in_memory_of_a_good_dog pipedream goldie 2 september 1996- 26 september 2003 who loved sofas, 'under the sea', walks and baths, and was a fighter to the very end. a bowl has never looked so lonesome before. 030927 ... oldephebe oh god pd really sorry to hear 'bout your loss..it's really tough losing a pet..i'd like to believe that one day you'll be joined or reunited with her essence..here's hoping you feel better in time..(god that was lame!!..no sparkling streams today pipedream..i do feel really bad about you losing a cherished friend..much more than a pet..or convenient source of distraction..or emotional surrogate..dogs are incredibly emotional beings..i love bonding with a dog and then just sitting silently communing with him/her..as long as they don't mind..dogs can read me pretty well so they know i'm harmless and that i'm really sincere..love that connection to an atavistic..primeval widsom.. like i said i've always believed that we'll be reunited with our cherished four legged friends on a different plane..but we'll know them and they'll know us..and it'll be awesome.. later ... 030927 ... pipedream d'you think so? i know that i'd be thrilled to bits to see her grin at me through the study window...but for now we're coping with what to do with an empty collar and an empty kennel, and nobody trotting up to stick her head in the car window when we come home. its quite terrible, but we're coping. thank you for your concern; isn't it great the way blatheskites rally 'round? means a lot..means a lot *smiles a small smile* 030928 ... sans nom i started to type a memory of my old dog siraP how i miss her blue_eyes what a good bear dog she was how everyone loved her how sad i was to come home how i knew something was wrong how it stabbed at my heart to find her in the spot she had chosen in the woods how i brought her inside instead where she lay on the floor where i found her in the earliest hours of morning having fallen asleep beside her watching her body move with breath seeing it motionless when my eyes opened and how i cried no! how blessed to have known her. how the pups prolly miss her. heartfelt condolences pipedream 030928 ... pipedream i wasn't there when she died...i was having dinner with my friends, going to a play...she died in dad's hands, and i wasn't even there to say goodbye..i think it's better this way, this way my last memories of her won't include her limp body. she was such a brave doggie, she was trying to stand up even at the very end...the house is very empty, all of a sudden. 030928 what's it to you? who go blather from