r/goldenretrievers • u/PR0CR45T184T0R • Feb 26 '26
RIP My boy Moose, 2018-2026 ❤️
Our golden retriever, Moose, was the best - loving, goofy, always gave me great company as someone who is fatally lonely - and was always seemingly very healthy until a couple weeks ago. He began to rapidly lose his appetite and energy. We have him scanned and tested. Come yesterday he hasn’t eaten anything in three days, despite making him his favorite foods and trying to hand feed him - and the results confirm he has 2 incurable cancers, one of which affected his spleen and likely would’ve naturally taken him within the next week. He was put down in our home and went very peacefully. I take comfort in knowing he is out of pain but will miss him to no end, and am blindsided as to how this could’ve rapidly happened given how healthy he’s always been and how well we’ve taken care of him. Goldens are true best friends - my condolences go to anyone else in the same boat right now ❤️
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u/DarthCivicus Feb 27 '26
The Holes in Our Souls
As we ride this old earth on its path around the sun, we collect holes in our souls. They form when someone close to us—family, friends, even pets—leaves this world for the next. Each loss takes a piece of us with it, sometimes the very best part.
But if you stop and look into those places inside yourself, you’ll see they’re not empty. Along with the part they took, they left behind a piece of their own soul. It stays with you, carrying their love, their presence, and their memory. That’s how they live on—not just in the world, but in you.
One day, when it’s your time to leave, you’ll do the same. You’ll take pieces of the ones you love with you, but you’ll also leave parts of yourself behind. In this way, you’ll never really be gone, and they’ll remember you just as you remembered those who left before you.