Remembering and Honoring Your Pet

poor toby… ill try it.

Now that just makes me reallly sad *sniff* but. I wish I could see my old cats(dead cats) again.

OK just two nights ago my beautiful child “Techie” died in my arms. I have unfortunately been through this before, and it never gets any easier. But I noticed that, once I accepted that animals, just like people, go to another realm after ‘death’ and never really leave us, it became easier to grieve. I have to say, that if you create a lot of memorials of your children, you are only holding on to what they were - instead of accepting the beautiful new thing they are becoming. Cats are angels, and they continue to be long into their next 8 lives!

You know what, dp? I lost 2 cats to the pet food recall. Their ashes sit in wooden boxes on my mantel. I’m not ready to let go. It’s tangible proof for me that yes they are gone but yes, I am coping with it.

Grief is so individual and especially for our animals. They really are just the delightful angels that touch our lives for such a short time.

My deepest condolences for your loss.

I lost my boy (cat) shadow almost 2 years ago now and still miss him so much I broght him to the vet after him not feeling well, loosing weight ect. my vet had taken an xray and we found a tumor in his stomach I had to let go. I cried for days and I still miss him so much, my husband and our girls sat together and looked over pictures of Shadow from when he was a baby and his growing years it was such a comfort but I still miss him so much he was so unique and so special. We still have our other cats Jessie is the oldest since shadow who was her best friend and I worry about her as she is almost 17 and I am so scared of loosing her. We have rescued cats and a dog and loved them unconditionally until we found them good homes and that letting go that way was hard enough. I still think somehow Shadow lives through our one boy (cat) Ricki as he is so much like Shadow’s personality & even though Ricki is unique and special in his own way it comforts me just the same.

I must really welcomes this.It is the pleasant moment when we can spent our time with our heart loving pets. I am get relaxed and we can honor for that pets and we must remember this help.
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Tom

maine drug rehab

oh my gosh that is so sad!!!!
i’ll have to go there for poor Gadget…

well i still got my cat and he’s like a lil bro 2 me , in the last days my dog died but i’m still happy i got my cat, i also got many pics with him ^^ I hope all the cats will be respected in the future bcause some persons don’t like cats and hurt them i would so kill those persons >.< i hope all u’re cats will live happy ^^

i HAD TWO CATS, PEIKKA NAD LOVEY WHO LOOKED AFTER ME FOR 9-10 YEARS, THEY WERE MOSTLY INSIDE CATS, i LOVED THEM SO MUCH THEY WERE THE ONLY LOVE AND SUPPORT I HAD THROUGH THE MOSY DIFFICULT TIME OF MY LIFE, i HAD TO MOVE AND NO ONE WOULD ACCECPT PETS… I HAD TO GIVE THEM TO A FREIND ON A FARM AND THEY DISA PEARED. I FEEL SO MUCH GUILT AND DESPAIR I CAN HARDLY CARRY ON… i CAN’T LOOK AY A PICTURE OF THEM, OR BEAR TO THINK OF THEM . hOW CAN i COPE WITH THIS…IT HAS BEEN 2 YEARS.

If the cats are good I honor them with treats or new toys!

you should pay attention to your cat or your cat could run away and you will nevever see them again. Beleive me. It’s happened to me before. normaly the friendlyest cats run away the most.

my cat spirit died. she was so scary sometimes. once she took a ride on the truck mufeler. through the car wash. not even wet. to a friends house. not one broken bone in her body.

spirit was only a kitten when that happened. my cat shadow was so cute. the funny thing was that she was scared of shadows. her and tiger both died of getting hit by a car. tiger was a name that really fit her. she looked like tiger off of winney the pooh. all together we had about ten diferent cats. my brothers cat paches, was the friendlyest cat we’ve had so far. she ran away last year. my cat dina hasn’t died yet but she almost did. she got hit by a car, flu back, got her paw stuck in the bak tire rim, and flu back again. after that she hit the gravle on the side of the road and ran off. once we found her she couldn’t move. she was in to much pain. it scared me have to death. i thought she was goiung to die. i’m glad she didn’t die. if she did, my other cat angel would be so lonley.

Hobbs passed away from kidney failure on 3/30/09 — my hubby and I held him and talked to him as he passed. Now he doesn’t hurt anymore and cry in pain.

I’ll miss you Bubba Bears — I’m blessed to have been your human!

Mom

My stray cat was gone because of elderness and it\’s so sad he is gone. Boy I\’m gonna miss him.

I bought my daughter her first kitty when she was 7. She had been just begging for the longest time but I wanted her to be old enough to treat it properly and not maul it like toddlers tend to. She promised (don\’t we all!) to feed it, clean up after it, play with it! I went to an actual pet store (don\’t have anymore of those around anymore thank goodness). They had a few kittens available. I picked her up from school and took her there. She was so esctatic! We looked at them and wanted all of them but she ended up picking the most beautiful grey/black tiger with a white bib and white feet! Of course, she named him \”Mittens\”. Through the years, Mittens ate my hair while I sat on my couch (he loved the smell of my shampoo I guess!), ran to meet us as a family when we returned from school, work, etc. Allowed us to love him and pet him all we wanted. He was definitely our baby. As we welcomed other pets into our home over the years, he was never forgotten nor received less love. His nicknames were many but out of respect for his place in our family his last nickname was \”El Senor\” ! On June 25, 2009, my daughter found Mitty under a spare bed in our house. His body was still warm and he had apparently been drooling. His eyes were open. He was not breathing. Beep, the next eldest in the home, was there with El Senor lying beside him, seemingly comforting him during his last few hours. Samantha cried uncontrollably and has not gotten over the pain of losing the first pet she owned from baby to geriatric to the finality of life–death. She curled him up in his favorite sleeping position (fetal position of course), sweetly closed his eyes, closed his mouth. I stood there with love, grief but pride at my 20 year old daughter care for her beloved Mitty. She kissed each of his feet and told him he had beautiful feet and thanked him for being such a great kitty. She just graduated college this past spring and this showed me she has chosen the best career for her. She is a Veterinary Technician. Mitty was buried on our property and she placed stones in the shape of a heart on his \”plot\” so he could not get lost. We placed wildflowers and hugged and cried and talked to Mitty and God and prayed for him to be well, and young again, and to wait for us. Mitty helped my daughter grow up. We have been blessed for having him in our lives.

Hey ya\’ll, I am a 12-year-old girl and I adore cats so much. This is my baby girl Patches Marie Hammer, who is 3 years old and when she dies, I know I am going to cry my eyes out even though I will probably be in my 20\’s. Whenever she is fully awake and we pet her, she gets up and walks away. The only time she likes it when we pet her is when she is really tired. I have another cat, Midnight James Hammer, who is 11 years old, and, since he has been here since I was 1 year-old, I will never stop grieving. I know someday I will look back at my baby boy and girl and won\’t even cry. To this day I still cry over the cat that died when I was 3 years old. That was 9 years ago! Kitty(that was her name) only bit me once! She loved us dearly(I was born 6 year after my sister and 8 years after my brother and was the last child of the family) and was black and white(just like Midnight). So, if you think you will never stop crying, you will. Oh, and I will, even if I\’m the only one of the family, will create a tombstone for my babies. Plus, I read some of the stories, especially the Mittens one, and started to cry. Good luck everybody.

sorry u guys, i thought i put my cat as my avatar, sorry