oh i am crying now…..because of my illnesses i was not able to go with my beloved Gordo to the vet when he went to the Raibow Bridge. my brother went through something similar…he was in the hospital for months and his beautiful Babe needed to go, she waited till he got home…neither my brother nor sister -in-law could take her so her daughter and son-in-law did….neither of us had human children and these were our beloved children….i still cry over Gordo, but i know he is OK now <3
I think Gordo knew in his heart that if you could’ve physically been there, you would have been. And I know without a doubt that he felt you spiritually with him. As a vet tech, I’ve helped many dogs to say good bye, and sometimes it’s too hard for their guardians to stay with them. Those dogs do not panic, they don’t have a more difficult time passing, there is no hurt or confused look in their eyes. Because they know that their moms & dads are with them in their hearts & that’s what they really need to feel comforted. We sing to them softly or talk to them about the rainbow bridge, but that’s not what helps them go peacefully – it’s knowing that they’ve been loved their whole lives – and I’m sure Gordo was loved.
I hope your illnesses are improving. If you dream of Gordo tonight, tell him I say hi.
I loved this comic. It made me cry when my dad first showed it to me because I had a dog that I had since the day I was born. So it was really hard for me when me and my dad had to put her down.
2010 just got home after 4 months in a nursing home getting better form yet another surgery. I hadent seen my dog cracker since I went into the hospital 3weeks before the nursing home. When I got home I was happy to see him an he missed me because he was so happy! This wasn’t the first time I had been gone from him for a couple of weeks for other surgeries. Cramer was my best buddy. I would lay on my couch for a few week getting better with him right beside me or on top of couch looking out the window that had booger streaks all over it from his nose. But this time was different thus time he was bloated , and coughing. I thought maybe he hadent been feed right so we went to the vet. 3 days after I came home.I thought a couple of antibiotics an he would be fine. I took him by my self. He had cancer. A lot of lumps. I have gone through medical bankruptcy I have nothing soi was given a choice to give him chemo or pain meds until he was gone. I was in shock. My lil buddy! I had no one to ask advice from. It had to be my decision. I didn’t want him to suffer so I went with the mist humain way. I could. I had to leave him there I took pictures of him before they gave him a shot. It was an old flip phone I don’t have s computer so I don’t have any picture of this sad time.thanks for making me feel so much better about my choice. When I felt well we would walk or take short rides to the park.he was a mixed little dog. I have a new little dog that I love dearly and like cracker I rescued this one too.
Roberta you are a good soul. Thank you for rescuing your friends. I am so glad they knew your love. Best regards and thank you for being their best friend
Hello, I am the Editor of the Newsletter, Ahoj!, which is the Newsletter of The Cesky Terrier Club in the UK. Someone has sent me your cartoon No 97 and I wonder whether you would give me permission to reproduce this in my forthcoming Newsletter. I don’t know whether your cartoons are copyright or not.
Thank you
Brenda
Percy made his last trip a little over a week ago. His best friend (Chloe) still can’t figure out where he went. And it all reminds me of Tangerine (http://www.blinn.com/tangerine) who is still greatly missed five years after he died. Cats and dogs are family members, too.
Not trying to steal Ubertoon’s thunder, but it moved me so I had to write my own version.
I wish I could talk to you.
I’d want to tell you how you filled my life.
How you greeted me in the morning as if each day were a gift.
How your joy for the day and the moment was contagious.
We went on walks down to the beach and in the neighborhood.
Nothing spectacular, but plenty of fun.
I’m so sorry that you got so sick.
I’m torn between what is reasonable and what is not.
I know you’re in pain and I will live with self-doubt about my decision this day.
I’ll rub your ears and look into your eyes.
I’ll do everything I can to assure you that I love you,
that you were the best
and that your life meant everything to our family.
As you go off to sleep for your last time,
I will remember you.
Having had to go through this terrible odeal with both a dog and a cat, I can relate to what you are going through. Rest assure that your friend will be waiting your arrival at the other side the brdge as I know my Patches and Pousha are. Thank you for this and for the tears that are pouring from my eyes at this very moment as I remember those wonderful days.
On Friday night our Pomeranian told us that it was time. Saturday we went to the vet for the last time.
I saw this cartoon this morning. It is seriously the first time that I’ve had to myself since Saturday and even though crying (sobbing) hurts… it helps.
Thank you for helping.
I really appreciate this picture for all it’s beauty. It’s a little bit closure. Definitely going to bring this comic to my local veterinarian. Incredible, thank you.
This is wonderful…is there any way this could be printed on a post card sized card? I am a veterinarian and I would love to be able to put one of these in with the sympathy cards I send to clients when their pets die. Thanks!
Maren, you can print it out, buy laminating sheets (it looks like clear printer paper), laminate the picture and add it to the sympathy card (which is beautiful). It’s a simple process that your office staff could do. I do it myself and have on many things for years. Hope this helps and Dog Bless.
