I've lost my darling Katie
Today I had to put my lovely baby child Katie to sleep. She'd been suffering from a very aggressive spinal cancer. Friday she was fine. By Monday she couldn't even stand or evacuate. I spent the weekend in emergency rooms, as nobody knew what was the matter. She was due to have a CT scan this afternoon, but the specialists were convinced it was a spinal cancer, as seen on the X-rays.
She was suffering, and it was hopeless, so I stroked her lovely head while she was put to sleep. The last thing my lovely girl heard was me, telling her how much I love her and what a GOOD girl she is. She left, cradled in my love.
She enriched my life beyond measure, and grew into from a shy, nervous girl to an exuberant, confident bull terrier who'd walk up to complete strangers, convinced everybody loved her - and they did. She was wildly popular at my work, and people would flag me down to ask if they could come see her.
I just wanted my fellow bullie lovers to know.
Mark
She was suffering, and it was hopeless, so I stroked her lovely head while she was put to sleep. The last thing my lovely girl heard was me, telling her how much I love her and what a GOOD girl she is. She left, cradled in my love.
She enriched my life beyond measure, and grew into from a shy, nervous girl to an exuberant, confident bull terrier who'd walk up to complete strangers, convinced everybody loved her - and they did. She was wildly popular at my work, and people would flag me down to ask if they could come see her.
I just wanted my fellow bullie lovers to know.
Mark
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I can just imagine what you are going through. I know personally how hard it is to lose a dog that has been a part of the family for many years. I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I'm sure she lived a wonderful life with the compassion and love you provided her. Cherish her memory and the joy she provided you and your
family.
Rest in Peace Katie.
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Rest in peace miss Katie
I've had bull terriers for nearly 40 years now, and when the time comes I will adopt another rescue. And we shall rescue each other.
i have been there too many times and know that it is far more crushing to lose a fur-friend that is totally devoted to you than many humans that are ( far too often) connected to their connections out of circumstance or convenience. I say this, not so much to devalue the human relationship experience, but to highlight the value of love received from those wonderful creatures that plainly and consistently demonstrate love for you JUST because they love you immensely .... Thinking of you in your pain and knowing that if Bullies are not in heaven already, I don't want to go there.
Rest in peace Katie
http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/KatieJemima/slideshow/
Thank you all so much, you're absolutely right. Phil, I lost my mother in June of last year, and taking care of lovely Katie got me through it. She and I were always very close, but this brought us even closer. I got permission to take her to work with me every day, and she adored it.
She'd bark with excitement as I opened the door, then go look for the cleaning lady and bark at her while being fed a treat. Then she'd have a settle-in until about 7:00AM, where I'd take her out for a quick walk. Then back to her corral behind my desk for a bit, and so on. She'd have lunch every day around 11:00 then go and meet people out on the quad. They adored her, and she loved the whole adventure, because everywhere she went people just went crazy for her.
She hated to go back home sometimes, she really wanted to stay and talk to more people. I'm so glad her life had this last year of joy and pleasure for her.
I'm now just feeling emptied out and hollow, and I miss my baby child very much. But I do know she got all the love she could ever use, and no effort or expense was spared. And yesterday was tremendously painful, but I know in my heart that it was the right thing to do. My baby didn't suffer more than a very little time before she went ahead to wait for me.