My 13 year companion

[Thorsmom]

Yesterday, September 22, 2005, my beloved black lab/mastiff/God knows what else mixed breed Blackie Lynn passed away. She was 13 years old.

I haven't cried yet. For that, I feel badly. She was my entire family's constant companion for 13 years, and I haven't shed a tear. As I write this, my eyes are watering, but that's about the only emotion I've been able to muster. Even my father cried. You see, I had resigned myself to the fact that she would soon die because at the end of August she lost all memory of who we were and was not acting like herself at all.

We had planned to have her put to sleep soon.

She is in a better place now, with Tosha, the Border Collie who served as her mother-figure during her puppyhood and her companion until her own euthanasia almost 3 years ago.

Be at peace, my fluffy, mitten stealing, belly rub loving, too-big-to-be-a-lapdog-but-we'll-try-anyway, B-Lynn.

You will always be missed.

Blackie Lynn, August 29,1992-September 22,2005

[KrptcMschfMkr128]

Awww.. I'm so sorry.. I remember when we had to put down my grandmother's yorkie, who I'd literally grown up with. He was 2 months older then me and came home like a week after I did... Don't feel bad about not being able to cry.. sometimes the shock of it prevents you from being unable to cry. I remember I couldn't cry for my great aunt's funeral, and I'd known her well.. Also, sometimes when you're expecting the death, it doesn't hurt as much because you knew it was coming and you know they're feeling better now... Yeah, I sound corny, but it's the truth

[Karin]

am so sorry for your loss.. sometimes, it takes time to cry... and sometimes, we feel so overwhelmed with knowing they feel so much better now, that it just doesnt hurt our hearts as badly.. we lost our beloved shena a few years ago... my husband and i had her since we'd gotten together.. her death was painful for me, and i cried alot..but i knew her pain and suffering were gone.. she had cancer and was so sick.. we chose to let her live her last days at home... with those who loved her.. she died peacefully, and is in a much better place..

cry if you feel like it, or just relish in the memories of the wonderful 13 years you had together... no one can put a timeframe on our grief, nor can someone tell us when or how to grieve..