[OldPilot]

I have posted about my sons turtle, and the filter problems that were made up by my wife.
Also she has refused to buy him any food, so I bought some and put it in her  room, since she shares it with the turtle.

I think she is feeding him now. I hope.....

Anyone else have pets that hasn't posted here?

[Anjae]

When husband left we dicided that we would not separate the cats (we had two). While I was still in our flat they were with me and husband would come and see them whenever he wanted. He had worked out of town for lenthi periods so they did not notice anything strange.

When I left I could not bring them with me. Husband had them with him, and moved them around from one rented room to another rented room. Until OW2 come along and NC, I know the acts did not like living in the rented rooms. The rooms where in flats with more people, some that also have pets. Our cats had to be confined to husband room. My cat, the female, would be very upseted and ours, the male, would hide all the time under the bed.

The only I’ve heard about our pets since OW2 come along was when my cat was doing. Husband text me to tell that she was ill and may not make it. She did not. I never saw our pets since I move back home. Of course I will never see my cat again because she is dead. OW2 has a female cat that is just like mine, so, when my died she took her cat to the house where she lives with husband. To husband it look likes he still have both our cats. OW2 knew my cat, so she knew hers was just like mine. How do I know this? SIL Facebook.

[brokenhearted]

My partner and I have had 2 perts together. The first one was a newfoundland who he loved. He would talk about her to everyone.
Our current dog is a 12 year old St. Bernard who we adopted from the St. Bernard rescue organization. We adopted her the Saturday after 9/11. She is a wonderful, sweet, funny girl. She absolutely loved my partner and he loved her. He again told everyone about her. He had a professional photo taken of her at Christmas time to give me as a present.  Got her while I was at work, took her to the photographer's and when I got home from work I was none the wiser. Had the package wrapped beautifully on Christmas day. Card said to Brokenhearted, the best mom a dog could have, signed my dogs name. This is an example of my sweet partner, before he decided he has always been unhappy with me.
We had stories of this dog together. The second day we had her we were sitting on the porch with her. She had a leash on but I had put it down as we were both right next to her. My dad came over, the dog got spooked and took off running down the street, with my dad, partner and I in pursuit.
I forgot to mention that at the end of my street is a park which borders the Erie Canal. When we got to the park we couldn't find our dog. Then we heard my dad yeLling "she's in the canal!"
She had run right through the park, over the edge into the canal!
I thought she was going to drown, one day after getting her. Luckily there were some other men in the park and my partner and these men formed a human chain to pull her up over the side of the canal, not an easy task.
The rescue of the St. Bernard became a story my partner shared with his friends and those he worked with.
When we ate she would poke her head under my partner's arm hoping for a treat.
My dog is now blind and elderly and one of the saddest sights I saw was me eating alone at the table and our dog sitting next to my partners chair waiting for her handout. My dog does miss him. When he was first gone she really moped around. Early on he stopped a couple of times to drop something off and it was like she perked up for days, her tail wagging, eating more. At first she wouldn't eat which is a red flag for a St. Bernard!

It is hard for me to know that he shows very little interest in her now. Will drop her medicine off when I am not here. Will say on the rare times we text that he will come see her but he doesn't.
My quandry now is that it is getting time for a decision about this sweet dog as she becomes more lame. I don't know what to do about my partner. Should I ask him to be with us if she is put to sleep. Will this send him deeper into depression. I also feel it will push him further away as right now she is our only contact. We do not have children.
Hugs and blessings

[Covenant for Life]

We have a Basset Hound and a Golden Retriever.  They are my dogs and my children's dogs.  H did not mind having them, but really did not take care of them or pay much attention to them.  Now, he pretty much ignores them altogether.  They are my angels from heaven.  In the darkest nights of this MLC and my cancer diagnosis/treatment, Sullivan and Madison never left my side.  Both sleep in my room every night and I love them both so much.

[brokenhearted]

Just wanted to thank everyone for sharing their pet stories. When I got up today I made a point of reading this thread. It was the perfect start to my day. The stories were  heartwarming and several made me laugh out loud, something that has been missing for quite a while.
So I just wanted to recommend these stories our devoted pets, always  happy just to be with us. Hoping to read more stories about our furry little angels.

[Wed2Him?Whatever.]

When my husband went into monster right after BD back in March, he was angry w/ me, his job, our home, our town and even our two cats Erin and Buford.  They have always enjoyed coming over to him when he would be sitting in his recliner or lying on the sofa, but he would stop them as they'd head his way by telling them to get away.  He did this for months.  I even took them over to my brother's for a week to give my H a break from them.  My H thought I was crazy for doing so but he was being such a jerk toward them I was afraid I'd unzip the lips and tell him off.  Then Erin had to be put down end of July (vet found intestinal mass) and my H briefly acted all heartbroken about it.  My H talked about getting a dog but then recanted, saying, "I don't know what is gonna happen w/ us."  Now he is talking about getting another cat.  I've said not yet and he seems to be wondering why I feel that way.     I'm telling you that MLC fog is some superheavy fog.

[growing every day]

We have 3 dogs. All from a rescue shelter. The first dog we adopted was a puppy mill dog. She was severely abused, no social skills, she only has one eye due to her getting cherry eye. She also got lost and while lost got caught up in barbed wire that tore up her skin. When she was finally found, her skin was filled with maggots ( sorry to be graphic.)And she required a skin graft. When we saw her, we knew we has to have her. She was his princess. So much that truth be told, I was even jealous at times of the attention he gave her. Fast forward to now..... he has not even asked about her. He took one of our dogs with him a while ago, the one that he used to laugh at me if he snapped at me or bit me. Our third dog... he does not act as if he exists.

We adopted these dogs together... then he up and leaves. I take care of the two left behind and they are my babies.... I'd be lost without them.

He treats them like he treats our kids... non existing.

[BonBon]

I'm sorry for those of you who lost your pets by natural causes or if your MLCer took them.  Reading this thread has been so interesting though.

I know some people don't like to hear this but for a long time now, I've preferred animals to people...or maybe I should say I just admire them more.  Never did I feel this more acutely than when the one person I trusted in life, the one person who was as loyal as could be, and who protected me in every way, turned on me. 

I knew that my doggie would never do that unless she had a brain injury or dementia.  That is the difference and that is why I prefer animals to people.  I think I always will.

[WarriorPriestess]

Bon, I feel the same way about animals.  Once again your West Coast twin. 

One of the things I love most about H was how kind and gentle he has always been with animals.  Even throughout MLC he has taken good care of our pets.  Right now he has two cats at his place, and I have two cats and a turtle at mine. 

Funny insight into MLC brain:  When at his most stressed and moody H has complained to me in all seriousness about how "needy" his cats are.  That's when I realized that it really was HIS head trip, it wasn't anything caused by me.  Cats?  Too needy?  LOL.  It still makes me laugh.   

[BonBon]

Oh wow WP!  I had forgotten something until you mentioned your cat's "neediness" (oh brother).

When H was peaking, he was whining one day and I asked what was wrong (as if I didn't know) and he said something about me and then doggie...it went something like "well, doggie is....."

And I could tell that he was starting a trip down the path of all the things that were wrong with everyone but him....but that had never included doggie before, it was usually reserved for me.....

So I just freaked out.  Right then.  I started screaming at him and I said something to the effect of "Oh my God, now you're going to start picking on doggie too?  What, did you run out of things to loathe about me and so now all you have left is an innocent dog who does nothing but adore you?  You've got a big problem honey and despite what you might think, the problem is not me or doggie.....think about it".

I think that struck a chord that day.  No further slams were made on doggie's personality or anything else about her. 

Geesh..unreal...