for all that have a lost a gsd - Page 4

Thanks Kellbem4, I cant see the keys ,,,,,,I have been blessed with so many of my first girls progheny and they are all so super , I could write for days all the funny stories ,and memories that lay out on the hill , under the trees,,,,,,,at night I sit on th deck or front porch and listen to the night sounds here in the piney woods,   all by myself and the kids playing with all of your kids at

Rainbow Bridge........Austin, Demi, Yap, Konig, Zu, Bozo, Thor, Bali, Zesch, and Gator....  my Cocker spaniel   Duchess and Freckles, and Blackberry,

Marion      DId you get in touch with TerrI Gimpel  yet????????

This thread is difficult to read.  A friend sent me that poem when Reno was ill, and I cannot help by cry everytime I try to read it.  Losing these special dogs is just heartbreaking and months later it still hurts.  I wish that there was something that can be said to help make you feel better, but I have not found it yet.  Just know that you are not alone, and we all can share a good cry with you.  Blitzen, I sure hope they are waiting for us, because there is nothing I would like more than to see Reno again, healthy and happy running around with her stuffed bunny.    Marion, how lucky that you got to spend the last moments with Odax before he died.  It still breaks my heart that Reno died alone while I was at a local dog show.  I must have missed the signs that it was her time, or maybe she knew I was unable to let her go and figured she would go quietly in her sleep.    Even at the end, she still was taking care of me.  I hope I find another like her someday.

Cheryl

thank you so much for sharing that beautiful poem.

we lost our long-coat male, marley,  on 8th february this year.  he was 3 and a half, fit and healthy yet passed away under anaesthetic during routine x-rays.  nothing can prepare you for losing your dog and it takes an awful long time for the pain to ease, but in time it does.  i still have days where i burst in tears after seeing something to remind me of him or going somewhere we used to go together.  but now i can also smile when i remember the times we had together.

it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all!

Have no doubt it your mind, Cheryl, Reno is there fit as a fiddle with all the rest of the good boys and girls who have gone on ahead of us.

We are blessed to have had such special relationships with our dogs. I've owned a lot of dogs over the years, I think I counted about 40, 45 including the returns, the adoptees, and the boarders whose owners never returned for them. I loved them all, but there's something about a GSD that makes them more special. I loved what Sparrow said - they can see into our souls -  damn them!

To be honest, I haven't been able to read this entire poem either.  I think I'd like to have a nice glass of wine right now.