Goodbye my Dear friend - Page 2

4pack, i am so sorry for your loss. god bless.

Hi 4pack i cant express how i felt when i saw you message apart from i know how you feel being a GSD owner and also having lost GSD's before. They are a very special breed who give so much love, I hope the following words help.

Take care.

4 pack, I am so sorry for your loss. looking at your site makes me cry, I have one at home I am terrified to lose. I am so hoping I will have the courage to do what is right by him and not just what I want when the time comes.

4 pack.  I am very sorry for your loss.  Your pictures were beautiful and show how very much Trick was loved.

The Spirit of A German Shepherd Dog (author unknown)

I was standing on a hillside

In a field of blowing wheat

And the spirit of a German Shepherd Dog

Was lying at my feet.

He looked at me with kind dark eyes

An ancient wisdom shining through

And in the essence of his being

I saw love there too.

His mind did lock upon my heart

As I stood there on that day

And he told me of this story

About a place so far away.

I stood upon that hillside

In a field of blowing wheat

And in a twinkling of a second

His spirit left my feet.

His talk did put my heart at ease

My fears did fade away

About what lay ahead of me

On another distant day.

I live among God's creatures now

In the heavens of your mind

So do not grieve for me, my friend

As I am with my kind.

My collar is a rainbow's hue

My leash is a shooting star

My boundries are the Milky Way

Where I sparkle from afar.

There are no pens or kennels here

For I am not confined

But free to roam God's heavens

Among my Shepherd kind.

I nap the day on a snowy cloud

Gentle breezes rocking me

And dream the dreams of earthlings

And how it used to be.

The trees are full of liver treats

And tennis balls abound

And Milkbones line the walkways

Just waiting to be found.

There even is a ring set up

The grass all lush and green

And everyone who gaits around

Becomes the best of Breed.

For we're all winners in this place

We have no faults, you see

And God passes out those ribbons

To each one, even me.

I drink from waters laced with gold

My world a beauty to behold

And wise old dogs do form my pride

To amble at my very side.

At night I sleep in an angel's arms

Her wings protecting me

And moonbeams dance about us

As stardust falls on trees.

So when your life on earth is spent

And you stand at Heaven's gate

Have no fear of lonliness

For here, you know I wait.

4Pack so sorry for your loss.  How well I know that pain................

God Bless you

Claudia and the pack

I can not recite any poems that are as beautiful as the ones above, but everytime I lose a dog friend, I am reminded of a line from the song "Mr. Bo Jangles" by the "Nitty Gritty Dirt Band".  It goes like this:

"He spoke in tears of fifteen years,

how his dog and him, traveled about.

The dog up and died, just up and died,

and after twenty years he still grieved, still grieved."

4Pack, I'm so sorry for you, Iknow how much your heart hurts . Take care, Katie

Nothing I can say except, I'm sorry and I understand how much it hurts.

Dear 4Pack,

I know that pain all too well and it is unbearable. Cry your tears, feel your pain, do what you must to eventually move on.  Even when you think you're getting better some small thing might set you off again.  The pain comes rushing back along with the tears, let them fall.  Your friend is still part of you and it is a long process to finally let go.  You will smile remembering fondly the times you spent together, that will be the beginning of the healing process. I am still grieving my sweet boy, it's been five months and the wound is still fresh but I can think of him now and feel warm knowing I loved him enough to be able to let him go... so young, so much promise... We are all kindred in our love of these precious beings.

Your web site is a beautiful tribute.  Cry, hurt, heal.

Warm regards,

Cindi