Tizzy the Dog

[Oma]

Thanks Plant but they would do that for us if we needed help , Their DS and GS went for the dog and helped bury it and have been with them all today too , they do have a good family around them , The other DS took everything away for them so wasn't anything we were needed for really just a shoulder to cry on .

[Daisy]

Oma - I think one of the hardest things is dealing with bowls, beds toys etc. When DS2 lost their dog in March we collected everything and took it to Eva's trainer - her husband helps at a rescue centre. But when Clyde died there was nobody we could ask, and in a way I felt it was up to me to give everything to, say, a rescue. That's how we found Eva, so in a way it was as though Clyde had found Eva for us. Silly, I know, but we're not always rational beings are we!

I do hope your neighbours find a quiet gentle dog they can either doggy sit or foster if they don't feel able to have full responsibility for another dog. Tizzy wasn't very old so they would have expected to have had her for a few more years.

[Oma]

I spoke to them Daisy they don't want another dog even a foster one , its too much for them and they cant take the pain of having to give a foster dog back or god forbid another dog dies on them , their age plays a big part in it , although they still active they are both not in the best of health and he finds it difficult walking a dog now , he did it with Tizzy but she didn't need a great deal of walking , she was a little stumpy Shar-pei .who was very lazy

[Plantaholic]

I wanted to throw away our dear cat's bed but DD didn't agree, so it will be there when we get back. They did put her unused food away, GD is going to find a home for that but it will upset me to see her bed.

[Gemini]

It is very upsetting to see a beloved pets things after they are gone. Hard to part with them too, maybe your DD could keep the bed but put it away somewhere?

[Daisy]

Oma - just wondering how your neighbours are?

Everybody's different when it comes to dealing with a beloved pet's things. Plant - what has happened to your cat's bed? I always try and take unused food etc to a rescue centre so another pet can benefit from it.

I've got a lead which belonged to a dog we had nearly 40 years ago. It was the first puppy we had after the children were born, and I still find a use use it sometimes.

[Oma]

They are sad but fine , one of their DS took them to another DS for a few days to get away from it all , they came back yesterday and I took the door key back as I was looking after the house , one of their many grandchildren had done them a card on the computer with a picture of Tizzy , she had a good cry and was going out today to get a frame for it , Tizzy collar and lead are still there but everything else has been taken away they couldn't bear to come back to it , xx

[Plantaholic]

Bed still here, haven't mentioned it again.