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Pet Requiem: “Abby, A Big Old Goofball”

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From commentor U.W.Mumphrey:

We had to say goodbye to one of our dogs this morning…

We took our 15 and a half year old Spaniel in today for the last time. She’s had trouble with her bladder for two years, but she was otherwise healthy, but she began to run down in the last month or so. She had a hard time getting up and walking. Early this morning, she woke me up crying. Something was hurting her, and I didn’t know what it was. I couldn’t help her, and I got the feeling it was time. My wife and I took her in, and I brought a big hunk of watermelon, which has always been her favorite food with us. She always went wild whenever I ate watermelon; she could smell it from anywhere in the house. But this morning, as we sat with her at the animal hospital, she nibbled at little bits I broke off for her, but soon lost interest. I guess it was that, more than anything, that told us it was time.

That crazy old goofball was always so full of life. It’s hard to think she’s gone; it didn’t seem like she could ever not be full of life. I think she’ll always be the definitive dog for me, the ones the others all stack up against. We’re going to drive down to my mother’s house in the country tomorrow and I’ll bury her with our other dogs we’ve had to let go. Even when this is the right thing to do–and I guess we always wonder whether it really was the right thing to do–it sucks hard. It seems so weird to know she won’t be eating breakfast this morning, and that I won’t have any puddles to clean up any more. It feels empty.

“Now I must look for another path / Which I know I never will find / One that does not carry the sound / Of Four Feet running behind… “

Give your four-foots an extra scritch, in Abby’s memory.


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106Comments

  1. 1.

    Yutsano

    Dammit. I’m at work and someone is cutting onions. Welcome to the Rainbow Bridge good girl.

  5. 5.

    redshirt

    When my Sister and Brother in Law had to put down their dogs, they called in a vet who makes house calls. It’s a great service, as you get to say your final goodbye in the most familiar place possible, as opposed to a place associated with “not so fun times”.

    I wish more vets would perform this service – do they? I don’t have the experience to know.

    The question always lingers: Was it too soon? My brother in law carried his dog out to go the bathroom and cleaned her afterwards for 2 years. It was time, yet, doubts remain with him. Unconditional love is hard to let go.

  6. 6.

    Violet

    I’m so sorry. That last picture just got me, just looking right at the camera like that. Awwww…she looks like she was a real sweetie. Hugs.

  7. 7.

    trollhattan

    So sorry. She sounds like a sweet, loving and entertaining family member–like every perfect dog.

  9. 9.

    cmorenc

    All fellow dog owners understand how hard it is or will be to lose them someday to the simple fact that dogs have a much shorter life span than we do. The day we take that puppy or young dog home with us is the day we set ourselves up to some day have our hearts broken, but the fact that dogs are God’s very best creatures and the best people we’ll ever know despite their being dogs, makes it all richly worthwhile.

    I too truly fear that eventual day coming for our 11yo Italian Greyhound Florence, who fortunately is still vitally healthy and energetic when she wants to be, but she’s not the lightening-bolt nuclear explosion of speed and energy she once was. Being small dogs, they tend to be relatively long-lived, so we probably have a few more years, but I and my wife would terribly miss her cuddling up in our laps, snuggling with us in our bed, and in general being a terrible mooch whenever delicious treats like steak or hamburger or pork chops were for supper (she always gets some).

  10. 10.

    raven

    “I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren’t certain we knew better. They fight for honor at the first challenge, make love with no moral restraint, and they do not for all their marvelous instincts appear to know about death. Being such wonderfully uncomplicated beings, they need us to do their worrying.” ~George Bird Evans, Troubles with Bird Dogs

  11. 11.

    JCT

    Strong thoughts — looks like she had a wonderful life with you.

    And hell, she just saved my beagle from a real scolding over what she just did to my new couch. Kaleigh says “Thanks Abby!”

  12. 12.

    Spatula

    oh my lord…always sucks and hurts so bad.

    Farewell, sweet Abby…I can see the sweetness in your eyes.

    My condolences, U.W.

    I will definitely go give my doggies Ted and Hellen extra scritches and tummy rubs right NOW.

  16. 16.

    Flying Squirrel Girl

    This is why I love this blog unconditionally. U.W., there never really is a good time. Making the decision you made today was one of the hardest I’ve had to do. My condolences to you and your family. Abby was a beautiful dog, and y’all are beautiful people for caring.

  17. 17.

    muddy

    That face! So sweet. I know what you mean about things feeling empty. The last dog I lost left me with zero dogs still at home at that time. No one cared what I was up to in the house, no one followed me to the kitchen. I felt invisible.

