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Hi Guys

A very sad day today our king charles spaniel brandy died on the operating table we are all devastated i can't believe he's gone. Went down to see him at the vet's looked like he was just sleeping we got a bit of his fur and we all kissed him and said goodbye. I don't know what to do now i miss him so much any advice would be appreciated thanks.

David

>>Hi Guys
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>>A very sad day today our king charles spaniel brandy died on the operating table we are all devastated i can't believe he's gone. Went down to see him at the vet's looked like he was just sleeping we got a bit of his fur and we all kissed him and said goodbye. I don't know what to do now i miss him so much any advice would be appreciated thanks.
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>>David

I am so sorry for your loss.
My only suggestion to you is to write. Write down all your memories. They fade. Although today they may bring tears, in a year, you can read these memories, and smile.

Please take care of you and yours,
Jacqueline

Thanks for your reply Furmomma i'm going to take your advice and get a book and write down my memories in that. He gets buried on sunday so we will say goodbye for the final time then. The vet wanted to do a post mortem but we decided against it and thanks for taking the time to reply Furmomma it is greatly appreciated thanks.

David

Hi David, I don't have a King Charles Spaniel, I have 3 Shiba Inu's and post on the Shiba board. It doesn't matter what the breed there is no greater pain than losing a beloved pet, a companion and a friend. If you come back to this thread can you explain what happened to Brandy. If it's to painful I certainly can understand. It's hard to offer any useful advice when the hurt is so great. Maybe at some point in time you will have another dog to love. You never know when a memory has been made and as the previous poster had mentioned, memories do fade with time but when you carry those memories in your heart, Brandy will never be far away from you. Brandy is now at the foot of Rainbow Bridge faithfully awaiting your next meeting.
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BOB
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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Hi Shboom and fur momma thank u for your kind words. What happened with brandy was he was having surgery to remove a polyp sorry if i have spelt it wrong removed from his ear. They gave him the sedative then they gave him the anastetic and he suddenly went blue and two vet's and three nurses worked on him for fifteen minutes gicving him drugs straight into his heart and pure oxygen but sadly to no avail. The vet thinks he had an allergic reaction to the anastetic but even though he has had surgery four times before she said its like people with peanut allergeys they can eat peanuts most of their life but it just takes one time for them to have an allergic reaction. Brandy is getting buried on sunday he may be gone but he will never be forgotten and he will always been in our hearts.

David

David, thanks for providing some of the details concerning Brandy's passing. This is really quite a shock as a member of our Shiba Inu board lost her shiba pup during a routine spay operation just weeks ago. Same cause...allergic reaction to the anethesia. Sunday will be very sad day. If you feel like talking about Brandy please feel free to stop by our board, we would love to here about Brandy.
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BOB
EMAIL SHBOOM
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Went and saw brandys grave today, very emotional we put a picture of him in one of the book's of rememberance. We also lay some flowers on his grave. Driving back from the animal garden of remberance we talked about the good times we had with brandy like when he was cold he would jump on my bed and sneak under the covers and when i woke up i would get a fright when i felt something hairy under the covers and we would also go up to the local quarry and he would be so happy he would roll about in the long grass oh and he would steal my mums bra's and hide them. I'm very sad writing this i can't believe hes gone and i have only cried in private as i don't want to be made fun of by people. I love u brandy and i hope we meet again and can continue our journey together someday. xxxx

David

David, don't ever be afraid to cry, I have cried over my beloved pets many times. When my boy Shemp died two years ago I was crushed. When people who didn't know he has passed asked me about him, I couldn't even talk about him without welling up in tears. Your grief is understandable and your love for your Brandy will never die because you keep her close in your heart. I do believe we all go to a better place when life ends and you will meet with your Brandy again and your juorney will continue.
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BOB
EMAIL SHBOOM
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Hi Guys i would like to thank everyone for their advice and kind words during the sad times after brandys passing. It's three months since he passed away and the house is so quiet without him i have brandys picture by my bed along with our other dog lucy who was also a king charles spaniel she died in 1999 may 24 she was put to sleep because of kidney failure. I sometimes think i can hear brandy scratching at my door he used to do that every morning and he would go underneath my quilt and snuggle in close to me when he was cold. I sometimes go into the quarry where i used to take brandy and lucy and sit there and remember when i used to play hide and seek with brandy and lucy used to just lay down in the sunshine and relax. Sorry if i rambled on just thought i'd share my thoughts thanks.

