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[Hypercaffium]

Beautiful doggo.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Milly was a Tibetan Terrier rescue who adopted me in Nov 2011. Last week pushing 16 years she went to K9 Heaven. Tibetan's are an odd lot, an ancient breed that rarely shows outer signs of affection though they are always there for you.
She loved lying close to my practice amp to take in the vibrations. otherwise she was mostly deaf.
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So sorry for your loss. See you on the other side, Milly.

 

[SJLee]

Milly was a Tibetan Terrier rescue who adopted me in Nov 2011. Last week pushing 16 years she went to K9 Heaven. Tibetan's are an odd lot, an ancient breed that rarely shows outer signs of affection though they are always there for you.
She loved lying close to my practice amp to take in the vibrations. otherwise she was mostly deaf.



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Sorry to hear about Milly. The toughest thing about having a pet is knowing we're most likely going to outlive them.

 

[portpc]

Sorry to hear about Milly. The toughest thing about having a pet is knowing we're most likely going to outlive them.

Yes this is true- My credo has always been that any pet who has found a loving home has won the lottery of life, the greatest % of them never make it that far. I've only been dog-less for one month in the past 22 years & tell myself take a break until the spring. I can be easily swayed however!

 

[fearceol]

Milly was a Tibetan Terrier rescue who adopted me in Nov 2011. Last week pushing 16 years she went to K9 Heaven. Tibetan's are an odd lot, an ancient breed that rarely shows outer signs of affection though they are always there for you.
She loved lying close to my practice amp to take in the vibrations. otherwise she was mostly deaf.



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Lovely dog. Sorry to hear she is no longer with us.

My previous dog "Dizzy" (that's her in my avatar) was a Tibetan Terrier. I thoroughly agree with your description.
Dizzy went to the rainbow bridge in 2013. I still think of her a lot. This is my present dog Duffy who is now eleven. Both dogs are/were rescues.

 

[SJLee]

Yes this is true- My credo has always been that any pet who has found a loving home has won the lottery of life, the greatest % of them never make it that far. I've only been dog-less for one month in the past 22 years & tell myself take a break until the spring. I can be easily swayed however!

I hear you. Whenever I come home my dogs are howling and crying for me, and I realize my wife and I are their world. We are not worthy of the love of dogs.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Rusty

 

[Deleted member 268085]

I hear you. Whenever I come home my dogs are howling and crying for me and it is at times like this I realize that my wife and I are their world. We are not worthy of the love of dogs.

But it's great motivation to do everything possible to be worthy of that love. I have PTSD-like symptoms from a TBI I suffered in September 1965, playing American football. I can get very angry, very quickly for no real reason. That's one of the reasons I have 3 ex's (the other major reason is poor decision-making on my part). Not directing that anger at my loving puppers really helps me control the number of times it happens and the magnitude of the anger when it does happen. But the best thing is that they forgive and forget. Every. Single. Time. I love all three of mine and thank them nightly for helping me get through life. I'd be totally lost without a dog as part of my day.

 

[SJLee]

But it's great motivation to do everything possible to be worthy of that love. I have PTSD-like symptoms from a TBI I suffered in September 1965, playing American football. I can get very angry, very quickly for no real reason. That's one of the reasons I have 3 ex's (the other major reason is poor decision-making on my part). Not directing that anger at my loving puppers really helps me control the number of times it happens and the magnitude of the anger when it does happen. But the best thing is that they forgive and forget. Every. Single. Time. I love all three of mine and thank them nightly for helping me get through life. I'd be totally lost without a dog as part of my day.

I've never thought of dog's helping us in this way but that's fantastic that you are working through the PTSD that way. Another plus for owning a dog.

 

[portpc]

But it's great motivation to do everything possible to be worthy of that love. I have PTSD-like symptoms from a TBI I suffered in September 1965, playing American football. I can get very angry, very quickly for no real reason. That's one of the reasons I have 3 ex's (the other major reason is poor decision-making on my part). Not directing that anger at my loving puppers really helps me control the number of times it happens and the magnitude of the anger when it does happen. But the best thing is that they forgive and forget. Every. Single. Time. I love all three of mine and thank them nightly for helping me get through life. I'd be totally lost without a dog as part of my day.

I believe dogs force you to live in the moment, where you should be. Therefore they keep us reality-based and not in control by what happened in the past nor what may happen next week...

Believe in something bigger?.. That we can't comprehend and that there are no coincidences? A quick story of what I exp'd last evening...

I live in a small apt complex - last eve after work heading out I look to my right while driving to the exit and I see thru the trees what appears to be a stray dog pacing nervously - a Shepard mix.
I pulled over to check on the dog. Lying next to the dog and on the pavement was a woman struggling to stand up.

She was my age (early 60's) said she had recent surgery, a bad back, one hand was bandaged and she smelled of strong drink. I tried to help her stand up as her apt door was not far away. She kept falling over. I found another neighbor to assist me. Together we helped her to her door.

Before she entered she turned to me and said 'I know you, I was your upstairs neighbor a dozen years ago." And OMG she had been when I had lived a few miles away, a bipolar patially unhinged divorced woman who only communicated w/her son by yelling & had gotten the dog with her today because her young son had seen my dog at the time and convinced her to get one.

I did recall even back then she had to undergo back surgery. I am thankful she now lives on the opposite end of my complex. If I hadn't seen her nervous dog she would have been out there for quite a long time.. you can't make this stuff up..

 

[FilterFunk]

Did I mention she has a private groomer who comes to the house
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"Let me be your dog!" (3:35):

 

[definenredefine]

"Let me be your dog!" (3:35):

LET THE BOY BE YOUR DOG!

 

[Hypercaffium]

Thinking about the "rainbow bridge" makes me very emotional. I stare at those pictures and get lost every time.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Thinking about the "rainbow bridge" makes me very emotional. I stare at those pictures and get lost every time.

I cry every time I have to post that pic. The standard poodle in the upper right looks just like my Dagny. He passed over 25 years ago, but I still miss him.

 

[Hypercaffium]

The running white horse gets me pretty bad. When it's about animals I'm very sensitive.

 

[BassPilot]

In Arizona, I had a mobile groomer who was excellent. Her grooming van had everything she needed. All she had to do was plug an extension cord into the exterior power socket by my front door. The groomer I have here is a 15-20 minute drive. But the one dog of three that needs grooming is 14 now, and will go along with just about anything. My Chihuahua and Italian Greyhound/Chihuahua cross just leave short brown hairs EVERYWHERE.

Try 2 Border Collies. Holy tamale! I’m surprised they aren’t hairless by now. I have to vacuum every 3-4 days or the carpets have a coating of black hair everywhere! And wood floors have clumps every 5-6 feet. I need to teach these boys to run the vacuum themselves.

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Try 2 Border Collies. Holy tamale! I’m surprised they aren’t hairless by now. I have to vacuum every 3-4 days or the carpets have a coating of black hair everywhere! And wood floors have clumps every 5-6 feet. I need to teach these boys to run the vacuum themselves.

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Except when you get a nice but windy day, open all of the windows, and then have to start ducking dust bunnies blowing around. In my case, they're white from my poodle/Jack Russell cross (the one who gets groomed every 8 weeks).

 

[kesslari]

Tibetan Terriers are neat dogs, and in the Tibetan monastaries they were often paired with Tibetan Mastiffs. The Terriers alerted at threats and the Mastiffs provided backup. Good system...
I'm very sorry for your loss. Run free, Milly.

 

[GregC]

 

[IamGroot]

Sorry to hear about Milly. The toughest thing about having a pet is knowing we're most likely going to outlive them.

Not anymore.