    I’m so sorry for your loss.

  19. 19.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (Mumphrey, et al.)

    Thank you for putting this up for our sweet old girl. And thank you for all your thoughts. I don’t know how I’m going to get through the next few weeks, though I guess I will somehow. If we didn’t have Æþelbert (“Athelbert” for those who don’t know how to read Anglo-Saxon letters) here with us to help us through, I don’t know what I’d do. Tomorrow will be a hard day, but it’ll be good to dig her last napping spot for her. I think I’ll put a watermelon down with her.
    She was one of a kind. She loved to pick up pebbles and roll them around in her mouth; she’d make the funniest faces, bobbing her head up and down as she softly chewed on them. I never knew anybody else like her, which I tild her often. I guess I never will again, either…

  20. 20.

    raven

    I’ve reached the point in life when I wonder how many dogs I have left. Bohdi is 9 and Lil Bit’s age in unknown. I’ve had at least one dog since Ralphie, a great shepherd collie, that I got in 1971. I posted this quote by Biden this morning when I first read that you Abby was near the end. I think you can add dogs to the list.

    “”There will come a day, I promise you, and your parents, as well, when the thought of your son or daughter or your husband or wife brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye”

  21. 21.

    Felinious Wench

    Good, good girl. She’ll be waiting for you on the other side, U.W. Much love from my four legs to your family.

  22. 22.

    Concerned Citizen

    My condolences. I hate losing dogs. I always swear I’ll never do it again. Good luck to you.

  26. 26.

    Diana

    So sorry. Took my old cat Coco to the vet this morning when she wasn’t eating. Looks as if I’ll have to transfer her to a specialty hospital tomorrow; this may be it, even though we don’t have a diagnosis yet.

    As Cleveland Amory puts it, she was the best cat ever.

    Because they all are.

  27. 27.

    clayton

    My girl is getting older — she’s a very damaged bird dog. so raven’s comment hits home — it’s always hard to know when. I’ve gone over the deep end twice, allowing “specialist” to talk me into spending a lot to keep a dog in pain alive. I’ve got honest vets now, so hopefully that won’t happen with this old girl.

    Sweet pup and sad parents. I know what you feel. And I will feel the same sooner than I want to.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Ahhhh, U.W. I am so goddamn sorry. Big hugs to you, and for Abby, let’s just say that she’s playing frisbee with St. Peter’s halo.

    Ive never even HAD a dog, but for some reason her beautiful face really got to me. Good memories, may the smiles quickly supplant the tears.

  30. 30.

    Scott

    Farewell, Abby. May your journey into the afterlife be filled with many treats.
    Take comfort, Abby’s parents. She loved you very much.

  31. 31.

    mary

    Bless you and abby, a wonderful requiem for what must be a wonderful dog who loved and was loved very well.

  32. 32.

    raven

    @clayton: Two weeks ago Lil Bit was scratching even more than normal and her breathing was labored. Took her in and our vet, who we trusted enough to spend over $20,000 on Raven’s anal cancer, thought we needed to see here doggie cardiologist. We did, ultrasound was $500. She’s fine. Ugh.

  34. 34.

    raven

    @SiubhanDuinne: I thought I needed to use a different one but now I think I’ll put up the one I have posted too many times:

    We who choose to surround ourselves
    with lives even more temporary than our
    own, live within a fragile circle;
    easily and often breached.
    Unable to accept its awful gaps,
    we would still live no other way.
    We cherish memory as the only
    certain immortality, never fully
    understanding the necessary plan.
    — Irving Townsend

  35. 35.

    chrome agnomen

    as the unlamented don imus used to say, ‘that can’t suck enough’.

    i swear i don’t know if i can have another dog until i’m old enough to think i’ll outlive it. it’s so hard the other way.

  38. 38.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Diana:

    My #32 comment that went to Clayton was, I think, actually meant for you. But if I hit the wrong reply button by accident, it probably wasn’t a real accident, because we all have to face this decision sooner or later. This fucking pain is a necessary part of loving the four-footeds. But it sucks.

    So, all I have to offer right now is hugs to all who could use them. Hugs I have in abundance.

  40. 40.

    clayton

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (Mumphrey, et al.): I feel the same way about the good girl I met in my 20’s. We went everywhere together. We had adventures together and she had adventures on her own. she was my dog, but everyone knew her and she visited them with or without me. Her ashes came with me when I evacuated Hurricane Rita.

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @raven:

    I love that poem, and every time you post it (much too often, as you say) I thank you again for drawing my attention to it.

