I still miss you...Monkey Face

[snoopygirl]

Aw this is so moving. Dakota was an absolute beauty, and she is so adorable when she was a puppy too. I bet she came back to you as Taz so she could be with you again
I was so close to my Granda's old Labrador, Emma. I don't remember a time when she wasn't there in my life. And then she died. And honestly, I've grieved for my old cat Socks who may still be alive out there somewhere living with another family, but with Ems, I haven't properly grieved. I wish I could But she's been there all my life and it just seems like she is there still, at my Granda's, waiting to bark when somebody opens the rusty gate, and pushing past my Granda when he opens the door, her tail and her whole body wiggling. She was always so patient with us. She was so loyal to my Granda, just laying by his side. I'm sure he misses her a lot. I'm starting to cry now but I haven't properly grieved for my dear Emma, though I miss her presence, because it seems like she is still there, just waiting in the other room, or snoozing in the sun in the conservatory, or having a drink in the kitchen. It's not like she's gone. I still can't grasp that she's dead and it's been over a year, maybe even two? I have a video of her on my phone and I will never delete it. <3 I hope you all don't think I'm cold and mean for not being able to properly grieve for her, but I honestly loved her. I don't understand really why.

[caramel]

No snoopygirl, I don't think you're cold or mean,I think you are grieving in your own way. We all feel it differently and respond in many ways, at different times, but it's there and it's real.

[snoopygirl]

Thanks caramel

[Doggymommy]

No snoopygirl, I don't think you're cold or mean,I think you are grieving in your own way. We all feel it differently and respond in many ways, at different times, but it's there and it's real.

Caramel is right, we do all grieve very differently. Grief is so personal, no one handles it the same.

Thank you for you lovely comments about Dakota. Talk about grieving, she has been gone 3 years and I still cry whenever I think of her ( which is very often)

[litlshell]

She was truly beautiful Staci. I know you will probably always miss her. There comes into our lives many dogs, all of whom we love and grieve for when lost; but there is that one... the one that touches us so much more than all the others. The one we felt such a deeper connection to. The one that no other wagging tail and puppy kisses will ever take their place.
That was Bijou for me. I'm ready to love another bundle of wiggling curly haired poodle joy; but it will never be Bijou.
*big hug*