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[Ruth]

Hello again. Things aren't going as well as I had anticipated or hoped. It's been 10 days since my little boy passed away, but while I'm in the house I'm still not getting more than a couple of minutes relief in any one go.

I guess this is 'normal', and it is early days yet but it is making life very hard. I'm not looking forward to going home tonight - why are the evenings so very long when they used to flash by! I'm not looking forward to the weekend and the only thing I'm looking forward to at the moment is the passing of time knowing I'll feel better eventually.

Anyway, I noticed some telephone numbers for pet bereavement counsellors and was wondering whether I should try one. Have any of you have ever used one and did you find it helpful? Believe me, this is sooooo not me and if I had someone to talk to I wouldn't entertain the idea. To even consider this seems barmy and makes me cringe. I certainly would never mention it to anyone else for fear of being locked up!

Any advice would be gratefully received.

[sonnet]

Yes you should call and blub to these people who can help, and like was said before, if you don't like it you don't have to do it again. As fas as a rescue group, I did foster a dog for 2 weeks but I think it was too soon-it was the 3 week point after Sonnet was gone. But I feel a real healing has taken place in my heart this last week. I'm even sleeping at this point the entire night now and not depressed. I made a memorial scrapbook as a tribute to Sonnet yesterday and I really enjoyed it. In fact the pictures I placed in there made me smile, just like she did. It's been 9 weeks as of Saturday and I do miss and love Sonnet so very much but as others have told me, she would want me to be happy and she'll "send" the right dog to me. I've submitted an application to Lab Rescue so we'll see what happens next. I'm not going to rush anything, it'll all happen in God's right timing.
Sonnet's mom