDAY WHEN HE VOMITED, REFUSED TO EAT AND WAS HIDING. WE TOOK HIM TO THE VET AND ...

Violent Death  I had been reading a favourite book: "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" by Cleveland Amory. I hadn't had a pet for many years but immediately picked up the ...

My dachshund violently killed by neighbor's pitbull  Like most of us, I am a true dog lover! My dogs are like my children. I adopted Sammy almost 7 years ago with the help of Petfinder.com. We were her third ...

Lady bug  My little angel died last year in August. I had her since I was five. She was supposed to be a present for my dad but she took more to me and when my poppa ...

For Shilo, my beautiful supermodel  Shilo was 12 years old and died suddenly in her sleep last week. I know 12 years is alot, but she was still like a puppy: hyper, excitable and in apparent ...

Sherm Cat  Sherman was my 4yr old Maine Coon cat. I got Sherman in 2006 when I got married. My husband traveled often, and Sherm became my true companion. The marriage ...

Buddy, I'm afraid to be alone.  Zevon was born on April 24th, 2009. He came into my life shortly after that, on June 25th. I remember that date, because after I came home with him I turned ...

Sascha  Well, Where do I begin... I guess in the beginning... I bought the best dog in the world named Sascha 10 years ago, October 21, 2000, from a lady who ...

He's pretty Yogi for a Bear  My wife and I had two female dogs in 2003. On Thanksgiving day, My wife and dogs, while driving, saw a small Chihuahua get hit by a car. She picked him ...

Missing my Cole who died so suddenly January 6, 2010  I am completely devastated over the sudden loss of my 5 1/2 year old kitty. I am so glad I found this page becuase I was feeling a little weird that I ...

Solomon, My Precious Angel  I thank God for having blessed me and my family with Solomon. We had Solomon for about five years. He left us on 12/31/2009. While I am not ready to ...

Raja, my best bud in the whole wide world  When I was 7, my calico cat, I Scream, died of old age, she was 14. One day, my mother and I went for a ride on our boarded horses. We went home a different ...

My Furever friend Samantha  I recently felt it was time to put my beloved 14 year old tabby cat Samantha to rest, she was experiencing a lot of pain from cancer spreading through ...

Tammy  I got Tammy from the pound when she was (I think) three years old. The minute she saw me she knew I was there for her. She wouldn't even wait until I ...

Our perfect companions  My husband never liked small dogs, he always saw them as yappy little things that got under the feet all the time? how wrong he was. But I wanted a Chihuahua ...

I CAN LOVE DEEPLY!  My Dog was 17 years old, I tried to treat her for her cystitis with antibiotics. The Vet said after taking an X-Ray, she had a tumor. I did Palliative ...

Barn 10/20/2009  It was the little things Barney did that we miss so much. From the way he came to greet us when we came home, to his excitement when it was time to go ...

Scooter Doopers  Scooter was a part of every piece of my life. I have no family or particularly close friends. My Scooter baby came into my life and none of that mattered ...

Shotgun Willy  My husband knew that my daughter wanted a kitten. She wanted a long-haired kitten. They are hard to find when you want it for free. My husband is a truck ...

Rocky Boy  My heart is hurting in ways that I never thought possible. On September 8, 2009, our sweet 4 ½ year old boxer, Rocky, lost his battle with cancer. I ...

Tobby, our great dog  We had Tobby for almost 12 years. He gave us everything you could dream of in a pet. I still remember that Tobby could know when we were coming from work,...

Pebbles  Hey everyone,
Pebbles was my friend's dog but i treated her like she was my own and its so hard to see a pet that you love so much go like this. Pebbles ...

Molly  Molly was an 11 year old red and white cocker spaniel. The sweetest little angel anyone could own. She was a joy to have in my home.
My best friend and ...

Sweet Little Sophie  She was a rescued animal who lived in the parking lot at work. We brought her home in Spring of '08 and she stayed sequestered in my studio for about ...

Most Beloved: Tank   Oh Tank.
I miss you so much that my heart feels broken.
I feel so guilty and wish I could take it back.
You almost made it to 14 years old but that ...

My baby died, I'm in tears I miss her so much  Hazel died May 3, 2009. Her name was Hazel she is a hamster. I loved her so much I only had her for 10 months that's it why I don't know why only 10 months....

Jackson, I rescued him & he rescued me...  Oh, my Jackson - how I miss him so much, 5 years later. His collar hangs on the back of my bedroom door and it goes there everytime I move along with ...

