Comments on: For Everything There is a Season http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/ Our adventure into Homesteading and getting back to basic living. Life is tough, but living doesn't have to be. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-10948 basicliving Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:40:50 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10948 Oz Girl - I agree with you - losing a pet, under any circumstances, is just so hard. We've lost dogs and cats in the past and each one was heart wrenching, and we still miss each one. You and I certainly share a love of animals - and pups are just the best! I SO want an outside dog to look after the chickens and yes, a Great Pyranees would be perfect..... but I suspect you and I will never own an outside dog! (((hugs))) Susan - and I hope you and yours have a wonderful New Year! Oz Girl - I agree with you - losing a pet, under any circumstances, is just so hard. We’ve lost dogs and cats in the past and each one was heart wrenching, and we still miss each one.

You and I certainly share a love of animals - and pups are just the best! I SO want an outside dog to look after the chickens and yes, a Great Pyranees would be perfect….. but I suspect you and I will never own an outside dog!

(((hugs))) Susan - and I hope you and yours have a wonderful New Year!

]]> By: Oz Girl http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-10947 Oz Girl Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:03:16 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-10947 Penny, I feel your pain here... I've been in this situation with my dogs before and it's never easy losing one of our pets. It does tend to take a small chunk of your heart each time. I cried right along with you on this post, even if it is over 6 months later!! A very Happy New Year to you and Bernie and Diesel and Dolly -- oh, and regarding outside dogs. Ringo was an outside ranch dog before I moved here - yeah, I am the culprit when it comes to spoiling. I couldn't tell you the last time he slept outside in his giant igloo doghouse. In fact, I've seen our cats Fluff and Barack come sliding out the door early in the a.m. on several occasions! :) I would love to have chickens and/or goats, but then I'd need a Great Pyrenees dog and he would have to stay outside, right? *sigh* Penny, I feel your pain here… I’ve been in this situation with my dogs before and it’s never easy losing one of our pets. It does tend to take a small chunk of your heart each time. I cried right along with you on this post, even if it is over 6 months later!!

A very Happy New Year to you and Bernie and Diesel and Dolly — oh, and regarding outside dogs. Ringo was an outside ranch dog before I moved here - yeah, I am the culprit when it comes to spoiling. I couldn’t tell you the last time he slept outside in his giant igloo doghouse. In fact, I’ve seen our cats Fluff and Barack come sliding out the door early in the a.m. on several occasions! :) I would love to have chickens and/or goats, but then I’d need a Great Pyrenees dog and he would have to stay outside, right? *sigh*

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6778 basicliving Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:02:23 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6778 Oh Marmitetoasty - I wish I had thought to tell you NOT to read this post while we were emailing earlier. I knew you would likely take it hard. We buried her in our pet cemetery in the back yard, on the edge of the woods. She loved to scratch around out there. (((hugs))) Oh Marmitetoasty - I wish I had thought to tell you NOT to read this post while we were emailing earlier. I knew you would likely take it hard. We buried her in our pet cemetery in the back yard, on the edge of the woods. She loved to scratch around out there. (((hugs)))

]]> By: marmitetoasty http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6776 marmitetoasty Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:45:36 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6776 Tears are rolling down my face :( Im so sorry....... words fail me..... x Tears are rolling down my face :( Im so sorry……. words fail me…..

x

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6706 basicliving Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:46:56 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6706 Thanks, JP. And I know you are right. She lived a good life and I loved and spoiled her - just as I do the others. It truly is heartbreaking, but I know that in the end, I made the correct decision. And I was sad to read about your little chicky - he must have made quite an impression on your life. I'm glad you had him - even if just for a short while. Thanks, JP. And I know you are right. She lived a good life and I loved and spoiled her - just as I do the others. It truly is heartbreaking, but I know that in the end, I made the correct decision. And I was sad to read about your little chicky - he must have made quite an impression on your life. I’m glad you had him - even if just for a short while.

