There are some moments...

Buddy'sParents

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in which I am so overwhelmed with love for my dogs. I mean, knock down, drag out, look out for the crocodile tears, love.

I've been going through.. hmm.. some tough stuff lately. I've been a little down, had a lot of my mind, but trying to keep my head up. One thing I love to do is cuddle, but my dogs just aren't the cuddle on moms terms kind of dogs, lol. They are definitely on their own terms and they just don't do it often enough to keep me happy. :D

This last week was especially hard. I can't explain it, it just was. And last night, I woke up from a bad dream. Apparently this is how my mind reacts to life getting tough. I woke up, sat up in bed and cried a little. Yah, I'm sappy and sometimes cry a lot. :eek:

I lay back down and Buddy came over and did this thing where he pushed his body all the way into mine (with so much force I had to regain my territory on the bed :p ) and he started down at my feet and came up, snuggled into my side, landed himself where where his nose would touch mine and for a few moments our eyes spoke to each other.

He then let out a loud sigh, closed his eyes, and fell asleep. Right at that moment, I was so filled with love and was so content. All my troubles just washed away.


Share a overwhelming moment of yours please... I'm in a warm fuzzy kind of mood. :)
 

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THey are my angels. I couldn't do this life without them. OF that i am sure. I am glad Buddy was there for you. I really really am. (((((HUGS))))) for the tuff stuff..i hope it gets better whatever it is.

Bronki helped me through the horrible jaw surgery and the physical therapy afterwards. The pain was so bad yet when i rested my head against his chest, i could feel it back off until i could bear it. He knew what no one else did. He knew when it was so bad my knees would buckle. I was stage three with bone splinters on both sides. THe pressure against my inner ears was insane. He would find me and lean against me and let my tears soak into his fur. He nudged me and helped me keep trying until was finally able to get my mouth open over and over again. You have no idea what awful pain that was. I couldn't have done it without his help.

Once everyone else was in the dining room eating pizza that had been delivered. THe smell was making me crazy. I was in the bedroom as far away from it as i could get. They were laughing and throwing the pizza "bones" to the dogs. I told Bronki to GO and get his share....GO it was ok...please go. He would not go. He just wagged his tail and nuzzled his head against me. THat's what i mean. Bronki was my heart dog.
 
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Not really a specific moment, but I definitely wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Rosey.

I had a great normal childhood til grade 4, then it was.....rough. We had gotten Rosey halfway through grade 3, before her I was terrified of dogs. Starting grade 4 I would go to school in the morning, make it until first recess, then come home and just lay in my room alone for the rest of the day. Rosey would come up into my room, and just get as close to me on the bed as she could, and just lay there with her head on me. She was there, and she let me know it.
 

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I can't really think of any specific moments, just a few things here and there...

Like Kiba and I have a routine at night where when I get all situated I hold up the covers and she curls into my chest and after one last sigh goes to sleep, Stryder corkscreweing himself in circles if mom lets him outta the room in the morning and he runs back in for cuddles, and lately he's been getting into Kiba's spot.. and he just leans into you and one HUGH sigh and he's out... or him sleeping on my pillows with our faces cuddled together.

The poodles are too busy to have cuddle time for me.. but lately Tsuki will burrow her way to me on the couch, or lay on the back of the couch halfway on my shoulders...
 

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I don't think I have any lol.

I guess the only thing I can really think of is when I see Belle being a nanny to Hannah. The love at that moment is unreal.

otherwise... the cuddles? usually they are just to try to steal my spot or to suck up so I don't kick them out of the bed lol.

not to say I don't love them all the time... we just don't have "moments" that I can recall lol
 

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Not a particular moment, but a series of them.
I had Blue (a red and white ACD) from the time I was 4 until I was 17. She used to "walk" me to my bus stop, 1/2 a mile away every morning, and when the bus got there, she'd run home, turning around to watch until the bus was gone. Then at 4 PM she was waiting up at our front gate (the bus stop) for me to come home, and would walk me all the way to the house. She did this from the time I started school until I was in high school, then she wasn't meeting me in the afternoons anymore and some mornings she couldn't walk up with me. She was my true heart dog.

Then there was my cat, Whitefoot (hey no picking on the name, I was maybe 4 when I named her) with 4 white feet...go figure. She died about 3 weeks before Blue did. She had mammary cancer (she was spayed too) and our vet had scraped the tumors and such off, but she never really recovered. She was really thin and sick, and I had to go out of state for 2 weeks to Wyoming. I figured she would have passed away while I was gone, but no. I got home around midnight, and went straight to bed. My mom said she had hidden under a bed for days, but the night I got home she came downstairs about 3 hours before I got there. I woke up at 5 that morning to her curled up under my arm, she was cold already. I haven't had a cat since because there will never be one that will be like her.

