big buddy's last christmas

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I think another would definately be the best medicine. You'll quickly learn that as much as greyhounds are all alike there are no 2 the same.... No one can ever replace your 1st, I've lost 2 now & currently have 2.... They're all special & unique in their own way. But it will help fill the lonliness & you'll find yourself smiling new smiles of your new friend & of fond memories of your lost friend.

Good luck to you!!!! When 1 picks you, you'll know it, just be open to see it!!

I am so sorry for your loss. This month seems to be a month of sadness for many of us. My prayers are with you.

hi everyone, it has been a very tough time for me losing my best buddy digger. it has left a huge whole in my life. after much struggle with deciding to have another or not, i decided to bring home another. he cant replace my digger and no one ever will. but i can give him all the love i possibly can. he came home with me this afternoon and he's very nervous, as well as me im kinda nrevous myself. i just want him to be happy. i also want my big buddy to know while he waits at the bridge for me i miss him more everyday. i dont think it really gets easier i think i just try to keep moving is all. my new friends name is dash. hes a dark brindle about 5and a half years old. i hope it all works out ok. once i relax and he relaxes i think we'll be fine. thanks to all of you out there who have given your kind words it means alot to me. thank you very much. im still pretty lost feeling i just hope that goes away with time.

No dog will ever replace your Digger. Thank you for giving Dash a chance at a new life. I hope the adjustment period for both of you is swift and happy.

I am so very sorry for your loss,, I think the best thing to help get through the grief is to reach out and keep talking about Digger and also to bring a new special friend home. Dash is a sweet boy,, I am so happy for you both.
I sent you a private message due to the length and not wanting to take up a bunch of space on the forum,,, i hope it will help you..
take care

Saw Dash on the web site. He is awsome.
Congradlations.
Debbie

Congrats on your new baby. Went to the website and saw a pic. He looks gorgeous. Hope all goes well with you both.

thanks to everyone, i know it takes time to adjust, but dash and i are both very nervous about him coming home with me. he's nervous cause it is all new to him, and im nervous wanting to do the best i can for him, which i think makes him more nervous we're tring to work through it. he just came ome yesterday so i know it takes time. he at least has finnaly started laying down today so maybe we're starting to communicate a little. i jst want it to go good for both of us.

congrats on your new guy! take it day by day and all will be fine ...you two just need some time to be together. i'm sure it will work out. i'm also sure that digger is smiling down upon you and knows that this new guy is not a replacement for him, but an added pleasure to your life!

Congratulations on your new addition. What a handsome guy! I wish a smooth transition for you both...

thnaks to everyone out there who has responded you all are very very kind and understanding people. i still miss him more than anything, at times i think i here something and it sounds like digger and i cant help but go and look. that little part of hope in me just hopes maybe but i know he's gone. i know that it was truely are rare opportunity to have known the love i felt for my great wondeful big buddy. he was a miralcle in hisself. he had had other health problems in the past and they said he wouldnt make it but it was several years past. i guess that is the hardest part for me still, i keep thinking he pulled through before why not now. but at the same time i have to tell myself he's in an even better place now than i could give him. isure do miss him. i cant wait for the day we meet again.
dash has been home almost a week now and we are slowly getting there, he's a very stubborn fellow but thats ok, i knew that the first time i met him. down deep in that stubbornness is a very sweet freind just waiting to come out. its hard for me adjusting cause i just miss digger so much, but i know it will take time, we're working on it. i will try to post some pictures soon of him. thanks to everyone again. you aare all very kind.

I know it doesn't seem like it now...but the pain of the loss of your loyal friend will get easier to deal with. It won't ever go away...but in time it will become easier to live with. You and Diggerspeed were very lucky to have shared your time together. Keep the memory in your heart that you were loved by him and all the wonderful times you shared together. You have chosen to start over with your new friend, Dash. Dash is not anything like Diggerspeed and he can't ever replace him, But Diggerspeed would want you to be happy, and it is a tribute to him, that you have chosen to fill the emptyness in your heart by giving another greyhound a chance to be part of a happy life. Dash has to grow and develope his own relationship with you. It's all new to him too and he doesn't understand about your loss. Given time and patience, he can be a true loving companion to you. He will count on you to love and guide him and teach him the manners he will need to learn. You deserve to have the love of another Greyhound in your life. Good Luck to you and to Dash.

each day passes and the empty hole in my life still is there, i guess it will never really go away. i still miss my big buddy so much. just doesnt seem fair there time is so short with us. i still think about him everyday.

i know that its time that i let go but its so hard, i want to put some of his ashes in one of the places he used to always lay in the yard. he had dug a big whole and always laid in it. i have left that whole there in hopes i could put some of his ashes there but everytime i try i just cant. i feel like if i do then im letting him go forever. it seems kinda silly i guess but it is just hard. i keep finding things that remind me so much of him and its just so hard to deal with sometimes. just when i think im getting through it i find something that brings up a tear or just makes me miss him that much more. dash helps being here, and i know sometimes he knows something just isnt right. which probably makes him a bit flustered. i just dont ever want his memory to go away. he was such a special freind to me that no one can ever takehis place. i sure miss my big buddy.