My Scooter Bug!!

[Ashley Barfield]

So we had a puppy whose name was Scooter and he was a 6 month old lab mix. My other dog Aro and him had went outside yesterday morning and Aro saw a squirrel across the road and went after it. Scooter followed him. My mom went to get Aro and I went in to get shoes. I came back to my mom screaming my name. Scooter had tried to run back across the road to the house and was hit by a van. We got him as fast as we could to a vet clinic where they told us there was nothing they could do and he was gone when we got there. I knew he was gone before we got there but I didn't want to believe it. His eyes were glossy and he was bleeding out of his nose and mouth. I guess we just thought that maybe there was some hope and figured if we got him there fast enough they could fix it. The poor thing had already been through so much. When he was younger he had parvo and he survived it so I guess I just thought that he could survive anything. I've done nothing but cry since this happened yesterday and I just don't know what to do. I feel so lost and it's just so sad because he was so young and still had so much life to live. I just need to find a way to deal with this and thought that if i posted it on here that maybe someone would have some advice. If anyone has any advice please post it on here because I just on't know what to do.. I know that getting another dog won't help anything because it won't be him. I just hope that maybe someone can tell me something that will help me deal with this. I will add a picture of him and of the little gravestone type thing that we have here for him. I just hope that I can get over this soon and just remember him and be happy that we had him for the time that we did.

[DiAnn Miller]

Ashley Ashley, my deepest sympathy to you and your family. Scooter sure was an adorable looking boy and I know you're in a great deal of shock right now. I lost my lab mix just a few months ago to hemolytic anemia. First, know that it's okay to cry... as much as you want, as much as you need to. You're not going to get over this in just a few days. It's going to take some time. Secondly, remember that you did everything you could and that Scooter's death was an accident. Third, don't even THINK of getting another dog right now. You need time to grieve and readjust and that's going to take awhile. Give yourself time, ok? Eventually, tears will give way to a smile. Lastly, keep posting here.. as much as you need to... we're all here to help you in any way that we can. Hang in there...