the rainbow bridge - Page 2

thank you all for your kind comments.  i hope to travel down there again soon pack i relly enjoy your company.

my family was worried about me going alone to put my boy to sleep so i had a friend come with me this friend has only known me and the dog for 2 weeks he cried more than i did :p it ended up i was comforting him insted of the other way around. but i got alot of my crying for my boy out when he was diagnosed because i knew the outcome. and i know my decision was the best for him because his body would have just detereated untill he was nothing. looking at my boy you could not tell he was sick at all he looked healthy as all shiny coat bright eyes god do working line shepherds lie. the moment you felt his neck you could feel the 2 almost softball size lymph nodes under his chin but you would have never known   

Wow, that is one gorgeous boy.  I know a little part of me dies with them even knowing they had the best care possible....still so hard.  I am so sorry.  Here is a poem I wrote:

WHAT DO YOU SAY

What do you say
When a best friend dies
What do you say
When you don't know why

Death part of life
We know to be true
A best friend's death
Takes a part of you

We live all of us
On borrowed Time
Tomorrow promised to no one
Even those in their prime

We must rejoice in the gift
that friendship brought
No matter how brief
and the lessons they taught

For our pain in every  way
truly is a measure
Of the gift their life brought
And the memories treasured

Focus not on the loss
But what was gained
The greater the gift
The greater the pain

Hold on the memories
Remember the love
When a love is true
Forever isn't enough

We must suffer
So their suffering can end
What do you say...
When you lose your best friend ?

Sorry, RIP beautiful boy.

The intense pain does go away slowly.  We always have the great memories.  I have lost two males in the past 2 years and a day doesn't go by that I don't dream of them at night or think of them during the day.  My female is so lonely now.  Hope the third is a charm and we get to be together for years to come...

GO NOW BEAUTIFUL BOY, LIGHT YOUR LIGHT. REST IN PECEFUL SLEEP. I KNOW YOU WILL BE MORE THAN MISSED, AS YOU WERE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG COMPANION AND PROTECTOR. SIANTHA I AM SO SAD FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL BOY. I CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN, I HAVE LOVED AND LOST MY FAITHFUL COMPANION ALSO. I HELD HER IN MY ARMS AS THE VET GAVE HER THE LAST INJECTION SHE EVER GOT. HELD HER IN MY ARMS TILL HER LAST BREATH. HELD HER IN MY ARMS ALL THE WAY HOME FROM THE VETS OFFICE.I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER STOP CRYING OR GET OVER LOSING HER. 

God bless you....I'm so sorry for your loss, the loss of such a handsome boy! It's true, they're with us for too short a time. jackie harris