Cameo 
We bought a dog after our very loved labrador passed away. We looked and looked for the perfect dog, and by accident we found Cameo. We called immediately ...

She died 8 days before her 18th birthday  When I was in college, my roomate surprised me with a kitten. She was with me all through school, my graduation, first apartment and 'real' job. She was ...

Taia - Always My Little Girl  Last Thursday our little girl passed away just one day shy of her 15th birthday.

We were together from the time she was about 6 weeks old. She was ...

My dog Cookie. I have a broken heart.  My dog Cookie was over 20 yrs old when we had to put her to sleep. This happened on Feb. 5th, 2009.

She was and still is a good dog, so sweet, adorable,...

Pixie  My Beautiful girl, Pixie. I will forever remember her loud lawn-mower style purr...the countless rats, lizards, birds, frogs and snakes that were bought ...

My sweetheart, love of my life, Cookie  My dog Cookie came to me as a stray. I was a volunteer for an animal rescue no kill shelter, and one day at an adoption day one of the volunteers brought ...

Three years is not enough...  We were in the process of selling our house in Florida and staying with my parents. They had 2 dogs and a cat, and that was fine. I was outside working ...

Baby!  Hey Baby,

Hey I miss you so much but I know that you are in a better place now, and well I know that you were hurting when you were here. I know that ...

My Little Girl  My guinea pig, Lucky, came to me when I was 13 years old (2003). We had so many good times. We'd watch movies together, I'd sing to her, I'd dress her ...

I miss you so much my baby  My kitten Sakura went missin when I went away wit the scouts so I didn't even get to say goodbye. I don't like thinking that she has died but I think of ...

My Everything ~ My Loyal Friend Minty  I found Minty sitting all by herself in a pet store when I was 7 years old. I still remember the day as if it was 5 minutes ago. My parents fell in love ...

Kandy Kat  A tiny little feral kitten approached me five years ago when I was walking through my neighborhood. For the first couple years, she showed up sporadically....

Johnny Bravo the greatest shih tzu in the world  Johnny was a multicolored 11yr old dog we've had since he's 6wks. We have experienced so many funny things together. My cat Baloo grabbed him when he ...

Penny 
I never thought I would be the one to fall apart when our 16yr old yellow tabby passed away. My three girls are all adults and living mostly on their ...

To Becky My Best Friend 
God gave you to me when I needed you most
Adoption was our gift to each other
I hope I made you happy and took great care of you
I know you did of ...

One partner 13 yrs..then a sudden accident and nervous breakdown 
I had a idea,long ago,I was not very grounded,I was
finding myself,my jobs were loosely here/there,and
I was scattered,so my good buddy,said "you need ...

Jake, the best dog I've known 

I am having a hard time living life without my beloved collie dog.
Jake was there for me and showed his love for me in many ways. He
never wanted ...

Sable...my baby girl  Click on each photo to enlarge.

In April, it would have been 10 years since I went to the local shelter. I use to rescue dogs from the shelter to ...

My Dog My Hero 
My pit bull Tyson recently passed of unknown causes. I felt devastated. He wasn't just a dog he was family. He was my friend and my hero. I got him ...

my babygirl sasha 
I remember the day clearly 10th of september 2004 my staffordshire bull terrier came into my life she was 1years old and unwanted by her owner I took ...

Our sweet Honey  It is now, less than 24 hours since our teddy hamster : Honey passed away. She was 3 years old. We adopted her from Petco at the age of 1.5. She has been ...

My Bella..  Well what can I say about miss Bella, she came into my life 3yra of which she will be dead a year February ...She was a Yorkie mix she weighed 4.2lbs she ...

Our little Jazzminipins! 
We lost our precious Jasmine, a miniature pinscher today. She was young...only 8 years old, but had been crippled most of her life. The last couple ...

bennyboy  I had to have my minaturepincher Benny put to sleep this morning he was actually my grandaughter payten's dog she picked him out when she was 3yrs old ...

maxy my boy  i live in a aparment the owner found out we had a dog he said we needed to sell him or find another place to live. I was sad my heart broke like glass....

Your pet is not alone a true story  December 12, 2011 This is a true story. A few weeks ago my sister and I went geocaching in a cemetery. That night, at home, loud and plain as day, I ...

I miss you Riley girl...  It's been three months since I lost my Riley girl, 9/17/2011. A beautiful black lab. She was just ten years old, and one day out of no where she had a ...

Molly came into my life and left so quickly  My friend Catherine and I rescued Molly from a pet shop she had been in for 9 months. She was suffering from a hernia and laboured breathing and nobody ...