]]> By: J.P. http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6703 J.P. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:16:34 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6703 I am so sorry, and since she was such a nice hen, I can feel your pain. But her she lived out her life happily and not in a battery cage like some hens are prisoned to. You gave her a great life and you cared for her alot more then most chicken owners would. I had a little chicken a long time ago hatch from an incubator with crooked legs (the reason i HATE incubators) I tried putting rubber bands/bandaids around his little feet, but I hated to see him struggle. he would flop around untill he got to the heat, feed, or water. So once we moved them out to a bigger house, one night my mother turned off the switch that connected to the outside building by mistake. The next morning he was dead along with a runt. The 3 surviving chicks were in the corner huddled together. They lived on... but what im saying is he wouldnt have had a good life, and I just couldnt kill him myself, cause i loved my little chicky...and I guess cause im a wimp as well, so mother nature took his life into her own hands and made sure he wouldnt suffer any more. I am so sorry, and since she was such a nice hen, I can feel your pain. But her she lived out her life happily and not in a battery cage like some hens are prisoned to. You gave her a great life and you cared for her alot more then most chicken owners would. I had a little chicken a long time ago hatch from an incubator with crooked legs (the reason i HATE incubators) I tried putting rubber bands/bandaids around his little feet, but I hated to see him struggle. he would flop around untill he got to the heat, feed, or water. So once we moved them out to a bigger house, one night my mother turned off the switch that connected to the outside building by mistake. The next morning he was dead along with a runt. The 3 surviving chicks were in the corner huddled together. They lived on… but what im saying is he wouldnt have had a good life, and I just couldnt kill him myself, cause i loved my little chicky…and I guess cause im a wimp as well, so mother nature took his life into her own hands and made sure he wouldnt suffer any more.

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6670 basicliving Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:57:59 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6670 Debbie and Momzoo - thank you both for stopping by and your kind words. They mean a lot to me. And Momzoo - I actually felt that hug. Frugalmom - Thanks you for being so sweet. It was an incredibly difficult experience and I felt worse for Bernie than I did for myself, or my sweet little chicken. She was amazingly calm throughout the entire ordeal. But you are so right that Bernie was very distraught at my anguish, and it was compounded by the fact that he knew he needed to let me work through it. He's since told me he will do anything to NOT see me go through anything like that again. Poor fella. I'm not sure either of us will ever get over that awful day. Debbie and Momzoo - thank you both for stopping by and your kind words. They mean a lot to me. And Momzoo - I actually felt that hug.

Frugalmom - Thanks you for being so sweet. It was an incredibly difficult experience and I felt worse for Bernie than I did for myself, or my sweet little chicken. She was amazingly calm throughout the entire ordeal. But you are so right that Bernie was very distraught at my anguish, and it was compounded by the fact that he knew he needed to let me work through it. He’s since told me he will do anything to NOT see me go through anything like that again. Poor fella. I’m not sure either of us will ever get over that awful day.

]]> By: momzoo http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6658 momzoo Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:16 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6658 you sweet thing.... **hugs** you sweet thing….

**hugs**

]]> By: frugalmom http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6655 frugalmom Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:25:55 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6655 Oh my goodness. I am late to the post. Im so sorry, Penny. This would have been a hard story for anyone to read, Im sure. But for this sap(meaning me)....good lord. I was in tears. That whole thing just made me cry. I could literally see you thru the whole thing. And Bernie, too. Wondering just how much he should offer to help...knowing that you really wanted to be able to do it on your own, but him really wanting to reach out and help you. Youre a good chicken mama. And Bernie is a good husband to a good chicken mama. Sigh. Oh my goodness. I am late to the post. Im so sorry, Penny. This would have been a hard story for anyone to read, Im sure. But for this sap(meaning me)….good lord. I was in tears. That whole thing just made me cry. I could literally see you thru the whole thing. And Bernie, too. Wondering just how much he should offer to help…knowing that you really wanted to be able to do it on your own, but him really wanting to reach out and help you.

Youre a good chicken mama. And Bernie is a good husband to a good chicken mama.

Sigh.

]]> By: debbie http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/for-everything-there-is-a-season/#comment-6640 debbie Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:07 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=378#comment-6640 Bless your poor, sweet heart ! And bless Bernie's sweet heart, too. Bless your poor, sweet heart ! And bless Bernie’s sweet heart, too.

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