A blog of a proud dog owner Pinoy Dog-Lover

Thanks to Jun Asis for sending me this touching story.

Losing a pet is very difficult—I know that for a fact. It’s devastating, and even makes you wonder if the pain will ever end. I’m doing better now (much better than my crying-every-hour state the first week Sheero passed away), but I still get pangs of sadness (and tears) whenever I remembered fun times with Sheero. It’s hard not to—I’ve lost my furry best friend.

Below is a touching story by Jun Razal, which tries to make sense of the passing of his beloved Shih Tzu, Budoy. Read the rest of this entry »

Our family always had a lot of dogs—every member of our family just love them—so it’s pretty obvious that we’ve already lost some pets over the years. Most of them passed away due to old age, so losing them hadn’t been so difficult. The passing was imminent. Somehow, I had a feeling they would be leaving us soon—I had time to prepare myself for the coming loss.

Losing Sheero was different, very different. Aside from the fact that she was my absolute favorite, her passing came as a surprise. She was getting well (we had even expected to take her home after a few more days at the vet), but suddenly had a heart attack that lead to a coma which she didn’t survive. I think how she passed away was a huge factor on why it was doubly hard for me—I just didn’t expect it. I never had the chance to prepare myself for the loss.

I’ve been coping with my loss, though I still feel a bit of sadness every now and then. But the first few days of losing Sheero was unbearable—I never thought I’d stop crying. As I have said in my blog, another factor that made the pain worse was because there wasn’t anybody else to share my pain with except for my family. True, we’ve gotten a lot of condolences from friends and acquaintances—heck, even Sheero’s “fans” emailed us their condolences. But the thing is, I still had this thought at the back of my mind that they really didn’t understand my pain. Read the rest of this entry »