Memories.....

[persephone]

I am going thru some photos, and found a few of pets who died ...

mygentle giant, Kieran died about 6 years ago.

Grunt- my beautiful patient porker, about 10 years back.

My gorgeous cuddlepony, Ozzie left me about 5 years ago... at exactly one year of age.

jerome cat lived a full life, and left us about 2 years ago, the big boof- in his prime he was around 12 kg. ;)

Gladys goat left us around 12 months ago, a grumpy old girl to the end.

..and my Sal gal.. just over 12 months have passed since she went.

There are quite a few more I think of often..may find photos at a later date....

Damn animals- they crawl into your heart and rip bits away when they go.....

[all that glitters]

Yep they sure sure do. They are just so easy to fall in love with but so hard to part with.

What happened to poor Ozzie going so early in life if you don't mind me asking? He was amazingly adorable

[persephone]

ozzie was born on Australia day- one of identical twins.They were 6 weeks prem-one was stillborn, and Ozzie could not stand alone for 24 hours after birth. We milked Sally into a bottle, and fed him around the clock every two hours for the first couple of days ;)

he grew into the most lovely boy- temp. wise..and I was very apprehensive about having him gelded.

It happened on his first birthday... unfortunately.

he walked up on halter, and the men commented on how good he was.I couldn't stay and watch..so went inside. They came and told me that , as he was prem.. the ring which was supposed to close and seal off the scrotum from the abdomen hadn't.. and when they opened him.. he had herniated. It was bad...and he had to be put down shortly after.I did contact the vet- and even if we had him operated on etc, there were no guarantees...

Every Australia Day (His birthday/dying day)... I mourn my Ozzie boy.PTS On his 1st Birthday.... under the same tree which saw his first breath..with his mum by his side...and me ? I could not be there . I said goodbye to him earlier.........

I will never forget how very proud I was of him..and how absolutely devastated I was.

[Miss BeRidgierent]

Its so sad isn't it.

I haven't experienced it much and I am regretting the day Boss passes away.

But WOW you had a pig too!!!! Obviously a wild one?

My sister owned a wild one, Blackie, but she saved him as a piglet from pig hunters and raised him.

This is his story he was quite famous

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/its-ov...3266689103.html

here is another link for anyone interested

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...43-3102,00.html

Edited November 3, 2009 by Miss BeRidgierent

[Guest Pandii]

Such great memeries

Thanks for sharing

[rastus_froggy]

A few years ago I made my dad a pets of the past DVD for Christmas. It took me weeks to compile, I went through photos from when he was a kid in the 50's and found pictures of his GSD's, his horses and even his guinea pigs, and went right through all the animals we had lost through my child hood as well. Making it was a really beautiful experience for me and he loved then end result.

[Kirty]

Its wonderful to have such lovely memories, but the older I get, the harder I find it. More and more of my beloved animals are now waiting on the other side.