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Mateo....my heart.

CeeCee

Well-Known Member
I continue to cry for you and your loss, my love. I'm hoping each day it gets just a little less devastating.
 

danielleconn

Well-Known Member
I am so very sorry...this brought me to tears...gone way to young. Love to you and your heart. And love to Mateo....
 

fila4me

Well-Known Member
Oh my God, I am so sorry! My heart just breaks for you. I wish I could say some magic words of comfort. Many hugs and prayers xo

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Lisa Drew

Member
Sadly, I know your pain :( We lost our boy two weeks ago and I am still trying to function without him each day. I am so sorry you lost your fur baby and my heart goes out to you.
 

Andymastiff

Active Member
It hurts it hurts it hurts
I am so sorry for your loss, it brings tears to my eyes to see this, I understand the love you have for him, I hope time gives you some peace, sending love and Prayers.



My boy, Mateo is gone...my heart.

And my tears won't stop

Mateo started having seizures the night before last. They continued and increased with intensity, some right after another. In between, he would pace and pace and pant and pant...he could not settle.

And he never came back to himself. Mateo was lost, somewhere

At the vet's office, he had another seizure. And then another, right after...this last one...he was never able to release from

My boy is gone and

The tears won't stop

It hurts it hurts it hurts

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NYDDB

Well-Known Member
Thank you all so very much for your kind words. Losing my boy has / is an incredibly difficult experience....he was my heart, so embedded in me that his absence has left a void of emptiness, sadness that is difficult to overcome. The pain is sometimes rough, raw and ragged... and sometimes a persistent ache...that won't go away.
I know you all understand the love of these dogs is unlike any other....
A few pics (more to follow)---
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NYDDB

Well-Known Member
I want to write so much about Mateo, this pup- this breed- that I have wanted for so long...and I could either write a book, or give up. Words don't do justice to how this boy has changed me, opened me up, and taught me so much about how to live with and become a much better....person, let alone dog/mastiff owner.

We had our struggles- (age 10 months -18 months was a huge learning curve for me- ha!)- but I stepped up my game and learned how to work with my big boy in how to deflect dog aggression that seemed to always be in his face, on a daily basis in this city... Not an easy thing! But we became a team..and eventually in sync in our communication...I could read him, and he, me. And it became second nature....

But, mostly, he was a big ol' sweet lump of sugar..a stubborn, funny, happy boy, who loved mud, snow, water, piles of dirt, mud...did I mention mud? :)

He was gentle. Patient. Never destroyed the home. He was not food obsessed; I usually had to call him over to eat. Never had an accident in the home after housebreaking. Rarely barked; very quiet Dogue.
Allowed me and vets to handle him when he was in pain. Never once growled at, or challenged me in any way. Good with children and dogs he was familiar with. Never complained...about anything.
Overall, an easy-going , loving, boy that would make me laugh on a daily basis...and yet turn on the watchful, protective mode when out at night and/or when circumstances demanded it. That. That is, to me, perfection...

How did I get so lucky?

And when the does the agonizing pain of his loss go away...?
 

marke

Well-Known Member
How did I get so lucky?

And when the does the agonizing pain of his loss go away...
?

myself i'm confident i'm seeing all mine again .......... Mateo was pretty lucky himself for the short time he was here ............ if you got it in you , I would say do it again , it'd obviously be another lucky dog .......... if you could have mateo again but you knew the outcome would be the same , would you do it again ? myself I would and have many times over ......
 

NYDDB

Well-Known Member
myself i'm confident i'm seeing all mine again .......... Mateo was pretty lucky himself for the short time he was here ............ if you got it in you , I would say do it again , it'd obviously be another lucky dog .......... if you could have mateo again but you knew the outcome would be the same , would you do it again ? myself I would and have many times over ......

Thanks, marke. And, YES YES YES I would do it all over again, no question. I wouldn't trade a moment.... I know I will be with him again, in some other realm, no doubt.

And when the time is right, the only new pup/dog I have my heart on would be another DDB... I have fallen hard for these sweet, powerful beasts...
 

glen

Super Moderator
Staff member
Omg I'm so so sorry and so sad you and that beautiful boy have been on here since I joined he's been many of my conversations and his pics have been shown to many..my heart goes out to you.rip mateo you were a very special boy and he will always be remembered.
 

trevordj

Well-Known Member
I love all the pictures you have posted. I was trying to include one in my reply that I could say was my favorite, but they all are. They capture what a sweet character the dog is. Thank you for sharing them with us. He is a special boy. I am, again, so sorry for you loss. Take the time you need and then share that love with another dog when you are ready.
 

Yamizuma

Well-Known Member
A wise person once told me that going through grief is like being on the Ocean of emotion. At first, the seas are very rough, pitching you about and making you feel like you can hardly breathe, like it will never end. With time, and as we get to know that ocean, we can hope for the terrible storm to turn to rain. One day, with time and love, we get to stand on the shore and watch the waves gently lap the shore in all its immense beauty.

I don't think grief over such profound loses ever fully goes completely still, nor should it. It shapes us into who we truly are, and informs our souls of what is really important in our time on this mudball called Earth.

Your beautiful boy touched so many hearts, and made us all better for his light.

I wish you a gentle journey through grief at his passing from this life.


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