Rest Easy Alfalfa…

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
edited November 9 in The Clubhouse
It is with a heavy heart that I post this tonight. This evening, sometime between 830 and 9 o’clock, coyote jumped 2 fences in our yard and got to my precious Alfalfa. In the area that we live, I have never seen an animal capable of doing this. The Hawks we have in our neighborhood don’t fly at night, so we thought an 8 foot fence in a 6 foot fence dog area, he should have been safe…. He was doing his evening business in the yard while my wife and I were getting the kids to bed. We never heard a thing and based on the remains, my dog never knew what was coming. He was an amazing part of our family, he will never be forgotten. God bless you little buddy and thank you for being a great dog.😭😭😭😭

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,006
    Ahhh crap. Really sorry to hear of your family's loss. Never easy losing a furry family member.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    Ah, so sorry to hear this! Our pets are so precious & a loving member of the family. I can't even begin to
    Imagine how I would handle such a tragedy. My heart goes out to you and your family.
    R.I.P. Alfalfa
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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,759
    That's terrible, I'm so sorry for your loss, John.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,130
    I'm so sorry to read this sad news. Losing those little people in fur coats is so heartbreaking. RIP Alfalfa
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,267
    What a horrible thing
    My condolences and RIP Alfalfa
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,410
    edited November 9
    😞😞😞R.I.P.

    Now turn the tables and make your next dog a Cané Corso.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,197
    That’s awful. Sorry for the tragic loss.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    WOW! Condolences to your family.
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  • charley96
    charley96 Posts: 321
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    😞😞😞R.I.P.

    Now turn the tables and make your next dog a Cané Corso.
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    Neighbor has 2 and one of them bit me a few months back, not fun but he didn't do much damage.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    Daggum, John. Of all of the ways to lose a dog, this one ranks among one of the absolute worst. I'm so sorry for your loss. There's really nothing more that I could say, other than, this just sucks.

    Mother nature can be really cruel sometimes.

    Please accept my sincerest condolences to your family. RIP Alfalfa.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,761
    Danged coyotes.
    Very sorry to hear of this.
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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,510
    Terrible!
    Sorry for your loss!
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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,573
    So sorry, John. Alfalfa looks almost exactly like one of my granddogs.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,705
    That's so sad. Feel for you.
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  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,876
    Wow, what a bummer! Sorry for your loss, John! Alfalfa was a cutie!
    Brian

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,629
    RIP our condolences go out to you & your family
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,157
    I’m sorry to hear the loss of your friend.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,145
    So sorry for a tough loss. Take care.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,752
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    Losing a pet is always rough, I can't imagine losing one like you did. RIP Alfalfa 😢
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,260
    This is terrible news. Losing a pet is the worst. Except for gerbils, no big deal. Unless you're @msg .

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  • JCL
    JCL Posts: 145
    Sorry to hear of your loss.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,219
    Thats horrible John, sorry for your loss..
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    Tonight, my wife prepared steak kebabs for my boys and I couldn’t even look at the steak. It made me want to throw up just looking at it. Just a month ago I was the one to discover her father‘s body after he passed away. We didn’t see him for three days And it looked like he suffered a heart attack shortly after we saw him last. Combine all of this with almost $20,000 in sewer line repairs to the house in my ongoing recovery from a surgery and this last three months has been nothing but huge piles of excrement.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,492
    Damn John, I'm sorry to hear about your doggy.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,739
    That is awful news. Sorry John. Sounds like you need a break from bad luck. Hopefully things turn around for you.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 785
    RIP Alfalfa. :'(
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,577
    Sorry to hear John. Coyotes have taken a fair share of my pets so I can relate. I've declared war on them.


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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    That's one awful streak of bad ****, hope things turn around for you soon.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,391
    …. And just today, they put out an alert to our neighborhood to be on the lookout for a pack of 4 or 5 coyotes seen living in a rain channel six blocks from my house… WTF!!! Shouldn’t even be an alert. If they know they are there, put the **** down or trap and relocate them. These animals have attacked kids in the not too distant past.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,155
    so sorry for your loss.
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