I miss her
Hi, new to here but I wanted to share my story about my Jack Russel.
In 2008, I was a young boy, begging my parents for a dog for years until they finally caved and got me one, a man turned up at the door holding two trembling puppies, one of them was a boy, the other a girl.
We ended up getting the girl, calling her Lucy. I was young and dumb and treated her harshly at times because I thought she was taking my mother's attention away from me which was bogus. I never hurt her, just ignored her when she wanted attention from me.
I then grew up and realised what she meant to me, I started giving her walks, feeding her and spending more time with her, by early teens I adored her.
In the 2010s she got arthritis in one of her legs, so we had the vets do an operation on her to replace her leg bone with a metal plate, expensive but worth it.
Last November she wouldn't eat anymore, she could barely stand and the heartbreaking decision was made to put her to sleep because she was suffering. She lived nearly 18 years. She was the most gentle little dog, never hurt anyone (had a few hedgehogs in her time and squared up to an alsation once)
I think what I miss now, is having her in the room with me, the things I'd give to cuddle her again or take her on a walk but it was her time I suppose and losing my first dog, I sometimes don't know what to think or do about it.
Thank you Lucy
2008-2025