# Sad pet news **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044 "2007-01-30T01:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/41 "2007-01-30T21:48:18Z")
I am so sorry twickster. I still tear up when I think of my beloved pet that didn’t make the trip home from the vet with me after thirteen or fourteen years of companionship. Please get a friend to drive, you won’t be able to. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/42 "2007-01-30T22:31:52Z")
Aw, **twicks**. I’m so so so sorry. Nothing is harder to do as a pet owner. It sounds like he had a remarkably long, happy life. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/43 "2007-01-30T22:50:26Z")
[QUOTE=dwyr] ☹ [/QUOTE] Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/44 "2007-01-30T23:06:49Z")
My sympathies regarding your beloved Elvis. Thanks for sharing pictures of him. It’s heart-rending to say goodbye to longtime companion kitties. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/45 "2007-01-30T23:22:33Z")
Another seconds on the ☹ . But at least he had a long life and a peaceful death. And if the picture’s any indication, he had plenty of fun! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/46 "2007-01-30T23:45:06Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [My favorite picture of him.](http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/twickster/?action=view¤t=elvis.jpg) [/QUOTE] Aw, what a sweet boy. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/47 "2007-01-31T01:40:59Z")
twickster, my sympathies. I am facing that situation myself right now. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/48 "2007-01-31T02:14:43Z")
Twickster, what a beautiful kitty. My sympathy on his passing. You gave him a long good life; two decades is as good as it gets for our kitties. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/49 "2007-01-31T02:36:01Z")
My condolances to you. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/50 "2007-01-31T03:14:23Z")
I was thinking about you this morning ((((((twicks))))). I am sorry for you loss. Now I need to go and find some more tissues ☹ ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/51 "2007-01-31T03:51:36Z")
{{{{{{ **twickster** }}}}}}} I was doing OK reading this thread until I looked at the photo of Elvis doing his best to protect his family from the menace of the Evil Toilet Paper Tube. Now I’m crying, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/52 "2007-01-31T04:08:24Z")
I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty. I still cry when I think of my dog that had to be put down a few years ago (rest in peace baby). The pain I felt was unbelievable, and the emotions were uncontrollable. It just goes to show how much love that we have for these animals. Okay, I’m sobbing now. Stupid hormones. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/53 "2007-01-31T04:10:31Z")
Okay I see that everyone is crying. (((((giant group hug)))))) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044/54 "2007-01-31T11:54:37Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I was doing OK reading this thread until I looked at the photo of Elvis doing his best to protect his family from the menace of the Evil Toilet Paper Tube. Now I’m crying, too. [/QUOTE] Okay, this made me smile (as did **Madd Maxx** ’s crack about the sideburns). Not only did he take care of any – and all – marauding ETPT’s he encountered, he also took his other job seriously: when I was working in the garden, his role was to keep an eye out for low-flying aircraft. Good at it? I’ll say – never so much as a close encounter when he was on the job. Damn, this is sad – thanks so much for your sympathy, everyone, I’ve reread every post over and over, it means a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-pet-news/390044.md?page=2)