Botti How?

Bottesini said:
Sick with despair. I am much better with animals than people.
I know that's not the appropriate, reassuring answer, but to me dogs are perfect beings.
Unconditional love and trust .

I rescued my poodle when she was only three months old. For her first four years she was very shy and clingy, and then we rescued our Shih Tzu. I have a picture from the first day home with her.

They are sitting in a chair and the poodle is smiling more than anyone could smile. She never stopped smiling and being happy after that. She was kind of the center of our world.

Part of this sadness is my health and that I don't think I will be able to rescue another dog. It actually means a lot to me to do good and that's the way I am most successful at doing good.

I know this will pass, but it feels like she was the best dog who ever lived, and I can't believe such perfection had such a short time of life.
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But think...you have been blessed to have that perfection in your life for even a short amount of time. So many never have the opportunity to experience that.:hug:
 
deafskeptic said:
Yep. His dad was a banker so having money doen't mean you have class. :P I'm told he got thrown out of 2 private schools before he died.
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Sounds like someone who needed help and died before he managed to get it. Guess his family was more interested in sweeping things under the rug than dealing with his behavior head on.
 
jillio said:
But think...you have been blessed to have that perfection in your life for even a short amount of time. So many never have the opportunity to experience that.:hug:
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You are right. And bigger events do help put things in perspective.

We were out at the hospital this evening. My father in law has been being evaluated for a problem with his retina. They finally sent him here for some good specialists, and they think it is cancer that has metastasized from somewhere else..

They don't know where and so are doing a lot of tests.
 
jillio said:
Sounds like someone who needed help and died before he managed to get it. Guess his family was more interested in sweeping things under the rug than dealing with his behavior head on.
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And also he was depressed going to 2 private schools and he wanted attention from his family and other people. He does not seem to like his life so he took out on someone like a cat or overdose his drug habit. It is really sad and no one can saved him.

Deafskeptic, I am sorry about the loss of your cat. :hug:
 
Botti, I am sorry about the loss of your poodle who made you happy when he was happy. I don't know how he died, but he will always be in his spirit world where he will meet other dogs. Death is a very hard thing to take.

So I hope you will get better soon. I also know that you will always remember him and your other dogs for a long time like you have lost other dogs in passing. So I am giving you a hug. Sorry about touching. :hug:
 
Bebonang said:
Botti, I am sorry about the loss of your poodle who made you happy when he was happy. I don't know how he died, but he will always be in his spirit world where he will meet other dogs. Death is a very hard thing to take.

So I hope you will get better soon. I also know that you will always remember him and your other dogs for a long time like you have lost other dogs in passing. So I am giving you a hug. Sorry about touching. :hug:
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Thank you, Bebonang. Our poodle had a very bad heart. The veterinarian told us at her checkup in March to expect this.

On Sunday night she had a stroke, and died. She had been on restricted fluid and a diet and has lost a lot of water weight and seemed to be breathing better and have more energy, but her heart was just too bad.
 
Bottesini said:
Thank you, Bebonang. Our poodle had a very bad heart. The veterinarian told us at her checkup in March to expect this.

On Sunday night she had a stroke, and died. She had been on restricted fluid and a diet and has lost a lot of water weight and seemed to be breathing better and have more energy, but her heart was just too bad.
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Thank you for taking the time to tell me about his struggles with his health. I am so sorry that he had problem with his health. I am glad that he does not have to suffer any more. :(
 
Oh, Botti. My heart breaks for you. We love dogs. We all (Holly, Boo and Bitsy and I) send you love and heartfelt wishes for you to remember all the goodness about your beautiful poodle. You were the one I thought of first when I needed comfort after Boo's stroke. I am sooo sorry that you lost your friend. I wish I had something to say that it would make it all better. Only time can do that. I hope that time passes in love and care. Hope our father in law gets much better soon too.
 
LDNanna said:
Oh, Botti. My heart breaks for you. We love dogs. We all (Holly, Boo and Bitsy and I) send you love and heartfelt wishes for you to remember all the goodness about your beautiful poodle. You were the one I thought of first when I needed comfort after Boo's stroke. I am sooo sorry that you lost your friend. I wish I had something to say that it would make it all better. Only time can do that. I hope that time passes in love and care. Hope our father in law gets much better soon too.
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Thanks . The dogs are adjusting and starting to look less haunted. I know it does take a lot of time.

Lucky I have a nice family. My younger daughter took me to the mall yesterday afternoon and took me to eat at Panda.

And tonight before we went to the hospital my stepmother took everyone to Cici's.
 
Hang in there. Soon you may find another furry friend in your life.
 
saywhatkid said:
Hang in there. Soon you may find another furry friend in your life.
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Thanks. I don't think so , but I do have my Shih Tzu and Pekingese still here. So at least for the time being I have small friends. And since they will respectively be six and seven this autumn, I pray they will live many more years.

The poor Poodle is actually the shortest lived dog I ever had.
 
I am glad you still have the little ones. Paws up for having a great family, both two and four legged ones. lol
 
Bottiesini, I did not realize you lost a dog. I know exactly the feelings you are going through. It is almost like losing a child or a best friend. I am deeply saddened you are experiencing this and I hope you take comfort in the fact you will be able to smile again and enjoy the dogs you have now.
 
Bottesini said:
Thanks . The dogs are adjusting and starting to look less haunted. I know it does take a lot of time.
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Oh yes! The profile picture on my FB contains both of my late dachshunds. The lighter one is male and he was the first to go. The darker one is female and she didn't realized that he was gone for about a week. I guess she was happy to have my mother and her friend all to herself, giving her table scraps as she was really nut over scraps (no competition). When the week went by, she seemed to realized the loss and really moped around for a week.
 
Steinhauer said:
Bottiesini, I did not realize you lost a dog. I know exactly the feelings you are going through. It is almost like losing a child or a best friend. I am deeply saddened you are experiencing this and I hope you take comfort in the fact you will be able to smile again and enjoy the dogs you have now.
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Thank you, Steinhauer. You are right, that it is like losing a child. And a child that never talks back and always wants to do exactly what you want to do! :)
 
Buffalo said:
Oh yes! The profile picture on my FB contains both of my late dachshunds. The lighter one is male and he was the first to go. The darker one is female and she didn't realized that he was gone for about a week. I guess she was happy to have my mother and her friend all to herself, giving her table scraps as she was really nut over scraps (no competition). When the week went by, she seemed to realized the loss and really moped around for a week.
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Right now my dogs seem to be getting over it, but I remember our old Lhasa Apso, when she ended up alone, for a long time she would think a dog that was walked down our street was the dog she was missing.

And then every time she would realize it was not and be sad all over again. So this time it is lucky that we have two left so they do have dog companionship.
 
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Here is our Shih Tzu this morning.
 
I just spoke to my daughter and she said my granddog is going to the vet at
2 PM today! She will be with your dog Botti , her cousin Finlay and all the beloved dogs in heaven around 2:30 ! :cry: Where is that box of tissues!! I can't see the keyboard !
 
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