rocco...italian mastiff (cane corso)

[safetildecember]

[justbayk]

Oct 22, 2009 22:03:22 GMT -4 safetildecember said:

thx safetil, my tears are continually flowing...i just can't come to terms w/this and how it could happen...

thank you safe, and speeder, and waterlady, and barb, and mo, and all...thank you guys so much, and i'm sure the Rockster feels the same, he'd love all of you! the best bj

[Water Lady]

Bj - I know you've heard of the Rainbow Bridge and all the other places where our (animal) loved one's go...Rocco is there now with all of ours who we too loved and went before him.

I know it is not much and that only the passage of time will begin to ease your pain.

To this day, my husband and I can not talk about a little, loving Maine Coon we rescued a few days before Christmas a few years back...she was living in a barn on a farm my dad owned in Ridgely. We brought her home, named her Ridgely and in short order we discovered that she did not receive the gift of being rescued, we received the gift of finding her.

She filled our lives with joy and laughter for 1 1/2 years before she had a heart attack and died in my husband's arms on July 4, 2006. I actually tried CPR. I loved her that much...

We know that we will see her again and she is probably comforting your Rocco as I tearfully write you these words.

You are in my prayers - Beth

[funnel101]

That's terrible, justbayk. How anyone could do this to an animal is just beyond me. But you're a wonderful person for not only being willing to take this dog into your home, but willing to try to fight for it. You did what you could.

[justbayk]

beth, funnel, and everyone thank you so much, it's on my mind 24/7 and i just keep talking to the roc to explain things...

legal action, while i subtly said if the dog was put down prematurely, will not serve a purpose at this point, it won't bring the Roc back...and they beat me to it by saying things like

-he's on borrowed time here, he's been here a 1 1/2 more than he should
-why didn't your niece put him in a kennel and not take him to a shelter
-they tell me i am only to communicate at this point w/their lawyers...

i believe what they did was wrong, entirely, and their guilt trip on me make me the bad guy here,

i'm coming to peace w/it and well, i have no choice, he's been gone since Monday this week, and i just keep talking to him

and of course, the niece & neph in law, can't even talk to me at this point...i ask, how will they explain to 3 kids, why their Roc is no longer there...

hopefully, they won't say that 'your aunt bonz had him put down', he wasn't put down, they/shelter destroyed him (awful words, but i can't think right now of a better way to put it)

i can't worry about that, my heart aches greatly, but the next time i see my great niece and her mom, and my 2 little great nephews, and my niece's hubby, i'm at a loss for words...what do i tell those kids...i have diff words for my niece & her hubby, but what do i say to their 3 kids???

i won't lie to the kids, but alyssa is only 12, baby chris is 6, and the little JC is only 2.5 yrs

thanks again all you guys, really! bj