Our baby crossed the Rainbow Bridge recently. He was 13 years old - we adopted him when he has just turned 7.  He had been recently diagnosed with diabetes and we didn't even have a chance to do anything about it until he suddenly started having seizures and we had to run him to the ER Vet. It was going to cost more than we could afford for the ER Vet to keep him over the weekend and even if we had, I don't know what his QoL would have been like afterwards. We've been pretty heartbroken and the house has been so quiet...

Names: Radar, Radar Von Coquebloque, Dar-Dar, Baby Boy, Old Man Baby

When we adopted him, he'd been through two families already, that both got rid of him because they were pregnant and didn't think they'd have time to take care of a dog and a baby at the same time. His Foster Mom, first words out of her mouth were "So you have kids? Do you plan on having kids?" And we were like no, our pets are our kids.

He was an absolute angel of a dog and I miss him greeting me when I got home. I miss him barking at the Buddhists at their temple that backs up against our backyard. I look at his beds and toys all around the house and I just haven't had the heart to do anything about them yet, but some of its probably going to get donated to a local rescue in his name. 

We loved having an older dog and I'm glad we got at least 6 years of life with him and I hope they were the best 6 years of his life. He was a French fry fiend and even if my husband and I got something like onion rings, we always got a small French fry to share with the dog as well (he never received the entire container of fries). There was often a "cheese tax" as well from time to time when we were cooking. 

He loved being closeby, he loved heating pads and had this own blankets at the foot of the bed. Weekend mornings he would come to the head of the bed between me and my partner and we'd love on him so much.

We still have our other adopted baby, a Maine Coon mix, who never did actual cuddles with the dog, but he seemed to know something was up on his last full night with us. They were actually touching and it was the sweetest thing (2nd pic)

Hug your babies for us and give them a bit of "cheese tax" for me, please...

Radar (Manchester Terrier Mix)