So, there's my "true love" stories with my pets. I know the second one is pretty sad, but she was around 13 when she passed away. The other cat we got at the same time my mom still has, so she's at least 20.
 

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Nick will sit up in front of me, wait for me to squat down, and then place his paws on me very gently. He uses them like hands and gives me soft touches.

Gets me every time. :)
 
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The one for me that comes to mind is Chance.

As most of you know, Chance killed 2 of my cats. it was a very hard time for me and him. When i found the second cat dead, I literally just laid on the ground screaming WHYY at the top of my lungs.

It took a lot to repair my relationship with him.

When I came to forgive him, was the same time me and my ex fiance stopped talking. His brother had threatened me physically, and I realized it was just... over.

I knew I needed my dogs. I needed something big to grab onto.

I grabbed Chance and just started sobbing. I apologized to him for not knowing what I was getting myself into, and setting him up for failure when it came to the cats. I looked into his eyes, and his body just relaxed as I was holding him. I hugged him as tight as I could and just sobbed into his shoulder for a good few minutes. Chance is not a cuddly kind of dog either, being a GSD. But he just sat there, and let me cry on him, as if to say he forgave me too.

I HONESTLY 100% think that moment has a LOT to do with the fact that we both kicked into gear and now he is the best behaved dog I could possibly ask for.
 
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Well one time I was pretty sick, with a high fever (not hospital worthy though) and I crashed on the living room couch. I felt so sick and awful but he laid next to me all day and all night he only left to go to the bathroom.
Another time I was sore and tired from track and field all day, in extreme heat and I still had a huge project that I had to finish. I was going to give up, I couldn't even think straight. But I laid down facing Blue and he crawled up to me and put his nose to my forehead and it was all the pain went away.
There have been other times when I was scared from a nightmare and he would come and sit with me until I felt better. Or when another pet died he would cuddle with me, let my tears get swallowed up by his fur and then shower my face with gentle kisses until I felt better. Even now when something really upsets me I can feel his kisses on my face. He was my heart dog for sure.

I haven't had any moments yet with Sam.
 

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I hear ya Nik--difficult times, and trying to muscle your way through. Ironically, Wilson is the dog who knows when I am upset--although he is not gentle about it--he will poke his big snout in my face and look at me with those brown eyes of his. Makes me laugh and then able to pick myself up again.

Tell Buddy he's doing a good job. :)
 
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Great stories :) Dogs are really intuitive, healing creatures. Wilson cracks me up.

Maggie can always tell when I'm upset. She's always been a snugglebug. I don't have any specific moments.
 

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Pepper is the one now that watches over me which has earned her the Doctor Pepper title. I hate soaking my face. No other dog since Bronki has come in and sat with me while i am bent over the sink feeling sorry for myself. SHe always bumps open the door and stays with me until i am done. WHen Victor was laying beside me and was in a playful mood so he tossed his head over and hit my rib right where i cracked it i let out a yelp. I wrote about it on Dog chat. Pepper flew to me and washed me with kisses. mary didn't. Victor didn't. Pepper lets me know everytime i touch her that she is pleased with her deep grunt and that swallowing motion they do with their mouth. SHe and i have become so very close. Mary loves everyone. VIctor loves everyone and i am his special, but Pepper has begun to be closer then both which surprises me. VIctor will go sleep on the chair, he doens't need to be right beside me as Bronki did. Mary will sleep with anyone and rotates her affection. Pepper is curled up between my shoulder and my ear every night without fail. Just as close as she can get to my face so she can slurp me the second my eyes open.


During one of the pets for life meetings we were given a handout that explained the changes of the body when petting an animal.
Heart rates and lung function improve, harmones bad decrease, good increase. Depression eases. Pain decrease. THat is before you add that special emotional support of a dog that knows you well and notices when they are needed most. Especially when no one else notices.
 

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Lucy literally kisses away my tears when I cry. (Possibly just 'cause they taste good, but I like to think it's because she knows I need it)

She's a wonderful snuggler in general, but if I'm sad she will curl up with me and cuddle for as long as I want. Normally she doesn't like being hugged tightly, but if I'm sniffly or sad, she puts up with it and licks my face.
 

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