Thursday, March 25, 2010

Shocked.Horrified.Devastated. (NBR)

**Don't want to terrify you. If you didn't catch the acronym in the post title, this is not Baby Blakely related.**

You know that feeling, when your heart sinks down past your stomach & into your feet? I got it this afternoon when Rob called me. I didn't even have to listen to what he said-- the sheer panic in his voice let me know that there was something really wrong.

We lost the puppy today.
And when I say lost, I only wish I meant that we couldn't find him.

Rob found him, in our backyard, not breathing. He tried to revive him but realized that he had been gone for some time, and there was nothing he could do. That's when I received his phone call, telling me to get home, that the puppy was dead.

It's taken us a few hours to piece together what we think happened. I didn't want to see the puppy, but the only way that Rob could deal with this was to figure out what happened to him. So we talked, and surveyed the yard, and Rob looked at this puppy's precious little body over and over-- until we came to some conclusions. Honestly, I wish we hadn't figured it out.

The puppy has multiple puncture wounds in three places on his neck and a bite on his leg. When we left, all three dogs were playing happily together. When we returned, the little one was gone. One of our dogs killed this puppy. I can't tell you how hard that is to write. I'm suspicious and ashamed of both of them right now, not to mention hysterically upset.

There aren't enough words to describe how we are feeling right now. Shocked, horrified & devastated don't even scratch the surface.

12 comments:

  1. oh steph...this is agonizing and i feel terrible for you guys!

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  2. Oh honey, I can't imagine how you must feel now. How awful. I'm so sorry. That sweet little guy :(

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  3. Oh, this is terrible. I didn't even get the chance to write how gorgeous the little puppy was, and now he is gone.

    It is much worse believing that one of your dogs did it too. I hate to ask, but how does this stand with you and the dogs since you will be bringing a new baby into the house in 6 months? I hope that question is not out of line, I just know a few people have concerns with bringing a baby into a house when they have animals.

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  4. Oh my gosh, Stef, I am so sorry. I can't imagine how sad and horrified you and Rob are. ((hugs)) Poor little pup.

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  5. Oh no! Can you take his body to the vet to confirm it was a dog that did this and not a snake? How sad!!! I also was wondering about the question Red asked.

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  6. Oh no! I'm so, so sorry. How awful.

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  7. Oh my gosh, Stef! I am so, so sorry. :( This makes me incredibly sad, so I can't imagine how you and DH are feeling right now.

    Sending you lots of hugs.

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  8. How horrible for you and Rob!!! I'm sure playing took a turn and your dogs didn't mean it! I am so sorry y'all have to deal with this!

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  9. Oh my gosh :-( I'm so so sorry :-(. I'm sure it's just accident, but I know t hat doesn't make it any easier.

    *hugs*

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  10. OMG! Steph I cannot imagine how horrible you must feel right now...I'm so so so sorry and so so sad for you. *Hugs hugs hugs*

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  11. Oh hun, that is just awful...I'm so so sorry. I can't even imagine, I once saw my baby Bella visciously kill a baby bird, and I swear I couldn't hug her for a couple days...maybe they were just rough housing, it had to be an accident. I'm so sorry.

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  12. OMG I'm so so sorry! That has to be soo devistating and saddening. I'm so sorry.

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