"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 6/17/2016 3:04 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:29:10 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Some people are just not ready that soon (if ever) to adopt another
>>>> pet.
>>>
>>> That's the way I feel. Just can't do it. I've had great dogs and
>>> cats (one of each, always together), and saying the final goodbye
>>> doesn't get any easier as you grow older. It's just as hard as when I
>>> was a child, except I don't cry in public anymore.
>>>
>>>
>> When I took Persia to the vet for her final trip I cried my eyes out.
>> Just as I was leaving the sky fell out. A deluge of rain to accompany a
>> deluge of tears. I sat in the car for a while with the empty carrier. I
>> waited until the rain slacked up but I still cried all the way home.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I can still get choked up over my last dog Sophie and it's been several
> years now. We do have another rescue for the past five years and we love
> her a lot, but Sophie was my once in a lifetime dog, it amazing how much
> we can love our animals.

Oh yes! We have photos of our dogs up on the walls, and much as I love our
new girl Poppy, I can still get choked up if I dwell too much on those pics.


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