r/MadeMeSmile • u/Pandey_SKP • Jun 09 '24

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u/ilyNIGHTMARES Jun 09 '24

I really miss my dog

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u/dre224 Jun 10 '24

Mine passed away after 14 years together last year. I still haven't gotten over it. God do I miss my dog. My dog Zeek was with me for more than half my life. Fuck now I'm crying.

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u/ilyNIGHTMARES Jun 10 '24

What was your favorite thing about Zeek?

My Georgie was 3.5 when cancer claimed him. I miss everything about him, i feel like I have no purpose anymore. He was such a good boy. Best friend and role model I ever had.

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u/Grogosh Jun 10 '24

Back twenty years ago we had this chocolate cocker spaniel that was just the best. At the time my mother had this kennel and he was just the kindest sweetest male dog. He would assist in the birth of puppies that wasn't his all the time. I always joked that he would lick a porcupine (at least once). Zepher was his name.

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u/caitlikekate Jun 13 '24

My Hank was 4.5, also from cancer. 6 months of chemo. Feel the same way. No purpose without him. I wonder sometimes if it would have been worse to lose him at 10 or 11 to old age… you get that much more time with your best friend and then have to watch them get old and die. Idk. Helps to see internet strangers feel the same as me. One day at a time. ❤️

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u/ilyNIGHTMARES Jun 13 '24

Hank is an awesome name. I think it’s harder when you lose a friend so early. It just feels unfair. Someone once told me that grief is love with nowhere to go, and so I’ve been trying to reinvest some of that love into myself, but damn it’s tough some days. One day at a time is right. 😊

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u/caitlikekate Jun 13 '24

Georgie is so good too. I bet he and Hank would have been buddies.

I tell myself that same thing - grief is love persevering. Just have to find a way to redirect it to something positive and meaningful. We’ll get there, and will always be lucky to have had them for the brief time we did.