    I think my sister is getting close to having to make the World’s Toughest Decision about her dog. I’m saving this lovely verse to send her whenevr the time comes. It’s very consoling.

  43. 43.

    Exurban Mom

    So very, very sorry for your loss. Dogs are such a wonderful gift to us–our lives would be much emptier without them, but the way they fill our lives with love makes their loss so very painful. Thinking of you and your family tonight, and wishing you peace: you are the best kind of pet parent.

  45. 45.

    Angela

    What a gorgeous girl. My four pawed loves got special rubs and hugs tonight, in memory of Abby and how much joy these animals bring to our world. Hugs to you and yours.

  46. 46.

    clayton

    @raven: Ha! I hope that wasn’t the stray I took in last fall and named “Litlte Bit.”

    But seriously, I had a “specialist” keep my Black Lab for a week, tell me how badly he behaved, and then sent me home with $3000 worth of medicine. My big old Lab died the next morning in the backyard just trying to poop.

  47. 47.

    double nickel

    I’ve been there, and it sucks. I’m very sorry for your loss. All dogs got the heaven though. Actually, it’s just one big dog park, no assholes :)

  51. 51.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)

    Those three shots of her, by the way, I took them at my parents’ house. That was my father’s chair she was sitting in. He sat there all the time to watch C-span and bitch about how awful the Republicans were. He died almost five years ago. But while he was alive, every time we went down to see them, he and Abby had this running battle over that chair. Every time one of them got up for anything, the other one would sit down in the chair. Back and forth it would go, all day, every day, every time we went down there. My father never ran her off when she got his spot, but when he took it back from her, she’d almost always climb up and flop her gangly body across his lap with her legs hanging off one side.

  52. 52.

    Schlemizel

    What a honey. I know how hard it is but try not to think of the lose but instead remember the joy and be grateful for those 15 years. I bet she was grateful for you.

  54. 54.

    clayton

    @raven: talking to yourself, in order to promote yourself, in a post about sorrow is scraping the very bottom of the barrel.

    But hey, I hope you get lots of responses and feel better about yourself. Asshole.

  58. 58.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    I’m so sorry. It’s never easy – they leave such big paw prints on our hearts.

  60. 60.

    Todd

    Am so sorry. I lost my buddy in August, and know it hurts. Napoleon was a foundling, a little guy with milk teeth still, a gentle heart, who grew into 110 lbs of beautiful, sweet Belgian sheepdog.

    He was with us 13 years, and made all our lives better. I miss him, each day, and understand your loss.

  61. 61.

    MikeInSewickley

    @Flying Squirrel Girl:

    Same here. I come here to hear from real people and not just a big political circus many other blogs are.

    When we had to put our oldest cat to sleep last last year, we knew it was time but it was still so hard.

    My daughter nailed it when she reminded me that “…our pets give us unconditional love…something sadly lacking among most people.”

    My heart goes out to you for your loss.

  66. 66.

    Kristine

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): I am so sorry. What a sweet face.

    I may be facing the same decision soon. I had to take King to the emergency vet on Sunday. He had his spleen and part of his liver removed on Monday. I’m waiting for the results of the biopsy, but the surgeon warned me that it doesn’t look good.

    King’s 11 and a half, which is old for a big guy. I knew that I would be lucky to have another year or two with him, but I didn’t expect this. Good thoughts appreciated. He’s going to need them.

  68. 68.

    Gina Wynn

    I’m so, so sorry for your loss. Dogs are the most wonderful friends and companions one can have. It sounds like Abby had a good life with you. The two of you shared a special bond, one that you will always carry with you in your heart. She will always be by your side.

    My condolences…..

  71. 71.

    MazeDancer

    Many, many, many sympathies to you.

    It’s the absolute worse paying the terrible price for the precious time we get with these miraculous creatures who have shorter lifespans than humans. Every pet owner knows how you feel. Thank you for sharing your sweet, rare Abby dog with us.

  72. 72.

    trollhattan

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): Dang, that sounds familiar. Our first Dalmatian would do that all winter. No coats worth mentioning on those doggies and while in summer they just flop on any handy cool floor, once furnace season begins it’s either a comfy chair/sofa/bed or bestest of all: your lap.

    And when it’s a freakishly large boy of 70 pounds and all legs, you can’t exactly ignore your heat-vampire companion. What our first also excelled in was hearing you unzip a ziplock bag from basically anywhere in the county. It was a futile game–thinking “I’ll be vewwy, vewwy quiet this time” and next thing you know, there’s a pair of wistful eyes twelve inches away and a puddle of slobber forming on the floor, staring at whatever the food item of the moment might be.

