[nagdu] Need Help -The Passing Of A Guide Dog

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Suzy.
I'm very sorry to hear of your loss.
When we had to put my guide Amba to sleep, a day or two later my husband
and I set aside some time to sit in her favorite spot and tell each other
stories about Amba--funny things she'd done, places we'd been together,
things she'd particularly enjoyed.  I thought of it as a wake or memorial
service.  It helped me feel less sad.
Tracy

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> Hi Everybody, My name is Suzy and I haven't written you in a while, but I
> still subscribe to this forum.
> Last year around this time, my first guide dog Dodi who was a black Lab
> developed bone cancer in her back leg and because I wouldn't be
> financially able to take care of her and have a new guide dog, I gave her
> back to the school and she lived with one of the trainers and his dogs. It
> broke my heart to have to give her up, then three days later my 16yr old
> Sheltie died. Two months later while at guide dog school training with
> Isabella, my present guide dog, my Chihuahua Emily was ran over and died
> while in the care of a friend. Well, after many calls and requests for
> updates on Dodi's condition with no answer, last weekend while at the
> guide dog school's fundraiser event, I found out that Dodi had been put to
> sleep only a month or two months ago. She had been having more bad days
> then good and they couldn't control her pain anymore so they decided to
> feed her a steak dinner fit for a queen and then had her put to sleep. I
> felt overwhelming sadness of losing Dodi and I was deep
>  ly hurt that the school didn't notify me of their decision and when it
> was to be done so that I could have been there to pet her and let her
> know that I hadn't forgotten about her. Would anyone please share with me
> about coping with the loss of your guide dog. Thanks.
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