Marley, My Tough Little Guy  Marley came into my life like my other cats. He was a stray who lived around our Townhome complex long before my husband and I moved in in late 1999. He ...

A Sudden Emptiness  It started in 2002...we had started a family, our youngest son was turning one....we decided that we should complete our family with a puppy. We had the ...

Rosie, my beautiful, feisty, irreplaceable friend  My mum's friend's cat had just had babies, and my son, then aged 5, wanted a pet, so we picked the runt of the litter, a black and brown tortoiseshell,...

My best friend... My pup pup  Lacey,

It has only been a few days since I had to make the hardest decision of my life and end your suffering. I hope that you know I only did it so ...

Mauser, our great li'l man  Our baby Mauser, was a 7 month old Dachshund, a gift from our daughter. We fell in love with him the moment we saw him. He was timid and aloof at the ...

Mercedes  Mercedes was our sunshine. She joined our family 15 + years ago, a tiny little Silky Terrier. She's traveled all over with us and moved to several different ...

Beatrice(Bea) - Momma's Baby Girl  Bea was a chiweenie and we got her when she was 2 mths. old. She passed away on Oct. 7, 2011 around 12:30 am. She got sick all of the sudden and within ...

woody my friend  He had to be put to sleep as he was damaged and didnt like children he bit my husband twice and could not be trusted around my grandchildren but still ...

My Little Princess Tia and Miles of Heart  Click on each photo to enlarge

Tia was the smartest dog I ever knew. I could teach her anything and everything. She loved to play fetch and chase ...

MIdnight  Midnight when I met you, you were so unsure of me. You gave me the cold shoulder when I would come visit your dad. I decided to win you over and make friends ...

My Carley Girl By Sharon  Carley, This is a memorial to you my dear girl. When I picked you up you fit right into my arms.I already had your half brother Bentley. He was a little ...

Yankee our Baby Chihuaua killed by neighbors pitbull.  We all loved Yankee a 3 lb Chihuaua with all of our hearts. This is a crushing blow that we will never ever get over. My mother is destroyed inside and ...

My little Love.. My Amorette.  Click on each photo to enlarge.

My pet was a Black Lab-Mix. She found me. She wondered off the streets and into my home almost a year ago... she was ...

miss my dogs  my dogs died 4 years ago one died at the groomers the other one was old it was her liver they were two of my best friends stil miss them a lot ...

I Year Later Mr Prince   Click on each photo to enlarge

It's been one year to the date that we lost Mr. Prince, It been a very hard road, we had so many changes in our life,...

Response to Sandi Morgan/My cat Mister  Sandi
You sure chose the right place to find an understanding reader. My sincere condolences on the loss of your dear friend Charlie. I lost my best friend ...

Dudley Laine  Dear Dudley, im sorry you had to leave this earth so soon. You were only 5 months old, you were my baby and i loved you with all my heart and all of my ...

ASHLEY, Our Big-Big -Loveable -Smart -Grey-Green-Eyed Pussy Cat, one of our children.............oxo  Ashley, was a pussy cat that was big & special. She had a standoffish way, but you knew she loved you by her warm greetings the start or end of the day,...

My loving scruffy  I lost my beautiful boy yesterday. I had to put him to sleep because he was so sick. He could not stand up or sit. He had artritis so bad. I had to ...

Ty taken right from under me : (  Click on each photo to enlarge

My day had started off ok.. went to college, came home, relaxed with my boyfriend until he had to go off to work. After ...

Honey-dog  I miss my one blue eyed girl, Honey. I had to put her to sleep in February of 2011, this was one of the hardest decisions for me to make in a long time....

RIP my baby harry.   My dad traded furniture when i was a child and swapped a wardrobe in some lady's flat for a puppy called Hornet. i remember smiling when i was five, i ...

my belly bugs  I always wanted a dog growing up but never got the opportunity until i was 17. me and my boyfriend at the time got a puppy (chocolate lab) i picked her ...

Decker, my girl!  My calico cat, Decker, an SPCA rescue, picked me when I met her the very day that I decided to go and adopt an adult cat. That was Sept. 15, 1991. She ...

Barkley  Barkley was my first dog. After years of begging my parents, a friend's dog had puppies and we were smitten by him. I was 11 years old when we brought ...

My Sweetheart Angel  Click on each image to enlarge.

My darling, gentle sweetheart Great Dane mix Angel passed away January 10, 2011. All I do is cry and cry and cry every ...