    We love them too much, and not nearly enough.

  75. 75.

    Joey Giraud

    @raven:

    Raven, that was just beautiful.

    Like Abby, we knew we had to put down our cherished 14 yr old Sophie last year when she wouldn’t even eat sushi.

    Yeah, a 110 pound lab/german shep that loved sushi.

  76. 76.

    Ruckus

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (Mumphrey, et al.):
    Letting go of my friend Bud was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. And that included having my arm around my dad when he passed. And I only had to put Bud on a plane to go to his new last home. We know when it’s time, we just don’t want to believe it.
    Sorry that you had to say goodby to Abby, she looks grand in those pictures. From her face and the bits you’ve added it sounds like she had that grand life that we see in them.

    This may be out of place, not sure.
    I think it is better to let them go than to make them suffer needlessly. We signed on to take care of them, to the best of our abilities. As long as we do that we live up to our end of the bargain. They of course provide way more than their share of it, which is why we love them so.

  77. 77.

    FlipYrWhig

    It’s been a dicey couple of days around here with our oldster cat, who’s either deciding for no reason to be incredibly bitchy and finicky about food or is having a bout of one of the many things that have almost taken her over the years, from thyroid to respiratory issues to seizures. She sounds and looks OK, but she is not herself. Thoughts with Mumphrey and with all the BJ pets and their people.

  79. 79.

    mai naem

    Oh, Mumphrey, I am sorry. Abby looks like my puppeh – Masti and I know exactly what you mean when you say goofball. That’s like my old springer spaniel – Monty. Total goofball with a very sweet personality. And he loved oranges. He died at fifteen and half too. I miss him.

  81. 81.

    BerkeleyMom

    I’m so sorry for your sadness. It is a terrible loss of a friend and companion. We had to put our cat down a few weeks ago and not once have I walked in the door where I didn’t look for her to greet me. But these animals bring so much joy for so long. The pain tells us how much we loved and were loved in return.

  84. 84.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (Mumphrey, et al.)

    This has been easily one of my ten or so worst days of my life, but reading everything everybody said on the thread helped to make it a little less awful. Haven’t had too much luck sleeping so far, as witnessed by my sending this to you at one whatever o’clock in the morning, but I’m going to try now. I’m so lucky to still have a dog sleeping next to us tonight. That, along with time, will also help this be just a little less awful. Thank you all again.

  85. 85.

    Seanly

    So sorry to hear about your loss. There is nothing like a dog to ground us, to teach us humility, patience & unconditional love.

    I won’t step on your time by yapping about my dogs, but the old fella and the new rescue will get some extra hugs. Assuming, of course, that they let me have some space on the bed.

  86. 86.

    Maude

    @Ruckus:
    My brother brought home or was given wildlife. Nothing exotic.
    He always said that you can not let them suffer.
    If it was needed. he would put down one of our animals and then sob for hours.
    I’m very tired and didn’t put that well.
    I was always a basket case on this.

  87. 87.

    hep kitty

    What a beautiful pup with soul-stealing eyes. I apologize for improperly referring to her as a boy dog. I can certainly understand why she will be dearly missed. The eyes say it all.

    Maude is right though. Sometimes, we have no choice and life, it sure isn’t fair.

  89. 89.

    kindness

    My condolences. Those without children of a different species don’t get that these are our kids, our family. I’m very thankful there have only been short periods of my life when I didn’t have critters.

  90. 90.

    Patricia Kayden

    Very sorry to hear about Mumphrey’s loss. I am sure there are many fond memories after 15 years.

  92. 92.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    In all the sadness right now, thanks for sharing the news. Take a New Orleans mindset to his passing and celebrate Abby’s very long life and what she gave to you in good times and bad times despite leaving a dog-shaped hole in your heart.

    As fellow animal nuts, we like to share in the joy as well as the sorrow of having these creatures in our lives for an ever so brief period. Losing them is never easy and it never gets easier. I know as humans we’re wired somehow to believe in an afterlife so I always imagine our pets are out there somewhere, either waiting for us or floating along supported by the love we gave them during their lifetime. And the loving memories we carry with us until we’re gone.

    There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of Abby brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye.

  94. 94.

    "Fair and Balanced" Dave

    My deepest condolences to you for the loss of Abby. We had to have our beloved rough collie Victoria put down last year so I know just how you feel. Towards the end, we actually hoped she would die peacefully in her sleep and each night before I went to bed, I would give her a big hug and tell her what good dog she was and that we loved her because I felt that if she passed in the night, I wanted the last thing she heard from me to be words of love and praise.

