Goodbye Lucy

May 17, 2017, 09:51 AM

357fuzz

Goodbye Lucy

We fostered an old yellow lab named Lucy 5 years ago. She then turned into a forever foster. Just a little while ago we took her to the vet to be put down. She was in pain and miserable. Now Lucy is at peace. Here is a pic from last night in the Pathfinder. Went for a ride with the wife and kids and stopped for some cheeseburgers and an ice cream cone. RIP Big Girl.

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May 17, 2017, 09:53 AM

archerman

Goodbye Lucy, and is sounds like she took good care of you for the last 5 years.

May 17, 2017, 09:54 AM

sigmonkey

Dang.

If that is not the face of pure love.

I am glad for you and Lucy, that she rescued you when you needed her.

_{"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!}

"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am."

FBLM LGB!

May 17, 2017, 10:01 AM

JRC

So very sorry for your loss.

My Chipper, Heidi, Tillie and Sampson look forward to welcoming your Lucy across the Rainbow Bridge.

https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/Poem.htm

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May 17, 2017, 10:16 AM

Prefontaine

Only been a year for me, so these posts are still quite difficult to read.

What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone

May 17, 2017, 10:20 AM

flashguy

I've yet to personally experience the loss of a pet, but I do sympathize. (My eldest cat, Rusty, died while I was away from home, at the vet's, following a supposedly routine procedure. I was very upset that I wasn't with him at the time.)

Lucy sounds as if she were a wonderful companion.

flashguy

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Jesse

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May 17, 2017, 10:33 AM

HayesGreener

So sorry for your loss. They leave such a void when they are gone. Good girl, Lucy

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May 17, 2017, 10:36 AM

FlyingScot

So sorry for your loss and happy that you had such a great girl for 5 years.

I've made that same drive twice and it is the hardest thing to do.

“Forigive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.”

-Scottish proverb

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May 17, 2017, 10:45 AM

Rey HRH

at least you gave her 5 good years.

I'm beginning to get attached to my dogs. they grow on you.

I understand they have about 10 years lifespan for mini-poodles. I've started thinking how many more years I still have them. Yeah, i'm a half-empty glass kind of guy. But I don't let them know what I'm thinking.

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

May 17, 2017, 10:47 AM

grumpy1

RIP Lucy and bless you for giving her the best years of her life. She will be forever in your heart.

May 17, 2017, 10:52 AM

msfzoe

So sad to lose a four legged family member.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

May 17, 2017, 11:25 AM

Browndrake

Wishing you comfort my friend. Losing a good dog is awfully hard. We had to put our black lab down almost 3 years ago and there is not a day that goes by that I don't think of those kind and gentle brown eyes looking up at me.

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

May 17, 2017, 11:31 AM

rainman64

That's the thing about rescuing animals.
They rescue us to.
Thank you for providing the dog a loving home and opening your life to such a great one.