Missy, The World's Greatest Puppy!  I lost my precious Missy on Feb. 6, 2011. She was technically my roommates dog but we have lived together since I gave her to him over 10 years ago. I ...

freckles  My dog, freckles has been with me ever since i could remember. we got her when i was 3 years old, and she loved me every single day for 15 and a half years....

Mike the Popi Cat  He was the sweatest, smartest, most lovable little boy. I was cleaning house one day, shaking the mop outside in the snow. I had been trying for days ...

My beloved pet Ron Ron  He is a wonderful pet who is always there when my wife and I needed him. I can't express much in words but my wife and I will always remember him.......May ...

Marty "Such a good dog"  It has been two weeks since I said goodbye to the best dog, Marty. I adopted Marty from the local SPCA on August 9, 1997. I remember bringing him home ...

Lola & Nibbles, our beloved hamsters   We lost Nibbles on 9/5/10 and Lola just late last night 12/15/10 @ 1:30am.

We miss these sweet hamster so very much. The loss was painful and devastating,...

My little man  Coba, barely five years old...but what a great five years. Adopted with your sister Carmen from the Idaho Humane Society at nine weeks old. I could hold ...

Sir Ruffaford Augustus- the world's oldest Sheepdog  My husband and I adopted Rufus, a sheepdog, in February 2006. The woman we got him from was moving and not allowed to have a pet. Rufus was already very ...

My Shadow  Shadow was my baby boy and I lost him nov 30, 2010. He was my last pet to enter our family, my second cat, my third mammal, and my first baby boy. I love ...

Tiddles  Tiddles was a Burmese cat; a lovely light brown colour and was 20years old when she died. I always remember how she would always be loving and caring no ...

Beautiful Dottie Girl  It has been three weeks since my beautiful Dottie Girl passed away. She had skin cancer twice and even though I gave her the Lyme shots she got Lymes ...

Our buddy Tater  It's been three years since our buddy Tater passed to Rainbow Bridge. He was a doxie, black and tan. He lived to 17 and was "the King" in our house. The ...

My Princess Bella  I'm her grandmother, When my daughter said that she had brought another doggie, I was surprised, she wanted a companion for her other dog dereck, so she ...

My Beloved Puck  Yesterday I had to make the decision to let Puck go. I have known him since the day he was born on December 21, 1995. He was the most beautiful, willful,...

Gone too soon, my Beautiful Logan  Click on each photo to enlarge

We got Logan from our local SPCA on the 25th of June of 2010. We were his 5th home, according to there records, and ...

My Beautiful Siberian Husky Dakota  Today Dakota died as I sit beside him on his dog bed. He looked peaceful knowing that i was beside him till the end. He would have been 14 years old ...

The little butter ball that stole my heart the moment I laid eyes on him  I first came across Bubba at the local shelter. My husband and I were there looking for a dog for my son who was just 4 yrs old. We didn't have any type ...

R.I.P Sid. Miss you forever.  After losing a dog i grew up with a few years ago it was a tough time for me and i didn't think i could lose another pet again. But I wanted to give a ...

Sasha My Beautiful Girl and Friend  I got Sasha when she was just 6 weeks old. 13 years ago. She was a beautiful yellow lab teddy bear. those eyes!! OMG They are haunting me at the moment....

The Story of Rosie  My son, Chuck, brought Rosie home to us in the summer of 2000. I would guess her age at about 6 to 8 months. She was left abandoned in the back yard of ...

my cat lillie ann biscut smith  The day i got my cat my family and i went to a pet shop so that my sister savanna could buy my other sister kristie a cat. we got there and happy that ...

Ninja boy boy  My five month old ginger baby died yesterday. He was attacked by our neighbours two dogs in the front yard.

I found him in the bushes at the end of ...

Lost Sonny my doggie soulmate  My Sonny was an 8 year old Lab/Pit mix that was the doggie love of my life. He was by my side every chance he got and we loved it that way. I called him ...

Misty, my baby boy  I was in seventh grade when my siblings and I had talked our parents into getting another cat. There was an ad in the paper for a spayed female kitten....

My Beautiful Cookie  My beautiful baby Cookie was only 1yr and 5mths when she was taken from me. A beautiful ginger and white cat, with gorgeous eyes and beautiful fur and ...

Abra  Ah, the loss of a pet. This is not the first time nor will it be the last. But she was my first Border Collie and that seems to be the key. I have her ...