    Dogs are unconditional love with fur.

  96. 96.

    Mary

    I usually only lurk on this site but the sad news of the passing of a four footed child deserves acknowledgement. I am so sorry for your loss. She was obviously a very good girl, and from the look in her eyes she knew how loved she was. You cannot ask for more than that.

  98. 98.

    Dress Left

    Sorry for the loss of your friend. Just about the saddest thing…..but here’s a story that I hope helps:

    Parents of a 7 year old have a vet come to the house to release their age 13 Golden, and their son wants to be there. The adults are broken up, but the little boy is fine, and when the vet asks, the little guy says,

    We’re here to learn to love each other, and dogs already know how, so they don’t have to live as long.

    I hold onto that, and the possibility that a dog living in a cage or on the street is now going to have a great life and home.

  100. 100.

    JenJen

    I am so, so, so sorry for your loss. The pain is still all too fresh to me. Rest in peace, sweet Abby, and give some woofs and licks to all the beloved Balloon Juice pets at the rainbow bridge. :-(

  101. 101.

    gttim

    So sorry. I know that is tough.

    My boy Bennie is now 13 1/2. He is stiff in the mornings. He tends to go a little lame if he plays too much. I had to put my little one down a few years ago. I am hoping Bennie goes in his sleep. It is the price we pay for their love and companionship.

  102. 102.

    debg

    Virtual hugs to your humans and a candle lit in Abby’s memory. This part is never easy, is it?

  103. 103.

    Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.)

    Thank you again. In some ways I know I’ll never be altogether over it; I’ll always miss her. I just got back from the vet’s with her. We’re going to leave soon for my mother’s to bury her. It’ll feel good to dig her last bed for her. I know she has nothing to worry about or to ache her any longer, and that’s good. She was the best old friend anybody could ever ask for. One of these days, I might tell some of her other funny tales if nobody would mind me overwhelming everybody going on and on and on about my sweet, beloved friend. Don’t any of you ever forget to love your dogs and cats every damned day while you have them, tell them how much they mean to you, wallow in their astounding capacity to give you everything you could ask for and more, asking nothing more from you than that you love them back, for the day that you’ll be without them comes all too soon.

  104. 104.

    serena1313

    I feel your pain. Yesterday I put my cat Squeakers Anna Marie to sleep. She had been with me for 21 + years. For the past year or so, all I could do was make her as comfortable as possible knowing she was not long for this world. I was not sure I would know when she would be ready to leave, but when she quit eating, I knew it was time. Squeakers death was peaceful & dignified.

    My cat Trevor died unexpectedly last May. He had been with me for 18.5 years Perhaps it was the shock, but I had never experienced the depth of pain & anguish as I did when Trevor passed on. He was my guy!

    When people used to tell me I spoiled my cats, I would just look at them, smile & say, “but they spoil me. They make me laugh everyday. And their love is unconditional.” I do not think there is any greater gift than that!

    Again, Iam sorry for your loss. I know you hurt. And you will for some time. But the pain does ease. In the interim, give yourself time to grieve and be kind to yourself, U.W.

    You & Abby had a wonderful life together. She will always be with you.

    Thank you for sharing.

  105. 105.

    Ruckus

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.):

    When you are able we would love to hear the stories. For most of us telling the stories helps.
    When my best friend, my sister, died, she wanted a Quaker meeting. Now for those that don’t know a Quaker meeting is pretty interesting. There is no real leader, people stand up and talk when they are ready. In between times there is silence. At hers there were about 150 people, family, friends and students. I can’t remember exactly how many stood up but somewhere about 20-25 I think. I learned things I never knew about my best friend and it was wonderful and painful at the same time. Some were very stirring, some were funny. It took me 3 tries to find my legs and tell my little bit but it was exactly what I needed. I hope it’s good for you too.

  106. 106.

    asiangrrlMN

    @serena1313: I am so so sorry for the loss of your beloved Squeakers and Trevor. It must be really hard for you. When people tell me I spoil my boys (cats), I say, “Why shouldn’t I?” As you said, they give me so much. May Squeakers and Trevor play happily on the other side. My deepest condolences.

    @Anatoliĭ Lъudьvigovich Bzyp (formerly Horrendo Slapp, Jimperson Zibb, Duncan Dönitz, Otto Graf von Pfmidtnöchtler-Pízsmőgy, Mumphrey, et al.): Way late, but I just wanted to say I’m so sorry on the loss of your dear Abby girl. My deepest condolences to you and your family. She was truly loved, and now she’s playing happily on the other side. May she peek in on you from time to time to bring you comfort.

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