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Have I posted this? Hope not!

Here’s Angus with my great grandmother Hill.

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M5, ZM 21/2.8


At the Flatbush Frolic (fave t shirt)
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M-D 262/ZM 35/2

Washington Square
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Ditto
 
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The most difficult photos I've ever taken. Ten minutes after she was put to sleep. Still not sure I should have taken them, but I gambled on it being a lot easier to destroy the negatives than later wishing I had them.
 
Michael Markey said:
I`m so sorry to hear that ….
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Thanks Michael.

:(

This afternoon I felt a bit weird and upset that I shared the photo, so decided to delete it. Probably should have kept it private. It's hard to understand how to deal with her images at the moment. A lot of advice seems to be to print and view them as part of the grieving process, but it's still really hard. My mind's a mess. Sorry.
 
FujiLove said:
Thanks Michael.

:(

This afternoon I felt a bit weird and upset that I shared the photo, so decided to delete it. Probably should have kept it private. It's hard to understand how to deal with her images at the moment. A lot of advice seems to be to print and view them as part of the grieving process, but it's still really hard. My mind's a mess. Sorry.
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Your decision and your grief take precedence. But you made a beautiful portrait of a precious being, and it was a gift I am sorry no longer to see I speak as one who has posted here on RFF a double portrait of my mother 5 minutes dead with my brother the Zen monk saying the Buddhist prayers for the departed over her.

Take care.
 
Everyone grieves in their own way, don't let people tell you how to you "must" do so. Follow your feelings.

I have had four dogs put to sleep in the last decade and for the last three of those I documented the procedure, but have not yet had the fortitude to look at the negs. When the time is right, I know where they are. For now, it's still too raw to see any of the dogs in death -- I still can only handle seeing the happy times. There are no rules for how to mourn.



FujiLove said:
Thanks Michael.

:(

This afternoon I felt a bit weird and upset that I shared the photo, so decided to delete it. Probably should have kept it private. It's hard to understand how to deal with her images at the moment. A lot of advice seems to be to print and view them as part of the grieving process, but it's still really hard. My mind's a mess. Sorry.
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rhl-oregon said:
Your decision and your grief take precedence. But you made a beautiful portrait of a precious being, and it was a gift I am sorry no longer to see I speak as one who has posted here on RFF a double portrait of my mother 5 minutes dead with my brother the Zen monk saying the Buddhist prayers for the departed over her.

Take care.
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Papercut said:
Everyone grieves in their own way, don't let people tell you how to you "must" do so. Follow your feelings.

I have had four dogs put to sleep in the last decade and for the last three of those I documented the procedure, but have not yet had the fortitude to look at the negs. When the time is right, I know where they are. For now, it's still too raw to see any of the dogs in death -- I still can only handle seeing the happy times. There are no rules for how to mourn.
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Thank you both. I really appreciate the replies.

It's comforting to discuss these matters with people who have gone through the same events and can appreciate how tough it is. I've had to deal with a couple of people lately who have insinuated, "it's just a dog", which makes things even harder to deal with.
 
FujiLove said:
Thank you both. I really appreciate the replies.

It's comforting to discuss these matters with people who have gone through the same events and can appreciate how tough it is. I've had to deal with a couple of people lately who have insinuated, "it's just a dog", which makes things even harder to deal with.
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Dogs are perhaps the only creatures capable of unconditional love, something which comes more naturally to them than it does to most humans. No one who has ever been on the receiving end of that love has ever thought “ it’s just a dog”.
Sorry for your loss, it’s rough. At some point in the future a new puppy can help. It won’t replace, but it can help, even if it might not seem so right now.
Best wishes.
 
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