Fromax100, I understand what you’re feeling as do many others who have been blessed with a wonderfully long and loving relationship with their very own fur baby. We had an albino tri dap dachshund, who was born deaf from February 1996 till April 15, 2009. She had been abandoned at a Pet Smart, where I was working at for a dog food company as their representative. Someone had taped a note on her stating she was deaf as well as blind in one eye and no good for breeding. Well she came home with me without a second thought. Our 6 year old (first) grandchild named her Rugrat because she loved playing on the rug with her. Rugrat was like our child even though we had 3 sons & one granddaughter. Those four short legs and floppy ears ended up having traveled more miles by car than most humans! Last time we traveled she had accompanied us on over 175,900 miles throughout the USA, Canada and Mexico and then in Europe. Rugrat was truly our baby girl! When my husband and I knew it was time to let her go and not make her hurt, it felt like a major part of our lives & family was gone. I still have her ashes in fact they’re next (to my heart’s only love of 43+ years)my husband’s. I had a dear family friend & pastor tell me that God only loans us his V.I.P. Fur Angels to learn and feel what true unconditional, unending love and loyalty is in the hopes we would share as a tribute and honor the memories of that one who entrusted and filled our hearts with their love and soul! God never tells us how long he is loaning us his treasured angel. God only blesses special humans with them as he knows they will learn to give back to one less fortunate, so another may know what love, kindness and security is! God never makes a mistake and no person nor animal crosses the others path without his preplanning it! God has given you a rare blessing that can help you heal if you just let Maximus in. God doesn’t intend for Maximus to replace only add to love to your life. Maximus knows you’re hurting and he is also as he only wants to comfort you.
God Bless and hold you close and help you let a new love come in to honor Frodo! Dottie