I Have Lost a Beloved Pet Stories of Experiences

Jimmy, the whippet.
Emma, the greyhound x bedlington.
Nina, the saluki x Alaskan malamute.
Benjy and Sonny, the Border terriers.

I've had dogs from 10-23. I currently have Rosie (7, a lurcher) and two foster dogs (10mnths Tigger and...

its been over 4 years, lately she's been popping in my mind. i'm not surprised how much it has affected me. i guess I've moved on but i still miss her and my life will always feel a bit empty. a place only she can fill. some people...

It's well over a year now since we had to make that awful decision and have you put to sleep, baby boy. We took you home and buried you in the garden, and the rain fell as long and as hard as our tears. With wet eyes, I wrote a few...

Its been almost 2 months since I had to have my precious boy put to sleep. He was suffering so bad and it broke my heart to see his health and mobility decline day by day. I got to hold him at the vet as they gave him the euthanasia and...

My mom told me NO PETS ALLOWED in our apartment.But we have our crazy grandma,who saved 2 kitties and brought them to us:).We started loving them instantly.Bjelkač,a male kitty with the fur white as snow, and his sister,Mala, a three...

A year ago I lost my dog Ellie. She was a poodle who was treated as if she was a human being. I got Ellie when I was five years old. I asked my mom for a pet because my brother was older and didn't want to play with his little sister...

Precious was poisoned by a cruel person I was heart broken she was kobys sister koby was run over I will never forget precious. Rip precious

I've always had close relations with animals, pets having been a staple of the family since before I was born. So having grown up with them I'd never been a stranger to the range of emotions they can evoke from you; joy, happiness...

It's strange how animals can be like a brother to you, a pal, the first one you learn to trust and it's so easily to give them your love.
All of that and so much more, that's what Bronco was to me.
I still remember the day we went to...

She was my female dog, Stella.
I got her in 1996. She wasn't pedigree.
She was white and brown, and she was very sweet.

On 3rd January 2011 she started losing saliva and having convulsions.
My parents weren't home, so me and my...

Sundae, our new guinea pig never got to grow up. She'd only been here a week or two, when my wife heard her having trouble breathing last night. She rushed her to the emergency vet, who diagnosed her with pneumonia. She was given...

When I was younger I had lots of pets including a frog, hermit crabs, a cockatiel (bird), cats... and of course lots of goldfish. The one that I loved the most was named Babaganoush. One day I noticed that Babaganoush kept on floating...

just a week ago i whent to see on my pet dog an found her laying dead after a car or something hit her.i said oh my god whith tears an sobs i have to bury her so i got my...

They were my grandma's dogs. I remember seeing them in a free box for the first time with some punk rock looking kid. I was about 3 years old and we got to take them to my grandma and grandpa's, which was a dream come true.
They were...

I believe that my relationships with my animals have prepared me for the major human losses that I have faced, and will face, during the course of my life. YOU WILL OUT LIVE your pets, unless maybe you get a turtle or bird that lives to...

My cockatiel died last night. he woke me at 3:3O with his squawking. I ripped the cover off the cage, and he had tangled a wing inside that stupid ladder that someone had brought him to me with. This was the third time he had an...

It has been one month since her passing. I think of her everyday, and see her in my dreams. I waited 40 years to have her, wanted a place were she could roam freely, and be in the woods of Maine. We were together as much as possible...

My wife just woke me a little while ago to tell me Godiva, our guinea pig, was dead. She was ten years old and died quietly in her sleep, curled up in the little plastic house in her cage. Our daughter named her "Godiva" because she was...

My cat passed away last Saturday. :( He was 8 years old, soon to be 9 this month. I just miss him so much. I feel so heartbroken that he's gone. It's more terrible that nobody knows what happened to him. The vet didnt say much. I...

I lost a cat back on 2/4/13. she was black with a white spot on the bottom of her neck I have had her for a long time. I would be sitting in the living room and she would come and sit on me for the rest of the night until I would get...