Thread:Dino003/@comment-36084651-20181001043259/@comment-36857645-20181016135223

Oh Nina, I'm so very sorry. Yes, he had very goog human parents and grandparents in you all, loving him and wanting the best care for him, and it's better to let them go when suffering is more than a day or so. We wouldn't want to do it, go through it, and it's the most loving thing we can do, in letting them go. 12 days is a very long time for him to deal with that. But yeah, letting go, sometimes feels impossible and we keep hanging on and hoping. He's free now though. His spirit runs free.

I still remind myself constantly of all this over Sugar Bear. Sometimes we love them more than is good or healthy for us. I've not lost any human that has hurt this much. A dog's love, if it truly loves you and bonds, is of the purest kind. No human can match it. Not that I've found. Love my husband and children, loved my parents and extended family. But, that tight bond has never been with them. It's only with dogs like Sugar Bear and likely your Bentley. The kind of bond we want so much from our human families and friends... and it takes a small four legged furry thing to give it to us. Hugs with them, are of the very best kind. Sugar Bear would sit in your lap or beside you, and lean back into the crook of your arm, sitting upright against you, snuggling, wanting to share hugs and tender kisses. Not demanding or whining nor wimpering..... just wanting to snuggle and share hugs. She'd do that when we went to bed, I'd lay down and she'd get up behind me and lay her face on my neck and rub my cheek, wanting snuggles and kisses and then she'd go lay against the back of my legs to sleep. Heave a deep sigh when she lay down, and drift off to sleep.

Wrap your arms around yourself, squeeze tight, and say that's from Dino and Sugar Bear to you and Bentley.