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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
978 Posts
Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
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 Posted - Mar 19 2015 : 06:42:04 AM
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| It is with a heavy heart that I am writing this today. Around noon, we will be helping Henry cross the rainbow bridge. He's 14 or so years old and has been a part of our family for 8 years. We found him in a shelter and decided to make him a part of our family. The decision to have him put down has not been an easy one. I have been contemplating it for months. I knew the time was near last fall when he started having trouble walking. We watch him closely and in the last couple of days he has gone downhill rapidly. He can barely stand to potty - his legs shake so badly. He has to be carried up and down the porch steps to the yard as it causes him great pain to navigate the steps himself. He has a lost look in his eyes and the fire is gone from them. I can't stop crying and he's not even gone yet. Most would say he was a lucky dog to have been rescued from a shelter, but I am the lucky one for finding such a sweet, faithful companion who never left my side even in his last hours. Ending his pain is the last thing I can do for him though I don't want to let him go. My heart aches so much I can hardly stand it. I miss him so much even though he is still right beside me. It doesn't seem real. Thank you, Henry Doodles, for being in the shelter, for staring at me until until I stopped to look at you and most of all for being the best little dog I ever had the joy of knowing. I love you! You will always bee in my heart. You were that 'one' dog who made a difference. That one dog who touched my heart like no other. Grandpa will have a cookie for you on the other side, I'm sure. |
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Aprilla Rain
Farmgirl in Training
20 Posts
April
Fort walton beach
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2015 : 07:07:20 AM
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sending you and your family all the hugs in the world..I know how you feel.
May the Lord hold you tight and comfort you through this difficult time. i will keep you in prayer...
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13953 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
978 Posts
Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
978 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2015 : 11:15:08 AM
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Thanks, ladies. He crossed the rainbow bridge around 12:20 today. The vet gave him 3 shots and it was over. I held his paw until the last beat of his heart. We wrapped him in a warm blanket and brought him home. I chose a burial spot between 2 trees near the garden in the back yard. I can see the spot from the kitchen window. He was laid to rest facing east so the morning sun will shine on his face, but he is well protected from the harsh summer sun. I am going to get a concrete bench to put near the spot and plant some flowers there. I clipped a lock of his hair to put in a locket. What make me even more sad is that today is also the 1 year anniversary of my grandfather's death. I've asked him to look out for Henry and take care of him up there. 
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway" -John Wayne
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Mar 20 2015 : 4:40:50 PM
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So sorry for your loss Lora. You were so good to give him such a warm and loving home.Bless you and your family. Hugs.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Mar 20 2015 : 5:18:27 PM
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Oh, Lora... I'm so, so sorry. SO sorry. Love and hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 21 2015 : 12:37:01 PM
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Lora, I am so sorry for your loss. What a handsome fellow. Thank you for giving him a home and love, I'm sure the love was returned two-fold.
Hugs.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Mar 21 2015 : 9:14:18 PM
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It's so hard to say good-bye to a beloved dog. Henry is waiting across the Rainbow Bridge and you'll see him again someday. Sending you my hugs.
Cindy
"Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free; And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks reach the sea.Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun. and cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done"--Loreena McKennit
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Mar 22 2015 : 08:46:20 AM
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I am trying to be the person my dogs think I am.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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