Tucker Deserves The Best In Life And In Heaven Options

[WAdoglover]

I have started writing this several times, each with a heartfelt justification of why I love Tucker. I am going to put that aside for the moment. I, like everyone else on this site, joined out of a deep love, perhaps beyond many pet owners (just the term pet owner makes me shudder as if they are just property). I feel such a lonely devestation as if no one else could possibly understand what I am going through. I know that is not the case, but few people show in public or verbalize how devastated they are over their animals.

Tucker is still with me, but on borrowed time. This borrowed time even has extended beyond what has been fair to my fur child. He is suffering from larangeal paralysis and degenerative nerve damage. Surgery is out of the question. Some days I wish that God would make the umbearable decision for me and take him to the rainbow bridge since I am having a difficult time making the right decision. Truth is, my children are in the middle of finals and my oldest who is a Junior and on the verge of a 4.0. Really??? Am I really making a decision for him to hang on so that my kid can get a 4.0? Or am I just using this as an excuse to have more time with him? Am I avoiding the issue because I do not want my children to feel the pain I am currently experiencing? I spend my days laying down with him keeping him calm. I know we cannot keep on this path, and I know Tucker deserves better.

Perhaps the real issue for some of us who experience this type of grief is the depression that goes with it. Is it really reasonable to think that I can make a decision when experiencing the depression that goes with it? I am not ashamed of the deep love I have for my dog but at the moment it feels like a curse.

[Bobbie]

Dear WA and Tucker,

Please accept my deepest sympathy, WA and family, on your physical loss of Tucker. And at the same time, my deepest gratitude for showing him and the world how to truely LOVE your animal companion, be it a dog, cat, bunny or anything else. Your love for Tucker is so evident. I wish so many others could be as brave and compassionate as you.

Mr. Tucker, how does it feel to not have pain or anything else to slow you down??? Mr. Trevor should have been right there to greet you at you crossed the Bridge and entered the Perfect World (Heaven). You are going to have soooooooooooooooo many friends. I'd give you some names, but then show my true lack of brain power by leaving out so many. I know you will send your mommy and family some signs that you are OK and love rays all the time. And now you are right next to Mommy's heart 24/7 - there is no better place in the world, until she gets up there with you!

Again, thank all of you for sharing your love of Tucker and his story. And this is not the end. I'd like to know how you all are doing in the days, weeks and months to come and what you might hear from Tucker.

With deepest love and gratitude,
XOBobbieXO and Trevor