https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:58:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/3#post-1987918 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:37:31 +0000 Sara L. 1987918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:( Sorry for your loss.&nbsp; It's such a hard decision to make and I've had to do it several times with elderly and sick pets.&nbsp; It never gets easier. You did the right thing.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/3#post-1987916 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 16:22:12 +0000 Nebraskim 1987916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I just found this and wanted to add my condolences. We went through this with our Beloved Pug Bing Bing a couple years ago. Our two older pugs are 11. They are such dollies as they age, they seem to melt and become sweeter. Hope for happier times ahead.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/3#post-1987742 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:24:22 +0000 Windchime 1987742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven’t been on the Forum much lately and am just seeing this. I’m so sorry; having to make a decision to put down a beloved pet is just awful, even when you know it’s for the best. Their passing leaves an emptiness in our lives. Your Sophie was such an adorable little Pug—I love the life shining in her eyes! </p> <p>Be kind to yourself and your other fur babies as you all adjust to this loss. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/3#post-1987631 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 21:46:13 +0000 Laurie 1987631@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, just catching up on the YLF news, and there's this.&nbsp; &nbsp;My most heartfelt sympathy and empathy to you.&nbsp; &nbsp;I am glad that the ensuing days have been easier.&nbsp; That initial day is - in Angie's word- <i>gutting</i>, it's the exact word that came to mind in my recent experience with our cats.</p> <p>I was concerned that I reacted more strongly over the first cat than I have over the loss of medium/distant relatives.&nbsp; The first time through was with the first pet I've ever had, so the first time I had to go through the process of deciding to give a living being a peaceful end. The fact we make that decision about that moment is something I have a super hard time with, even though I agree with everyone that is the final act of love.</p> <p>Hugs.&nbsp; Here we are in 2019, hope it's better than last year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/3#post-1987530 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:45:51 +0000 Janet 1987530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, those are both Tippi. She's getting up there in years herself (will turn 13 this year), but still acts like a puppy!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1987526 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:42:23 +0000 bridgie 1987526@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, how adorable is Tippi.&nbsp; Are both the pics there Tippi?.&nbsp; I am not quite sure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1987512 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:23:59 +0000 Janet 1987512@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you again, everyone. I know many of you have been through this too, and some quite recently. We're still adjusting, but it's not as devastating as the first couple of days were. The other three dogs seem like everything is normal to them, so it's good that they are not struggling -- even Tippi, who is used to curling up with her "big sister."&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1987497 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:50:41 +0000 wendy 1987497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1987413 Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:08:36 +0000 Summer 1987413@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry, Janet.&nbsp; It's always so hard to part with our pets.&nbsp; I'm sure little Sophie had a wonderful and happy life with you.&nbsp; What a sweet little dog. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1987077 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 11:13:31 +0000 Staysfit 1987077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I am so sorry for your loss! I can guess at what you are experiencing with the loss of Sophie, because we also had to say goodbye to our dog, Farley two weeks ago. Farley was 13 and the vet diagnosed him with a brain tumor. I had hoped he would make it to the holidays so my kids could say goodbye, but DH and I couldn’t bear to watch him suffer any longer as he seemed to be struggling with very basic functions including holding up his head. His absence has made us very sad, and our lives and routines have changed in some unexpected ways. We are finding ways to adjust and to soothe our raw emotions. I hope you can also find some solace and peace in 2019 despite your loss. Pets are worth every moment of joy and company they provide despite their shorter lifespan. I hope your memories of the experiences you had with Sophie continue to be one of the great treasures in your life, </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986989 Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:27:51 +0000 Style Fan 1986989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so sorry Janet.&nbsp; Your pictures of Sophie are beautiful.&nbsp; She sounds like she was a very sweet dog.&nbsp; Losing a pet is so difficult.&nbsp; We still miss our Sophie very much. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986806 Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:52:50 +0000 Brooklyn 1986806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m so sorry for your loss. Your photos are a lovely tribute to Sophie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986616 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:15:09 +0000 Eliza 1986616@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry for your loss, Janet. Sophie brought a lot of joy and comfort into your lives; the pictures make it easy to see how. She was fortunate to be part of your family for so long and will always be in your hearts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986577 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:10:32 +0000 Joyce B 1986577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry about your little Sophie. The longer they are with you the harder it gets to say goodbye. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986575 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:08:32 +0000 Anonymous 1986575@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such sad news and a hard decision. I think you did the right thing for Sophie, considering her age and pain with malignant tumors. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986528 Sat, 29 Dec 2018 01:19:32 +0000 Toban 1986528@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m so sorry. They bring so much love and joy to our lives. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986487 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:18:53 +0000 Anonymous 1986487@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Im so sorry, so sad I wish they could live forever! They truly are family, and give us unconditional love. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986468 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:28:27 +0000 Anonymous 1986468@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I'm so sorry, that's a terrible loss. I love that you thought to say "find Grandma and Rocky" to her and the photo of you with Sophie and your mother is beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986449 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:34:31 +0000 Dianna 1986449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I am so sorry.&nbsp; I have been through that and it is indeed very hard.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986390 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:51:43 +0000 Inge 1986390@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sending another batch of hugs your way, Janet. I'm glad Sophie isn't in pain anymore, but it's such an impossibly hard decision and so wretchedly hard to have to say goodbye. The pictures made me smile, darling Sophie had a wonderful life and was loved to bits, but how I wish our beloved pets could stay with us forever_ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986377 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:07:42 +0000 Anonymous 1986377@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My heart is breaking too, as I look at her sweet photos. &nbsp;Sleep well, little Sophie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986375 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 19:03:29 +0000 Barbara Diane 1986375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not surprisingly, those are the best pictures of anyone’s dog I have ever seen Angie, Bat Sam is a contender :)</p> <p>I am so sorry for your loss. It’s hard but so sounds like the right choice. Maybe too soon to say this (and I have not read what everyone else wrote so sorry if this is a repeat) but after DH’s best living friend died my SIL said it’s hard to lose such a good friend, but wonderful to have had such a good friend.</p> <p>Sounds the same here, and I love that you told her to go be with the ones you both had lost. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986355 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 18:18:22 +0000 kkards 1986355@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>oh Janet, i'm so sorry.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986336 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 17:35:41 +0000 taylor 1986336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so right Janet . Distant relatives, or those we don’t live with have a much different effect.<br /> Our pets are *family* too and they are a daily almost minute by minute part of our lives. They greet us when we come home, they comfort us when we are sad miss us when we are gone they are by our side through most of our chores and go through all the changes a family makes . All with a happy wag and loving eyes they are constant and loving companions and their loss is profound just as any family member would be.....sometimes more . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986289 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:50:08 +0000 Bijou 1986289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Janet, I am so sorry that Sophie got sick so quickly. Unfortunately cancer is like that - my last dog had lymphoma and so the end was very much like your experience with Sophie. We knew when it was time to let our brave little Westie go, but it was heartbreaking.</p> <p>Your photos of Sophie are beautiful, you gave her a wonderful life. You are absolutely right about the bond you have with your pets, they are there with you and to not have them is such a massive hole. Glad that you and Tippi have the ranch dogs with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986287 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:39:29 +0000 Janet 1986287@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you so much, every one of you. Your words do help. I know that so many of you know exactly how painful this is. </p> <p>It’s weird, I was realizing that the bond we share with pets is in some ways more pervasive than that with family members we don’t live with. These little furry family members are in your home every single day and night, they are dependent on you but also give such unconditional love in return. No wonder we feel their loss so deeply — it’s a n emotional and physical void in our lives when they leave, especially when you are lucky enough to have them around for nearly 16 years. </p> <p>Tippi is doing fine. She’s always been the more clingy of the two pugs — she’s my shadow and follows me from room to room, while Sophie was more independent. So her behavior now seems pretty much the same. But I have little doubt that she feels the loss somehow. I think it may be good that the big dogs are here from the ranch indefinitely — having them here helps too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986281 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:27:07 +0000 pil 1986281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Janet, I’m so sorry. Your beautiful photos show what a precious girl she was. It’s so hard letting them go. How is Tippi? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986267 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:41:27 +0000 Chris987 1986267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry for your loss. It seems you really did the right thing by letting her go, but that doesn't make it hurt any less. We have an emotional closeness to our pets that is so primal somehow, and it is so hard to let them go. She was so lucky to have spent her life with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986263 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:34:58 +0000 unfrumped 1986263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry. Thank you for the lovely photos. They show a happy much- loved pup. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/heartbroken-1/page/2#post-1986244 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:34:38 +0000 Jane 1986244@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thinking of you. Beautiful photos and such a loving pal.&nbsp; </p>