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Old November 14th 05, 07:18 PM
Gary G
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I was forced to let my 6 year old Mastiff Irving go to the Rainbow bridge
this morning because of bone cancer...And although I morn his loss I know
must worry about the Living...My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone and
I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this easier on
her...Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks in advance Gary G


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Old November 14th 05, 08:06 PM
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"Gary G" said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone and
I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this
easier on her...Any ideas would be appreciated.


If you have schedules, keep to them. Bump up your attention to
Yentle a notch, but not too far.

I'm very sorry.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.
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Old November 14th 05, 09:11 PM
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"Gary G" wrote in message
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I was forced to let my 6 year old Mastiff Irving go to the Rainbow bridge
this morning because of bone cancer...And although I morn his loss I know
must worry about the Living...My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone

and
I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this easier on
her...Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks in advance Gary G


........Oh geez Gary. I'm so sorry you lost Irv. Seems like only yesterday
he was a puppy and afraid of tall men in hats.

........Matt made a good point about keeping up your routines. Dogs, like
people, do mourn. Someone doing a wolf study noted that the alpha female
mourned her lost mate for 6 weeks or so. If she has a drop in appetite you
might try offering food one more time a day, though I wouldn't make a big
deal of it, as long as she's eating something, unless it goes on for too
long. Are there any other dogs you socialize with? Maybe a walk with
another dog occasionally might be good. If that's not an option you might
try going somewhere new for a walk.

My condolences, Gary
buglady
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Old November 15th 05, 12:44 AM
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"Gary G" wrote in message
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I was forced to let my 6 year old Mastiff Irving go to the Rainbow bridge
this morning because of bone cancer...And although I morn his loss I know
must worry about the Living...My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone and
I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this easier on
her...Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks in advance Gary G



I have no ideas for Yentle but I am very sorry for your loss.


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Old November 15th 05, 02:06 AM
Gary G
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Buglady and Rocky I knew I would hear from you folks...Although I'm mostly a
lurker who only pops in when he needs advice You are two solid level headed
folks and I thank you both for your advice and thoughts...And MauiJNP nice
to meet you....I hope we talk again...Again thanks to all for your
thoughts...GG
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"Gary G" wrote in message
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I was forced to let my 6 year old Mastiff Irving go to the Rainbow bridge
this morning because of bone cancer...And although I morn his loss I know
must worry about the Living...My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone
and I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this easier on
her...Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks in advance Gary G



I have no ideas for Yentle but I am very sorry for your loss.



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Old November 15th 05, 05:45 AM
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"Gary G" wrote in message
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I was forced to let my 6 year old Mastiff Irving go to the Rainbow bridge
this morning because of bone cancer...And although I morn his loss I know
must worry about the Living...My 5 year old Mastiff Yentle is now alone and
I'm wondering if there is any advice which might make this easier on
her...Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks in advance Gary G


So sorry for your loss....

I said goodbye to one of my dogs a month ago. The other dog went into what
seemed like a depression. He wasn't interested in food, he slept all the
time. This lasted almost two weeks. One morning in bed he hovered over me
wagging his tail, and I knew he was back. Like other posters have mentioned
try and keep things normal.


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Old December 6th 05, 07:53 PM
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im so sad for your loss. maybe this is to early, or maybe you dont like the idea, but (i dont mean this meanly) you could consider getting her another mate?? (sorry if it upsets you) or you could spend time with yentle or possbly attend classes to let her spend some time with other dogs. or (sorry for the or's!) you could meet up with some friends that have dogs and go for walks. to let the dogs have fun?
xsorry again 00(the 0's mean hugs) morgan4eva
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Old December 8th 05, 03:09 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:53:50 +0000, morgan4eva wrote:


im so sad for your loss. maybe this is to early, or maybe you dont like
the idea, but (i dont mean this meanly) you could consider getting her
another mate?? (sorry if it upsets you) or you could spend time with
yentle or possbly attend classes to let her spend some time with other
dogs. or (sorry for the or's!) you could meet up with some friends that
have dogs and go for walks. to let the dogs have fun?
xsorry again 00(the 0's mean hugs) morgan4eva


My goodness, you're a very apologetic person! Please, do yourself a favor, and discontinue
some of that. As long as we are reasonably tactful, and make fair and sincere suggestions,
I don't believe we need to be so on guard.

Some people will appreciate the suggestion of a new dog, others will be very unsure about;
and a few will tell you to burn in hell for making such a painful suggestion. You simply
need to consider the source, and realize we all handle things differently. The third
example is that of a very distraught person; one who might very well thank you later--and
get a new dog. :-)

Only the individual can tell when it is time to consider a new dog, of course, but I
firmly believe getting a new dog is the single greatest tribute we can give to a dog we've
lost. There is absolutely nothing about doing so that diminishes, in any way, the devotion
we feel toward a dog we've lost.

Whenever I hug Teddy or Tang, I'm also hugging the late Max, Nightbear and Sheba, and
saying to them all, "I love you this much!"


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Old December 8th 05, 08:39 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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*I love* new dogs. They smell *g*odyyy. hug teddy and Tangy.

 




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