Happy thought to send a dear companion on a journey please

[labrys 0]

I never been much for asking for "vibes" so I feel a bit awkward right now... I'm leaving home in a few minutes to take my best hiking bud, dinner companion, and late night snuggle bud to the vet for the long sleep she deserves after many, many years of unconditional love.

She's a beagle through and through and I know that in an hour or so she'll be racing through tall grass in hot pursuit of big, fat rabbits after a year of failing health.

If you're up for it, please send thoughts of open fields and running free to a beagle named Ping as she takes her next adventure.

Owned by Remi #?

[rwieder 0]

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If you're up for it, please send thoughts of open fields and running free to a beagle named Ping as she takes her next adventure.

I know your agony. I've been there and done that, but that doesn't make it easier for you. Happy thoughts are with you.

Ping, say hello to Bear Dog when you get there! He's an Aussie, but he loved Beagles. God loves both of you.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[Amazon 7]

[The_Don 0]

Done. Been there.

Run free Ping.

I am NOT being loud.
I'm being enthusiastic!

[LisaH 0]

Happy thoughts sent.
So sorry for your loss.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[Krip 2]

Hi Labrys

Sorry for your loss

Just in case you haven't already this .


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they miss someone very special to them; who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent; the eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

One Jump Wonder

[labrys 0]

Old girl decided she didn't want to go to the vet. Rest you in peace, Pingster, See you on the next set of trails.

Owned by Remi #?

[The_Don 0]

Ping, if you can find them. Could you give a butt sniff & tail wag to Sasha & Saika for me?

Thanks. Good girl.

I am NOT being loud.
I'm being enthusiastic!

[karenmeal 0]

I'm so sorry. There is no question that dogs become valued members of the family. Losing them is a big deal.

We lost our buddy Jonah this past August. He was scheduled to be put down on a Friday afternoon but died at home that same morning in my husband's arms.

"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham

[Amazon 7]

Big ole Bear went away in Aug too. It was time.

[labrys 0]

Last spring at Silverlake.... she didn't care that she couldn't see. She still had her nose :-)

Owned by Remi #?

[BikerBabe 0]

So sorry to hear...i had to let my Leo go in September, and it still hurts. vibes going your way tonight!

a poem that makes me cry and laugh at the same from one of my favorites, Pablo Neruda. Somehow he puts into words perfectly what I cannot...

A Dog Has Died

My dog has died.
I buried him in the garden
next to a rusted old machine.

Some day I'll join him right there,
but now he's gone with his shaggy coat,
his bad manners and his cold nose,
and I, the materialist, who never believed
in any promised heaven in the sky
for any human being,
I believe in a heaven I'll never enter.
Yes, I believe in a heaven for all dogdom
where my dog waits for my arrival
waving his fan-like tail in friendship.

Ai, I'll not speak of sadness here on earth,
of having lost a companion
who was never servile.
His friendship for me, like that of a porcupine
withholding its authority,
was the friendship of a star, aloof,
with no more intimacy than was called for,
with no exaggerations:
he never climbed all over my clothes
filling me full of his hair or his mange,
he never rubbed up against my knee
like other dogs obsessed with sex.

No, my dog used to gaze at me,
paying me the attention I need,
the attention required
to make a vain person like me understand
that, being a dog, he was wasting time,
but, with those eyes so much purer than mine,
he'd keep on gazing at me
with a look that reserved for me alone
all his sweet and shaggy life,
always near me, never troubling me,
and asking nothing.

Ai, how many times have I envied his tail
as we walked together on the shores of the sea
in the lonely winter of Isla Negra
where the wintering birds filled the sky
and my hairy dog was jumping about
full of the voltage of the sea's movement:
my wandering dog, sniffing away
with his golden tail held high,
face to face with the ocean's spray.

Joyful, joyful, joyful,
as only dogs know how to be happy
with only the autonomy
of their shameless spirit.

There are no good-byes for my dog who has died,
and we don't now and never did lie to each other.

So now he's gone and I buried him,
and that's all there is to it.

Translated, from the Spanish, by Alfred Yankauer

Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!