Ollie was Never Hymie

September 13th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

Oliver

    If you have spent much time looking through this site, you should come to the conclusion that we like animals.  This is true.  What is also true is, when you take on the responsibility of animal ownership you will experience loss.  Of course you don’t have to be an acreage owner to experience the loss of a beloved animal friend; but typically, the acreage owner will (unfortunately) experience it more often.
    One piece of advice that I would like to give is to let their memory live on.  Don’t try to replace your lost animal with one “just like it.”  You might just set yourself, and your new animal, up for disappointment.
    I fell victim to this temptation and missed out on what could have been.  Many years ago, I lost my first ever dog.  He was a great animal.  Smart, loyal, friendly, an easy keeper, on and on….  I lost him to pancreatitis.  Knowing how great a dog he was, I wanted another just like him —- and in my mind, it only made sense to get the same kind.  Well, I recently lost my replacement dog (Oliver) as well, and while I did enjoy him very much, I always compared him back to my first dog, Hymie.  I didn’t realize this until now.  I also now realize that I don’t do this for my other dogs.  They are much different than Oliver and Hymie and I expect them to be different.  I seem to accept their shortcomings better than I did for Oliver.  While I miss Hymie, I missed out on Oliver.♥ 

Ollie, after being outside in a big snow

Ollie, after being outside in a big snow

 

 

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  1. Comment by Samantha on 8 January 2010:

    i love the snow pic of ollie!!!

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  2. Comment by Spencer on 6 March 2010:

    Suzy this is awesome and I now realized why I am always getting mad at my dogs for not being good like the other one. lol

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