Thank you for creating and sharing this, one of the most perfect and powerful comics I can remember. I look forward to reading your other work, but don’t see how you could ever top this.
Damn you and thank you. You’ve summed up the delight and the misery of having a much-loved critter in your life. It tore scabs off wounds, but also made me remember the joy I felt with my two rabbits and my dog. I wouldn’t trade the time with them for anything, but having to make that decision for them still tears me open.
thank you, i ve lost my dog two years ago after having it since i was 8 for eleven years and in that years the last trip to the vet was the hardest on me. i love the serenity in your comic and the simplicity of the dog so you can identify with it. you made me cry so incredibly hard that i would like to thank you for making me relive how much my dog meant to me. i thank you, no we thank you
thanks for this. I was brave enough to translate (while crying as a child) it and post it on my fb account. I have ten rescued strays. I know someday I’ll be through this. Multiplied by ten. But your strip somehow helps me to be stronger. thanks again.
I’ve been wrestling with myself over the decision to let my 14 year old “son” go over this past week so I’m bawling, but this really is a touching comic and helped me feel slightly better as he and I have had a fantastic time growing up together.
I’m sorry for your loss and thank you.
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oh i am crying now…..because of my illnesses i was not able to go with my beloved Gordo to the vet when he went to the Raibow Bridge. my brother went through something similar…he was in the hospital for months and his beautiful Babe needed to go, she waited till he got home…neither my brother nor sister -in-law could take her so her daughter and son-in-law did….neither of us had human children and these were our beloved children….i still cry over Gordo, but i know he is OK now <3
I think Gordo knew in his heart that if you could’ve physically been there, you would have been. And I know without a doubt that he felt you spiritually with him. As a vet tech, I’ve helped many dogs to say good bye, and sometimes it’s too hard for their guardians to stay with them. Those dogs do not panic, they don’t have a more difficult time passing, there is no hurt or confused look in their eyes. Because they know that their moms & dads are with them in their hearts & that’s what they really need to feel comforted. We sing to them softly or talk to them about the rainbow bridge, but that’s not what helps them go peacefully – it’s knowing that they’ve been loved their whole lives – and I’m sure Gordo was loved.
I hope your illnesses are improving. If you dream of Gordo tonight, tell him I say hi.
This is beautiful. So sad but so very, very beautiful. Thank you.
Saw this and made me cry years ago. Gotta Put Jake down tomorrow and I remembered this. I hope he understands.
I loved this comic. It made me cry when my dad first showed it to me because I had a dog that I had since the day I was born. So it was really hard for me when me and my dad had to put her down.
Rest in peace Emma. Love you always
Blacky, I love you & miss you! Can’ wait to see you again someday!
My wife and I have been rescuing abused and abandoned dogs since 1996. What you have beautifully illustrated here is the hardest part of it all.
Thanks for reading Bob. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this.
Rest in Peace Murphy. I’m glad I came back to be with you before the end. I hope you appreciated it. I hope you were glad. We will never forget you.
I am just glad you aren’t suffering any more.
xxxxxx
Remembering is the best we can do. And it means so much.
2010 just got home after 4 months in a nursing home getting better form yet another surgery. I hadent seen my dog cracker since I went into the hospital 3weeks before the nursing home. When I got home I was happy to see him an he missed me because he was so happy! This wasn’t the first time I had been gone from him for a couple of weeks for other surgeries. Cramer was my best buddy. I would lay on my couch for a few week getting better with him right beside me or on top of couch looking out the window that had booger streaks all over it from his nose. But this time was different thus time he was bloated , and coughing. I thought maybe he hadent been feed right so we went to the vet. 3 days after I came home.I thought a couple of antibiotics an he would be fine. I took him by my self. He had cancer. A lot of lumps. I have gone through medical bankruptcy I have nothing soi was given a choice to give him chemo or pain meds until he was gone. I was in shock. My lil buddy! I had no one to ask advice from. It had to be my decision. I didn’t want him to suffer so I went with the mist humain way. I could. I had to leave him there I took pictures of him before they gave him a shot. It was an old flip phone I don’t have s computer so I don’t have any picture of this sad time.thanks for making me feel so much better about my choice. When I felt well we would walk or take short rides to the park.he was a mixed little dog. I have a new little dog that I love dearly and like cracker I rescued this one too.
Roberta you are a good soul. Thank you for rescuing your friends. I am so glad they knew your love. Best regards and thank you for being their best friend
Thank you for this. Love the simplicity and honesty.
I’m not gonna lie, I teared up when I read this comic…still do, especially the dog’s last line of “I ad a wonderful time.” Dammit, tears again
Hello, I am the Editor of the Newsletter, Ahoj!, which is the Newsletter of The Cesky Terrier Club in the UK. Someone has sent me your cartoon No 97 and I wonder whether you would give me permission to reproduce this in my forthcoming Newsletter. I don’t know whether your cartoons are copyright or not.
