tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post3243989265860268657..comments2023-08-14T10:23:04.082-04:00Comments on My Green vermont: Last DayEulalia Benejam Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-41896604785931801882012-06-24T22:21:17.832-04:002012-06-24T22:21:17.832-04:00Dona, thank you.Dona, thank you.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-43310931615356914212012-06-24T20:59:18.575-04:002012-06-24T20:59:18.575-04:00Lali -- I am writing this a month after it happene...Lali -- I am writing this a month after it happened. I wish I had read this earlier. I'm so sorry. She was loved.Dona (waxwing)http://dponline.org/weblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-75459083417956711712012-04-27T14:28:50.499-04:002012-04-27T14:28:50.499-04:00Laurie, you went through a much longer and more ar...Laurie, you went through a much longer and more arduous stint with your Boscoe...I am still amazed at what you did. And I am so, so glad you have Rosie now!Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-22109483662850509202012-04-27T12:56:19.799-04:002012-04-27T12:56:19.799-04:00oh, lali, now i am trying hard not to cry at work....oh, lali, now i am trying hard not to cry at work. i do know the hole and relief and guilt and enormous loss of a beloved beloved old dog. i am so sad for you.lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-75805271359620384202012-04-26T09:51:58.120-04:002012-04-26T09:51:58.120-04:00Dona, you're always so eloquent. Thanks!Dona, you're always so eloquent. Thanks!Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-81901462032794079572012-04-26T07:57:42.685-04:002012-04-26T07:57:42.685-04:00What a long road you two have traveled. So much sh...What a long road you two have traveled. So much shared and then a peaceful end, can we ask for anything more?<br />She will live on in your writing with so much soul. Namaste and RIP.Dona Marahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877907076674186818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-87994752978437591522012-04-25T19:08:13.104-04:002012-04-25T19:08:13.104-04:00Andree, that is exactly what I was thinking about ...Andree, that is exactly what I was thinking about as Lexi was taking her leave so peacefully.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-11756081943311487532012-04-25T17:47:47.744-04:002012-04-25T17:47:47.744-04:00I am so sorry. This is heart-breaking. I am glad y...I am so sorry. This is heart-breaking. I am glad you shared. Let us hope somebody in our old age treats us with as much love.Andreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159511912645034019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-45962787465523261342012-04-25T15:19:11.141-04:002012-04-25T15:19:11.141-04:00Indigo, they are hostages to fortune, for sure. B...Indigo, they are hostages to fortune, for sure. Bacon only included a wife and children, but any living thing that we care about comes under that category.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-56174292308878849312012-04-25T12:14:55.357-04:002012-04-25T12:14:55.357-04:00These decisions are among the reasons I don't ...These decisions are among the reasons I don't have pets. I don't know if I could find the strength to do the right thing. Anyone's loss of this love makes me cry.Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-13770953500467994052012-04-25T07:51:09.422-04:002012-04-25T07:51:09.422-04:00Jan, what you're going through right now is th...Jan, what you're going through right now is the worst part, that waxing and waning of symptoms and problems--I send you my sympathy. BTW, for the last several months we were giving Lexi a tiny dose of veterinary Valium to help with her night-time anxiety and so we could all get some sleep. You need to take care of yourself, too.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-28081711419077985862012-04-25T00:44:22.318-04:002012-04-25T00:44:22.318-04:00I'm so sorry. We thought we would be making t...I'm so sorry. We thought we would be making this decision with our shih-tsu a few weeks ago, but she's rallied. I hope I'm able to deal with it as well as you did when the time comes. (And for now I'm sleeping on the sofa to be near her through the night. It's much like staying up with a sick toddler, but I am far too old for it. )Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09408963867368123645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-92195147123559251552012-04-24T23:50:38.960-04:002012-04-24T23:50:38.960-04:00Lali I'm so sorry. And yes, you made me cry.Lali I'm so sorry. And yes, you made me cry.Malihttp://aseparatelife.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-67100444704238146532012-04-24T22:43:18.964-04:002012-04-24T22:43:18.964-04:00Thank you all so much...didn't mean to make yo...Thank you all so much...didn't mean to make you sad. And yes, some day I'll tell about Lexi's career in obedience trials. She was a force of Nature.Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-80990199539780952662012-04-24T22:14:17.785-04:002012-04-24T22:14:17.785-04:00Typing through tears... I loved Lexi so much...she...Typing through tears... I loved Lexi so much...she was such a strong personality (caninality?) and so damn smart. Tell the story about how she jumped out of the show ring and took a victory lap.elizabethhttp://www.elizabethtorak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-86453993896322193902012-04-24T20:46:32.870-04:002012-04-24T20:46:32.870-04:00Oh Lali - my heart breaks for you and Ed.Oh Lali - my heart breaks for you and Ed.caf180https://www.blogger.com/profile/14009332936724479717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-20065429356537119412012-04-24T20:29:19.322-04:002012-04-24T20:29:19.322-04:00This brings up, I'm sure, everyone's memor...This brings up, I'm sure, everyone's memories of having to do the same thing. Our 11 year old rottweiler with the tumor. Our 15 year old cat who, like your dogs, refused to go peacefully in the night. I'm so sorry and I know it's a relief and it's sad and all. Sorry.Bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843150280542615265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-75765575471054761022012-04-24T19:46:26.955-04:002012-04-24T19:46:26.955-04:00And you know how much she liked you and John!And you know how much she liked you and John!Eulalia Benejam Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247079657985430691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2226876762714358061.post-81110308354319913022012-04-24T19:43:23.469-04:002012-04-24T19:43:23.469-04:00I am so sad for all of you. She was a Grand Dame o...I am so sad for all of you. She was a Grand Dame of a German Shepherd.mrbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223571140075151110noreply@blogger.com