Don't know how to get over this

[lynn wise]

After reading your last comment, you're definately "one of us".
So pleased you are finding fond and funny memories, they will
last forever.

[hairydog]

Glad it helped I couldnt not have a golden in the house it wouldnt seem like a home to me,seen Raffles on the Rainbow Bridge he was a handsome boy,when you are ready to move on he will let you know...

[oscar12]

Hello there,
was sad and tearful reading your post as I had this awful thing happen last November, lost our lovely gentle old girl Bonnie a year to the day almost since we lost her best friend Oscar who she grew up with.
You never really get over this loss just come to terms with it in your own way and in your own time. I have had to decide the time to say goodbye to 3 of these wonderful dogs and it is so difficult my heart goes out to you. Having owned and loved golden retrievers for 25 years I know only too well the bond between owner and dog and the big gaping hole in the home when they leave us.
You may decide not to own another, you my decide to wait to bring another into your home and your life you may decide very soon you want to give all that love to another....just do what feels right at the time it feels right.
I have one dogs ashes buried near the beach and the other 2 are here with me, waiting to be scattered on the fields they used to love to run on.
Take care and rest assured your beloved dog will always be alive in your mind and more importantly in your heart.
Danielle

[Samsmum]

Hello there!
It is incredible the gap the loss of a dog leaves in your life and home.
Best part of three years ago, we lost our beloved Meg, who was not a rescue dog, but one which we bought as a pup when she was seven weeks old.
David and I loved her so much - I had had dogs all my life since I was about 11, (and I am now "getting on"), but David had not been such a dog person until we married many years ago.
After we had had to have Meg put to sleep, I was distraught, and couldn't even bring myself to speak about her, and David never mentioned her either.
All our neighbours and friends loved her, and even brought bunches of flowers to the house after she had gone.
About six weeks later, our son John called, and he said quietly to me "Have you thought of having another dog, Mum?" I said that I would love to have another, but daren't mention it to his Dad as he was so upset.
"Well," he said, "I have already mentioned it to Dad, and he is afraid of talking to you about it, because you are so upset".
After he had gone, I plucked up courage to talk to David and tell him I would like another Golden, and he smiled and said he was so glad I had said that. We decided to try for a rescue Golden, and rang Jan. She was so helpful, and soon we had Sam, and we have never regretted having him for one moment. We had one or two problems at the beginning, but they were soon sorted, and now we have the most loving, intelligent, best friend that anyone could have.
We still miss Meg and remember our happy times together with gratitude, but we did manage to move on, and whilst Sam is not here as a replacement, we love him as we loved Meg.
Do hope you get over your loss soon.
Best wishes - Samsmum (Joyce)