David

Hi David,

I'm glad you stopped back. It is a hard thing to lose a beloved pet, no matter what some people say. I'm still not over losing my Kira in January. Please come back and ramble all you want!
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Melody/PHFasDog
Email me at PHFasDog

My furkids:
Shadow, Jadzia and Lyta.
Kira waiting at the bridge.

Dogs come into our lives, and too quickly go leaving pawprints on our hearts, and we will never be quite the same again.

Hi Dave! Good to see you again. Though 3 months have passed I know the empty feeling of not having Brandy with you has not gone away. It has been two years since I lost my Springer and even now not a day goes by where I do not think of him. In fact he is right here with me as I have his ashes in an urn with his picture on the front on the desk here. His name was Shemp and he was a good boy.... Please stop by anytime and share your memories of Brandy and Lucy too.
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BOB
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
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Hi again i would like to thank Ph fasdog and shboom for your kind words and thanks for taking the time to reply to my post thanks. I remember a story about brandy my dad had one of his dog biscuits and was teasing him and wouldent let him have the biscuit. So Brandy went to my front door and knocked the keys in the lock which he did to tell us he wanted outside. So my dad went to the door and just as he got there brandy rushed in the kitchen where the biscuit was and took it and went to his bed to eat his prize and he had this sort of smug look on his face which makes me smile every time i think of it. My dad was'nt happy because he said he had just been outsmarted by a dog but he now cherishes that moment he had with brandy as we all do with the moments we shared with brandy and lucy. Thanks again for letting me share the good and happy times we shared with our dogs thanks.

David

You're welcome Dave! It makes me smile to read of your memories of Brandy and it also helps in the healing process to talk about him. This one was a really cute story and I'm sure it is a memory that will never be forgotten. You and your family are such good dog owners, I hope in the time that the pain of losing Brandy will pass and you can find another dog to love. I'm sure that will make Brandy happy as well. Stop by anytime with a story of Brandy!!
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BOB
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
Email Shboom

Hi Shboom thanks for your kind words i told my dad about what u and others have said on this site and he says thank you and u all have been great. Another Brandy story i used to take brandy up to my local quarry and he liked playing in the long grass. So i was playing with him and i turned round for one second and then he was gone. I began to panic and i searched the whole quarry, the long grass that was wet and i was soaked through and the forest i checked no luck. So as i began to walk home i was wondering how i was going to explain this to my mother as i got closer to home i knew i was going to have to say i had lost brandy. As i turn the corner guess who is sitting on my house steps yep brandy he proably had thought i had gone home and there he was wagging his tail and i couldent get angry with him. I get a lump in my throat typing this i still can't believe hes gone. My mum is really upset she has misplaced brandys fur which the vet cut from him when he passed away, when we were on our way to the vets i wanted to shout at the vet and blame her but i knew this wouldent bring our brandy back. The vet said the nurses were in tears when brandy died he was one of their favourites and the vet was very upset aswell. Another happy brandy thought before i stop rambling we have a back garden and brandy liked to play out in the garden and chase the moths in the summer and it was a lovely summer day and brandy had been out for 5 minutes and he began barking at the window so i went to the window and he continued barking as i went outside he came running in this house and jumped into his bed. Brandy had been barking because he had wanted in the house because it had became cold outside. Thanks for letting my get this lot of my chest guys u are all great thank u all.

David

David,

I share in your sorrow. I lost my heart dog, Kira in January. It is extremely hard and tears still come at times. I'm gathering all my photos of Kira together, finding poems and sayings that I think are meaningful and I'm going to make a scrapbook. I've got everything together and I'm going to start working on it soon. I think it will help me.

I like the journal idea too.

Just don't suffer alone. Come here and talk or find someone to talk too. It really does help.
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Melody/PHFasDog
Email me at PHFasDog

My furkids:
Shadow, Jadzia and Lyta.
Kira waiting at the bridge.

Dogs come into our lives, and too quickly go leaving pawprints on our hearts, and we will never be quite the same again.