Crystal

[Kathi]

Our dear friend Crystal needs all of our support and love now.  Her beautiful pup Fred is gone, please everyone show your support to her.  We all know what it is like to loose one of our beloved pets.

Kathi

Here is the link to Crystals page

http://www.petbrags.com/profiles/comment/CrystalLandreth?xgac=1&...

[Regina D.-PBP Event Admin]

Wanda, I understand how you felt about losing Yoda for a while there.

We almost thought we lost Jedi. A few years back around Labor day, Jerry was off work that weekend. That friday night before, I let Princess and Jedi out so they could do their business and usually come right back after that. When I called them only Princess show up and I went into the yard and Jerry did too and couldn't find him anywhere. He was a Black french-bulldog mixed. Hoping he will bark when he was ready to come in which didn't happen. Had to go through my whole neighborhood to watch out for him and on Monday morning, a good friend of ours called and said he saw him in his little garden and came by the house and picked me up and went to his place down the road(not too far) and I saw him and look like I was the only one to be able to get close to him because I know he was hungry and scare. Wrapped him up and took him home. He was so happy to be back home. I thank him for looking out for him and he told me your welcome. 

Had to put in to sleep Dec 3,  2009. Lost all control of his legs and was losing weigh too fast. He was 14 and 1/2 years old. Great guard dog. 

[Kathi]

Dear sweet Crystal:

We all make horrble mistakes, I have had more than my share of them and I wish I could go back to correct them.  We all can go forward and hopefully learn and make amends for what we perceive as a wrong doing.  You my sweet freind did nothing wrong, the only wrong that was done was the person (s) you trusted did not do what they should have done.  As far as the Vet goes, personally I would tell him tom  take a hike!!!  Wanda said a lot with what we all feel when we loose the ones we so much love and not through our own doing.  Crystal, please stop  beating yourself up over this, I know that is easy for me to say but you have to go forward and learn from what has happened.  You were not there, you can't change it, Fred knew how much all of you loved him.  You gave him more in that short time than many ever experience in a lifetime.  You are a very special person and you will find another to love and care for.  I wish I could be there for you but please believe you are in my thoughts and prayers and I am sending big hugs from NC.

Love you Kathi

 

[Wanda P]

It is such a tough time, and we all know it was an accident. I almost lost my yoda at christmas, when someone said they would take care of him, let him run out the door and never went to get him, i was in the hospital, karl was driving long haul trucking, came home to a message yoda was gone. He looked all night, then told me at 7am he was gone and i ripped the iv out of my arm, and after 3 days of searching at christmas, thank god it was chinooking (meaning the warm winds blew in and it was about +10) so we put fliers up everywhere, and looked night and day, offered a reward, and on the 3rd day i spotted him, but he was so afraid and i was gasping for air (that why i was in the hospital for asthma exacerbation), i came around the corner called all his pet names and bolted, so there was a couple of guys and gal, and i said i give you 100.00 cash to catch that dog they were gone after him . I knew i had to go back 10 blocks to get karl ( in hind site always carry walkie talkies with you or go in pairs to search), so i stumbled threw a back yard and the pound was driving by, i didn;t care who he was, i flagged him down (NOW I DON;T ADVOCATE THIS NEXT ACTION, HOW EVER IT DID WORK) i said I don;t care who you are i will give you 100.00 cash to find my dog, the dog catcher, just looked at me and could see i was blue in the face. I said go i have to get my husband 10 blocks away, i was screaming at the top of my lungs for karl (hence the walkie talkie would of helped allot lol), it was a rough neighborhood so no body came out, but finally find karl, we drove for an hour looking in the direction he was, and we were not finding him.. I was so desponded, then the dog catcher flags us down, he said i know where you dog is?? I am like omGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG, but i am coming with you to make sure you get him back.. I am thinking o boy, i am going to get a fine 2500.00 for dog run loose. So we go to the 2 guys and girl, and yoda had bit the girl, but they kept him the car.. He was a white dog, and he was pitch black from the saga, as soon as he saw karl, he crawled into his shirt. I think its so important that if your going to care for some else dogs MAKE SURE YOUR GOING TO CARE FOR THEM, my x friend, didn't give a crap really, she just wanted the money. I have been asked many times to care for other dogs, but being so ill and knowing what can happen i say no, as i know i can;t do it 100%. Crystal honey u did nothing wrong, it was the same kind of case where people take on more than really they can handle.. I will say a prayer for you and your family honey.. This is yoda, he lived until 15, sweetest little man, my girl friend had this purse made in japan hes on silk.. big hug hunny

[Crystal Landreth]

thanks wanda ! he was beautiful! aww i hate to see anyone lose a treasured member of the family! furry, feathery or not. <3

[Wanda P]

Dear Crystal and family, i am so  sorry for this tragedy in your life. We too know how it feels. My brother lost his beloved bird levi, in an accident. Levi loved to ride daddy shoulder, and one day in the dead of winter by brother was having a fight with his girlfriend, my brother went to put his coat on and levi flew on the heavy coat and my brother didn;t feel him and stormed out in a winter night and levi flew into the darkness, and died. We are all devastated by the loss.. We are here for you when you want to talk, with love and support.. ok hugs ww

here is a shot of levi, i baby sat him and he must of bit me 50 times, but in the end after a week, he was going to leave us alone..

