I put him to sleep yesterday.

@flexghost sorry for your loss. I've had many little souls grace me with their love and presence. I can't post about them without spiralling in to an ugly tears session, so I will instead share our current furball. She's been with us for only 6 months so still adapting. She's already 10 years.

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

@flexghost I'm so very sorry. Here's a picture of Pushkin, the most incredible stray cat there ever was. Barely fifteen weeks old, she came home with us in total trust and decided she liked it at our home, even though we had her checked for an ID and put ads out. Nobody claimed this beautiful and totally lovely cat. It's been 5½ years now.

@Eetschrijver that is so magical when a cat chooses you like that

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

@flexghost =(

So sorry. May the memories and the love linger.

@flexghost Sorry for your loss. My two official furbabies are Mina (the adult) and Waffle (the adolescent). They both adopted me at the local shelter. The two unofficial cats are strays that I feed. They'll probably get names soon too, since I'm pretty sure I belong to them now.

@Eetschrijver @flexghost you can instantly tell that’s a cat with soul

@Frieke72 they just want to take care of us so much they just soldier on without ever complaining

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

@flexghost I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sure he was a good dog.

We no longer have a dog, but I think about out last one, Sprocket all the time.

https://leroux.ca/remembering-sprocket/

@Enlightenedharlot Zeke is a beaufiul very good boy! Thank you for sharing this

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

@flexghost So sorry for your loss; it's always so hard. I've had dogs all my life, but our current one is the first I've ever rescued, and dealing with the "scars” she got before coming to us makes me so sad.

@flexghost This is Pixel, our now 5 year old Parson russell Terrier. We got him after 10 year after our previous beloved dog died, probably through poisoning. PIxel is a true digital dog, he is either on or off. When he is on he is in constant motion, activity and demands a lot of attention and hikes.

@flexghost I am so sorry for your loss, here is a picture of our dearly departed dachshund Princesa, who passed 3 years ago, and one of our current golden retriever Freja.

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.

I put him to sleep yesterday. My sweet boy for 15 years. He’d come to me from an abusive home. You could see it in how he held himself those first months, like he was always bracing.

But he figured it out. Not all at once but in small surrenders. Picking up a toy. Playing so free. The way he’d eventually push his head under your hand, asking.

I miss him.

If you have a moment, I’d like to hear about your animals. The ones you still carry with you.