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Aug
25
The Boo Joins Ickle Pickle
16 years ago, at the end of August | 3 Comments
For me 2008 has so far been one of the worst years ever. With the loss of Rikki earlier and now the loss of Rhubarb (aka The Boo, PooBah, Boobie). On Wednesday of last week Rhubarb stopped eating and started being sick. A trip to the vet for antibiotic and pain killing injections didn’t seem to be working. He couldn’t eat. Everything he ate or drank just came back out. It was scarily similar to Rikki’s passing and horrendous to watch. On Sunday he really went downhill hardly able to move, even lifting his head was too much. At 5:45pm he slipped away from us.
When Rikki died it was a little easier for us since all the doggie toys, food, treats and beds were for Rhubarb to use. Now that he’s gone there are so many things that remind me of him. When you live your life around your dogs making sure you close doors, filling up water bowls, making sure they go outside before bed and the walks it’s so very difficult, even after this one day, to face the emptiness of the house.
It was fairly clear after Rikki died that Rhubarb was unhappy. While she was alive he used to grumble at her and move away if she came close, but when she got sick he would snuggle up to her. We always knew he loved her really.
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August 25, 2008 17:16
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Came here for information about your RGB blog (going to build one myself) but wanted to give my condolences. Losing one dog is bad, two so close is heartbreaking. Again, I’m sorry about your losses.
It looks and sounds like they had a pretty good life thanks to you and you had fun thanks to them.
Many thanks for the kind words Brian. You’re quite right, we were devastated. I do get to smile every now and again when I remember of some of the antics that they got up to.
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