Oh for the love of your dog

[TrevorW]

What do you do when you wife rings you during the day and says she can't find our 12 year old Malteze Lasoapso cross female dog called Blossom.

Well with the wife having MS she really can't get around to much these days I said just call out she'll come or have a look over the fence too see if she got into the neighbours yard.

Just last year we lost our side fence in a storm which was replaced with a colourbond one and their was a slight gap at the bottom not all the way along only in sections where the flower beds are.

Now the little one has always loved too dig especailly when she's been left outside although she had the younger bigger Cherry to play with I think it was her way of getting attention from me as I'd go out side to clean her mess up and tell her off for digging regularly especially on hot days.

Today she finally got under the fence why today of all days I don't know it wasn't that hot in Perth today and for her effort she was attacked and killed by our neighbours bit bull cross female ***** unbeknown to us until our daughter ventured next door too see if they had seen her when she got home from work.

Suffice it to say my two adult daughters where really cut up and I'm shedding a tear writing this and pondering if it was my fault for not blocking off the gap more. Burying a pet is not fun you hope when they die its through natural causes not being ripped apart.

Why Oh why do we get so attached to our pets

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Oh Jeez Trevor. I'm so sorry.

If I ever lost mine like that I don't know what I'd do. It'd utterly destroy me. Wow...you poor buggers.

[Satchmo]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Why Oh why do we get so attached to our pets

Really sorry to hear of this misfortune , Trevor. We love them because they are uncomplicated and show a loyalty , and pure spirit that we can only ever aspire to. There are some breeds such as pit bulls which are failed breed experiments which need to be left to die out ( and I think they are ) .

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

No words can do it Trevor ... really sorry and I know full well the emotional low your in now ... happened to me 13/2/93 and I dont think I will ever put myself through that again ... if your that kind of person its a powerful feeling of loss, so much so that you avoid it happening again.

Whats a dog like a pitbull doing in suburbia anyway ????

As far as blame goes .... dogs dig holes, dogs get out occasionally ... dogs dont normally eat other dogs mate.

[Jen]

sorry to hear that Trevor its very sad when we lose a pet we get so attached to them dont we and each pet is so individual you will never get another on the same

Sending big hugs your way

(((hugs)))

[Garyh]

So sorry for your loss Trevor.
I know how attached we get to our pets as they become our family and always give us so much unconditional love and they never live long enough...
Don`t think much of dogs that just want to kill other dogs and animals but.that`s not right.

[Jabba (Keenan)]

aww thats aweful, I feel sympathy for you thats is indeed very sad

[Roobi]

Deppest sympathy mate to you and your family. Any sign of aggression from a dog should be well noted and considered carefully by the owner. Our beautiful red heeler began showing signs of aggression like this, had a decent go at a few times at other dogs. Unfortunatly we put him down in the end, but i think it was the right thing to do. Your neighbours should be ashamed of themselves and have their dog put down for this behaviour. Heart breaking that it was your poor dog, imagine if it was a child.

[Ric]

My deepest sympathies Trevor.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That sucks. Poor thing. I can relate to that. Lost quite a lot of pet cats due to a nasty neighbourg.

[TrevorW]

Appreciate the sentiments