SIGforum.com Main Page The Lounge My Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This Morning
Main Page The Lounge My Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This MorningGo | New | Find | Notify | Tools | Reply | |
Nullus Anxietas |
Why does this never get any easier? It's all I can do to type this  Please allow me to introduce to you my buddy, Bentley:  He began exhibiting signs of increasing distress about the time I returned from a short trip, up north, Saturday afternoon. Naturally, it was all-but-impossible to find someplace that could see him quickly. Finally, we found a place that had some room about midnight, last night. They took him out back to begin diagnostics. The vet returned, telling us they were going to have to sedate him to take x-rays to find out for sure what was going on. He returned shortly to tell us Bentley had "coded" as he was being prepped. They tried for ten minutes to bring him back, in vain. Heart failure. We surmise the stress of all that pushed him over the edge. This guy... this guy was just so freakin' cool. He'd greet me when I got up in the morning and hang with me while I did my morning thing. I'd talk to him and he'd look at me and "talk" right back. He'd more often than not come greet me at the door when I came home. If I left clothes on the bed: He'd be nappin' on 'em. The way he'd look at me, sometimes, was with so much love and devotion words there are no words. Now he's gone and we are heart-broken. He had so much sheer presence the house now feels empty. Some photos from much happier times  Exploring, the very first day we brought him home from the rescue:  (We never could understand what would have motivated somebody to abandon such a sweet, personable cat.) Kicking-back as only cats can:  Sure, I'll share my water with you   Napping with his big buddy:  For anybody in my neck of the woods that should ever find themselve in need of a truly excellent emergency pet care facility, I can strongly recommend MedVet, in Commerce Township. They were truly excellent. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | ||
|
Ammoholic |
I'm sorry about Bentley, he was a handsome kitty. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
|
| Member |
I am so sorry. Rest in peace beautiful boy. "And I think about my loves,well I've had a few. Well,I'm sorry that I hurt them, did I hurt you too" I Was Wrong--Social D. | |||
|
Not really from Vienna |
Condolences on the loss of your little buddy. | |||
|
Political Cynic |
my condolences | |||
|
is circumspective |
I'm sorry for your loss friend. "We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities." | |||
|
| A day late, and a dollar short  |
I'm sorry Bentley crossed over. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
|
A Grateful American |
I am sorry you lost your friend, Jim. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
|
Buy high and sell "low" |
My condolences as well, R.I.P. Bentley Archerman | |||
|
Bad dog! |
Beautiful photos. I'm so sorry you lost your buddy. ______________________________________________________ "You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone." | |||
|
| Savor the limelight |
My sympathies for your loss. | |||
|
| Like a party in your pants  |
So sorry for your loss | |||
|
| Green grass and high tides  |
Truly sorry E.. Such a "sweet boy". They are so special. Forever in your heart. Glad he was well cared for by your vet. That does help. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
|
| Run Silent Run Deep  |
It never gets easier… Sorry for your loss. Heaven is elated to receive such a cool cat! _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
|
| Member |
So sorry for your loss- | |||
|
Member |
 "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
|
Jodel-Time |
My condolences. He sure looks like a sweetheart. RIP Bentley. | |||
|
Drill Here, Drill Now |
My condolences. Bentley looked like my Echo whom I lost 2 days after returning from a trip. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
|
Down the Rabbit Hole |
Condolences on the loss of your best buddy. They bring so much joy to our lives. Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell | |||
|
| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
RIP Bentley. | |||
|
| Powered by Social Strata | Page 1 2 3 4 |
 | Please Wait. Your request is being processed... |
|
SIGforum.com Main Page The Lounge My Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This Morning
Main Page The Lounge My Bestest Buddy, Bentley, Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge This Morning© SIGforum 2025