I am so sorry to hear about your loss.((((hugs)))) to you and Bailey. I know how much this hurts and it will hurt forever, but there will come a day when it does not hurt as much and you can smile again when you think about him. There is still a hole in my heart from when my Golden Retriever was in a hit and run. I thought I would never love again, but in time it came. I do believe that Bailey is looking for Coffey, and he too will mourn the loss of Coffey. This is exactly the place to "ramble and vent" we are all here to lend a shoulder. Many of us have mourned the loss of a loved pet at sometime, and would like to be here for you now. So anytime you need someone to listen come on in.

It was so nice of your dad to do that for you!

I am very sorry to hear about Coffey and I know you all will miss him. My thoughts are with you.

That's a very sad story and you have my deepest sympathy. And you have a fantastic dad.

I am so sorry for your loss. I know you and Bailey (and your fiance, too) miss him very much.

I am so sorry. I know how sad it is to lose a member of the family. Vent all you want.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. I know you are upset with the driver, but if there was no obvious injury, it is possible they never knew they had hit your pet. I like to think most people would have stopped.
Your dad sounds like a great person, I like that he went to such an effort.

I am sorry for your loss. It is SO hard to lose them when they are young like that.

Thank you all so much for your support! I am still very upset about Coffey and Bailey still shows signs of sadness too, but we are just taking it one day at a time and slowly getting better. It will take a long time for us to get over this, but I know someday we will, however, we will never ever forget him!

Again, thank you to everyone! It means so much! :)

i am sorry for your loss. i lost my Choc lab last night the same way. i let him and our black lab out after dinner to play in the back yard. he got out and got around front, usually this is no big deal because he will stay on/around the front porch and not go near the road. last night he must have chased soemthing, because he was 150 yards down the road from the house where we found him. whoever hit him did not even hit the brakes until AFTER they hit him, so i know they realized what happened, but i cannot understand why they did not stop at the house to see if he was ours, our house is the ONLY one close to where it happened. instead we had to look for him for over 2 hours before we found him.

i don't know what was harder, burying my best friend, or telling my 3 year old daugher and 16 year old son about it. all i heard from Hailey was "i want my Hoochie Poochie" and "when will Hooch come back from heaven to see us?" my son had been really close to Hooch the last year or so, when he was here they were constantly together.

first of all, i am so sorry for your loss and wow, what a dad you have!!

secondly, i'll start by saying that you can NEVER "replace" coffey. each pet brings with it that special something that makes it an individual so i'm not suggesting that you "replace" him but...

since you and your bailey miss him so much, maybe you might want to think about adding another dog. go to your local shelter, take bailey with you...there is a dog there just waiting to pick you out.

oh, you won't pick the dog, the dog will pick you. you would be amazed at how your spirits can be lifted by rescuing a dog whose fate, otherwise, is anything but happy. :)

Davidandkasie~ I am SO sorry for your loss... Trust me, I feel your & your kid's pain!

I can't believe ppl! I know it would kill me to knock on someone's door & tell them I just hit their pet, but I would do it b/c that's the right thing to do! I can't believe how some ppl are so careless about other ppl's feelings.

That was something I was/am thankful for (if it's possible to be thankful in a time like this)... that I didn't have to go search for my dog and that I found him... I can't imagine not being able to find a pet & not knowing what happened to it, having that tiny bit of hope that it would one day return. I was also glad I could be there w/ him when he took his last breath.

That had to be difficult telling your kids about it... I'm glad I didn't have to worry about that (no kids yet). I'm so sorry for them, b/c I'm sure the little one doesn't completely understand about death and it's probably really confusing that one minute he's there, then the next he's gone... and the older one, I know how he feels, Coffey had became my constant companion and slept in the bed w/ me every night when my fiance was gone & was there every morning when I woke up and was constantly at my feet following me around, so, I understand, it's hard to lose something that had always been there.

I guess that saying is true: "You never really realize what you've got until it's gone."

Good luck dealing w/ this! *RIP Hooch*

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Ninapearl~ Thank you for your condolences, and yes, my Dad is something else!

I know that I can't ever replace Coffey, he was definitly one of a kind. Bailey & I do still miss Coffey very much, but I can see improvement in each of us. It will just take time. And, although eventually I will probably want to get another "little brother or sister" for Bailey, I just feel like it's too soon overall. I'm afraid Bailey might not adapt well since it's only been 1 1/2 weeks since Coffey's death and I'm afraid that I might expect too much out of a new dog, so I just feel like now isn't the time. I will know when the time is right. Also, my fiance & I & Bailey will be moving soon and I honestly don't know if I would have the time to train a puppy right now.

I have, however, thought about going to a shelter for a puppy. This has made me angry though, looking @ PetFinder.com... We had a special puppy that was WANTED and in a good and loving home and he had to be taken from us, same goes for Davidandkasie, and then, there are all of these dogs out there that are neglected or abused and just plain UNWANTED and just sitting there. It is so unfair how the world works! (Not that I am wishing death on any animal, but it just doesn't seem right how that works out.)

Anyway, I'll get off my soap box now. Thank you again for all of your sweet condolences! :)

I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my 8yr old Doberman 3 weeks ago. I feel your pain.