Thank you
Brenda
Percy made his last trip a little over a week ago. His best friend (Chloe) still can’t figure out where he went. And it all reminds me of Tangerine (http://www.blinn.com/tangerine) who is still greatly missed five years after he died. Cats and dogs are family members, too.
Not trying to steal Ubertoon’s thunder, but it moved me so I had to write my own version.
I wish I could talk to you.
I’d want to tell you how you filled my life.
How you greeted me in the morning as if each day were a gift.
How your joy for the day and the moment was contagious.
We went on walks down to the beach and in the neighborhood.
Nothing spectacular, but plenty of fun.
I’m so sorry that you got so sick.
I’m torn between what is reasonable and what is not.
I know you’re in pain and I will live with self-doubt about my decision this day.
I’ll rub your ears and look into your eyes.
I’ll do everything I can to assure you that I love you,
that you were the best
and that your life meant everything to our family.
As you go off to sleep for your last time,
I will remember you.
Thank you for sharing this. It touched me deeply.
Touching!!!
Having had to go through this terrible odeal with both a dog and a cat, I can relate to what you are going through. Rest assure that your friend will be waiting your arrival at the other side the brdge as I know my Patches and Pousha are. Thank you for this and for the tears that are pouring from my eyes at this very moment as I remember those wonderful days.
They won’t let people die with dignity
On Friday night our Pomeranian told us that it was time. Saturday we went to the vet for the last time.
I saw this cartoon this morning. It is seriously the first time that I’ve had to myself since Saturday and even though crying (sobbing) hurts… it helps.
Thank you for helping.
this made me and my hubby reary-eyed, too…so touching!
beautifully portrayed. we have all been there. so hard and so sad….
beautifully portrayed. we have all been there. it is so hard.
I love you Ellie! You carried a part of my soul across the rainbow bridge with you!
Perfect. This is going to soothe many souls.
Thank you.
I really appreciate this picture for all it’s beauty. It’s a little bit closure. Definitely going to bring this comic to my local veterinarian. Incredible, thank you.
I almost cried and I don’t even like dogs that much
This is wonderful…is there any way this could be printed on a post card sized card? I am a veterinarian and I would love to be able to put one of these in with the sympathy cards I send to clients when their pets die. Thanks!
Maren, you can print it out, buy laminating sheets (it looks like clear printer paper), laminate the picture and add it to the sympathy card (which is beautiful). It’s a simple process that your office staff could do. I do it myself and have on many things for years. Hope this helps and Dog Bless.
Thank you so much for creating this and putting it out into the world.
Sorry 13 and half I had her 12 and half
Aww thank you for this it’s day 2 without my Megan and it’s hurting like hell she was 12 and half miss her soo much xx
We just said goodbye two days ago to our beloved 13 year old greyhound. It was time. But I wish there were more days.
Thank you for creating and sharing this, one of the most perfect and powerful comics I can remember. I look forward to reading your other work, but don’t see how you could ever top this.
Wow, this was beautiful. You broke my 4-year non-crying streak.
Somehxw I cqn’t see verx clearlx to type… something xn my eyes… Dang that’s so sad and so true. Beautiful wxrk! :'(
Damn you and thank you. You’ve summed up the delight and the misery of having a much-loved critter in your life. It tore scabs off wounds, but also made me remember the joy I felt with my two rabbits and my dog. I wouldn’t trade the time with them for anything, but having to make that decision for them still tears me open.
Thank you for understanding.
Thank you. It reminded me how much I loved the ones I’ve lost and how I can run and hug the ones I still have.
Thank you. That’s pitch perfect. It’s just like that, I hope.
This was just the way it felt at the last with our cat, who was really very much more like a dog. Thank you for your insight – it was very comforting.
thank you, i ve lost my dog two years ago after having it since i was 8 for eleven years and in that years the last trip to the vet was the hardest on me. i love the serenity in your comic and the simplicity of the dog so you can identify with it. you made me cry so incredibly hard that i would like to thank you for making me relive how much my dog meant to me. i thank you, no we thank you
a crying 22 year old
Great comic, very touching, thanks for this, keep it up !
You made my mum and my girlfriend cry 🙁
thanks for this. I was brave enough to translate (while crying as a child) it and post it on my fb account. I have ten rescued strays. I know someday I’ll be through this. Multiplied by ten. But your strip somehow helps me to be stronger. thanks again.
I’ve been wrestling with myself over the decision to let my 14 year old “son” go over this past week so I’m bawling, but this really is a touching comic and helped me feel slightly better as he and I have had a fantastic time growing up together.
I’m sorry for your loss and thank you.
That was very touching. Broke me up. Been there.
Thanks for this.
Well done! Very difficult. Hang in there.
Wow, I’ve been there too, it really hurts. This was a beautiful comic. Thank you.