My Precious Baby Girl Options

[rainbohdi]

I am new here and not sure if is ok for me to be posting this so soon, but I guess someone will tell me if it's not.

I also don't know if it's ok to say what happened to her because it was so very awful and people might find it too hard to read, perhaps someone could tell me about that too.

I have supportive friends and they are all devastated that she is gone, even moreso because of how she went.

I couldn't have human babies so she was my one and only baby girl and my most precious love. She was 15 but still so agile and full of life and she neither acted nor looked her age. She loved me, her other people and life so very deeply. She made people smile every day, from her extended family to total strangers out on her walks. Even people who'd say they weren't dog people seemed to make an exception for her.

I know I have to go on, but it has been me and her for so long now that I don't know how to be just me. Every second of each day I have to fight the urge to curl up in a corner and die. I just miss her so badly it feels like every cell in my body is distressed, there is an ache and an emptiness I think will be there forever.

I couldn't save my sweet little girl, she trusted me to keep her safe and cared for and I just couldn't keep her safe this one time she needed it more than ever.

I hope everyone else suffering the pain of the loss of their babies is as ok as anyone can be at a time like this.

rb

[Lulu's Mom]

Hi there,

I lost my precious LuLu 17 days ago. I have some good days, and I have some bad days. I am so sorry to hear about your tragedy. Pet ownership is a gift, and we are responsible for our dog's actions. I hope the right thing comes out of all of this and the owner is held accountable.

Don't kick yourself for feeling grief. Grief manifests in different ways for different people. At times I feel dead and numb, like I am sleepwalking through life. Read my latest post in "Brand New and Hurting" and you can see that it can change in an instant.

Do what feels right for you and yours. I thought I should take forever to grieve, but I have not ever been without an animal in my life and think LuLu's memory would best be honored by re-focusing my energy into a new pup. But that is just me- if it takes a year for you, so be it. I too, get angry that no one else feels the same amount of pain that I do. How dare the world go on!!????

You are in the right place. Everyone, and I mean everyone, on this forum either feels just like you or has been through it. Keep posting, it will make you feel better.

Hugs to all of us -
Christie