Bella maria sophia   In loving Memory of BELLA MARIA SOPHIA. You will be truly miss.....7/15/10 ~u will be miss by Dooney and Cupcake~
WE LOVE YOU AND WILL CHERISH ALL THE ...

peppers mr fluff waggy tail cotter  we got our beautiful border collie 12 years ago. Such love and joy and fun he gave us for all those years. He was a ball of fluff and always happy. Unfortunatly ...

Betty  I found Betty indirectly through a shelter. They had names of people on a wait-list wanting to give up their animals but the shelter did not have space ...

My baby gone from me  My dog Peaches was hit and killed March 2nd 2009 by a Uhaul truck right in front of me. She was a German shepherd mix dogie. She was my everything, we ...

For the love of Bailey  Bailey was our beautiful pure bred black Labrador. She was 5 years old, fit and healthy, not a grey hair on her; she was just stunning, so gorgeous we ...

my 17 years with tara  I had my dog Tara for 17 years until she died last September 2009. Tara went everywhere with me, she was a beautiful dog with a beautiful nature. It broke ...

Samson  I was reading the article of Sandi Morgan from Philadelphia, PA, about her pet loss; well mine is pretty much the same.

I'm from the U.K; now the dog ...

Whitekitty  I am homebound and disabled. For ten years my Whitekitty, who I found in the rain on the corner of a busy highway, has been way more than a cat. We sign ...

Alan <3  Every time I've walked in a pet store since i was a little girl I've always wanted a ferret. I just always thought they were so cool and they seemed like ...

My Darling Abbey  I lost my sweet sweet friend on Saturday. Abbey, my Cocker Spaniel of 13 years. I watched her get run over by a UTE on a farm. I thought, I should go and ...

Kyzer & Kyobi My Furballs  This is a sad but and very real and unjust story, on how an evil and vindictive girl can ruin a human mom and 2 very unique and special puppies lives.. In ...

My Big Bear  When I was in eighth grade, my parents thought we were moving, and so they bought my brother and I a dog, Sirius. My mom and dad were reluctant to get ...

Georgia Peach  I got Georgia as a Christmas present in 2005 when I was six. She was the highlight of my life. I loved riding my pony in the woods all the time with my ...

Johnny the Cat  Johnny was a black & white short haired domestic. He was always mean and ornery except when I was sick or when I was going through my divorce. He slept ...

Tramp 3/12/87 - 3/27/05  I adopted Tramp (Cocker Spaniel) when he was 10-weeks-old. Although I had dogs growing up, he was my first dog as an adult that I had on my own. I was ...

Our little spunky kitten Millie  My husband and I found Millie in the woods this past May when she was no more than a pound and a few weeks old. She and her brothers and sisters had been ...

I don't love dogs...  I don't love dogs. Well, that may not be true, I like dogs well enough, but I never wanted to own a dog. Then I had my daughter, Amber. My daughter ...

Kit-Kat  After my husband I got a divorce, our children were very distraught. Especially our daughter. To comfort her we decided to get a kitten. We had just rented ...

Goodbye my sweet boy  Barney, my blue fronted Amazon parrot lost his 2 year battle with aspergillosis Sunday morning. I've had him for 22 short years, he was 32 years old. I'...

Maxine,Our brown dog!  Max was a hand raised baby mixed breed, family member!I thank god I stumbled across this page after looking for answers.

Max died 2 days ago. She had ...

Sandy Girl  When I was about 6 years old I begged and begged my family to get a dog. Finally they caved in and we rescued one from the Humane Society. Her name was ...

Maya, The Dalmatian Sensation  Maya The Dalmatian Sensation
May 1, 1998 - March 29, 2008

Maya was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. Maya "adopted" my Mom and ...

Frankie, our truly special cat  We got Frankie from a colleague at work when he was about 2 years old. He was a long haired orange cat with white banding around his nose and down his ...

Starskee, My Forever Friend  Starskee came into our lives in 1996 when he was 14 months old. My husband and I had been through several very difficult months and I needed a pet to ...

I lost my 3 babies (2 rabbits and a dog)  My sweet sweet Mr. Cha the Rabbit was a dwarf.
So beautiful that his black and white ears looked like a butterfly but he was always sick and didn't feel ...

Buttons aka Mischief  Buttons was a Christmas present from my parents and a few months later he used to escape all the time so he ended up having the nickname Harry Houdini....

Hamish, My Catboy  Hamish began life as an alleycat. I adopted him with his brother Duncan. Hamish was the ginger tabby, while his brother was a gray tabby.

Although ...

Shaneeka, my Happy Sweet Girl  Last August Shaneeka started having symptoms which could be traced to a few possibilities. I took her to one vet who recommended exploratory surgery with ...


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