[Crystal Landreth]

wanda, kathi, regina, carl, shirley, bill thank you all very much. wanda i only wish i wouldv been there bc if i was he wouldv been with me not out on that stupid chain, then non of this wouldv happened. he stayed at my feet awake and asleep. bill, he was absoutely precious inside and out! and beautiful to boot!   :) 

 

thank u all again

 

just fyi Clay is doin fine and is getting more love and attenion than ever! and i havent even noticed him looking sad but only once and that was the next day so otherwise hes doing good. man when u lose one it really makes you hold on tight to the ones you still have.  :,)

[Crystal Landreth]

and i feel like anyone that takes advantage of anyfamily in that kind of situation didnt get enough spankings as a child and will get theirs eventually! i kno that vet knew he wasnt going to get better i just think they were after the money and could see that i would have paid any amount to make it right! Shame on them!!!

 

reguardless of what anyone thinks what i think or what i feel i know he did NOT deserve this... he was innocent

and will be miss oh so dearly... <3

[Crystal Landreth]

alright, as i can barely see the screen through the tears, im ver y grateful for all your thoughts and warms wishes Fred really was my baby!

the situation went like this

usually, while my husband and i work during the day Fred would be in his kennel until we got home to let him out to potty and play for the rest of the evening.

sinces school has been out my sister Klee(17) has been baby sitting for me, my boys are 7 and 10. and she said it would be no big deal to let the pups in and out for me a couple times a day and allow Fred to  run free in the house and play all day instead of being in the kennel like usual. this had been going fine for the first couple weeks.

well, Fred wouldnt stay in the back yard so we tore down the fence (fencing had large square holes he could fit through) w intentions of getting better fencing as soon as we could.

so we had been walking him to potty( only he wouldnt poo while on the leash) and then he would play in the house. but w no fencing it was hard to run and play outside as he would run off and not the greatest neighborhood for cute lit doggies to be running in. so i bought a chain and made it clear it was only for going #2 in the back yard not for him to be left on. being that the chain was functional the was no water or shade in that area. This is where i feel like a failure and can not believe my stupidity! I let him out at 6:55 fri morning to poo and at 8 i called my sister and my son and told them both seperately to go bring him in. they both said ok,... so i didnt call and check to see if he was in bc i thought he was in they had said ok..after i called they were invited nextdoor for breakfast...  11ish they called me frantic, that he was left outside and not doing good at all, barely any labored breathing as they were tring to cool him down.

i rushed home from work, to find he had deficated in the tub and wasnt responding to any voices or anything really he would blink if you touched near his eyes and hiseyes looked weird so dark so i rushed him to the vet to see if he was savable or if he should be pts. a nd the vet lead me to believe he had a 50/50 chance so i signed my name on every peice of paper they were putting in front of me just to get him better and he only lasted and hour before he started seizures and vomiting blood and blood was seeping from his orficies. im sorry if that too graphic, so i let him go. all of this happen because of a stupid ignorant mistake. i wish yall all could see how much i absoutely loved everything about this lit boy! he was so loud ( he chewed his bone loudly he ran through all rooms loud and full steam ahead constantly) and onry! and vocal and funny and wonderful and fearless and loving and i miss him so dearly! so full of life!! always into something and so curious and so full of personality all in this cute lit package. we expected to have him until his very oldest days, he was supposed to go on his first fishing trip that fri night.

his eyes looked so weird because(i found this out after the fact) when your body gets too hot the platelets holding to gether your blood vessels fall apart and that was a sign of severe heatstroke. and he wasnt comin back to us after that.

 

i feel so undeserving of his wonderful little presence. i wish i could take it all back im always so meticulus about my fur babies. this horriable mistake i do really feel falls on me. i could only imagine the things he must have thought as no one came to his rescue. i couldnt even tell him good bye. i tried though, kissed him on his cute lit head and told him i love him and im so sorry before i left him w the vet. my husband was devistated, he was loved so!

 

no the vet is hounding me for money and im just a lit to sore at the moment to even think about the things i want to say to the vet, i feel completely taken advantage of. ill pay whatever the amount, but it will be on my terms and

[Alex]

My heart goes out to you Crystal x

 

Beautiful Fred, the brightest shining star in the sky.   xx

 

 

[Shirley Robinson]

SO SORRY TO HEAR OF YOUR LOSS OF YOUR FUR BABY. JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES AND KNOW HE WILL BE WATCHING OVER YOU ALWAYS TILL YOU MEET AGAIN MY FRIEND. MY MOST RECENT WAS JUST AFTER EASTER, MY GOLDIE PASSED AWAY SO I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. GOD BLESS.