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So sorry Dawn to hear of you and your familys loss .......What a great age though .....Run and be young again Cola :huggles:

 

[imperative]

for times like these I like to read the following -sometimes it gives a measure of comfort to those

who have had an old one pass on -

If you ever love an animal, there are three days in your life you will

always remember...

The first is a day, blessed with happiness, when you bring home your

young new friend. You may have spent weeks deciding on a breed. You may

have asked numerous opinions of many vets, or done long research in

finding a breeder. Or, perhaps in a fleeting moment, you may have just

chosen that silly looking mutt in a shelter--simple because something in

its eyes reached your heart. But when you bring that chosen pet home,

and watch it explore, and claim its special place in your hall or front

room--and when you feel it brush against you for the first time--it

instills a feeling of pure love you will carry with you through the many

years to come.

The second day will occur eight or nine or ten years later. It will be a

day like any other. Routine and unexceptional. But, for a surprising

instant, you will look at your longtime friend and see age where you

once saw youth. You will see slow deliberate steps where you once saw

energy. And you will see sleep where you once saw activity. So you will

begin to adjust your friend's diet--and you may add a pill or two to her

food. And you may feel a growing fear deep within yourself, which bodes

of a coming emptiness. And you will feel this uneasy feeling, on and

off, until the third day finally arrives.

And on this day--if your friend and God have not decided for you, then

you will be faced with making a decision of your own--on behalf of your

lifelong friend, and with the guidance of your own deepest Spirit. But

whichever way your friend eventually leaves you---you will feel as alone

as a single star in the dark night.

If you are wise, you will let the tears flow as freely and as often as

they must. And if you are typical, you will find that not many in your

circle of family or friends will be able to understand your grief, or

comfort you.

But if you are true to the love of the pet you cherished through the

many joy-filled years, you may find that a soul--a bit smaller in size

than your own---seems to walk with you, at times, during the lonely days

to come.

And at moments when you least expect anything our of the ordinary to

happen, you may feel something brush against your leg--very very

lightly.

And looking down at the place where your dear, perhaps dearest, friend

used to lay---you will remember those three significant days. The memory

will most likely be painful, and leave an ache in your heart---As time

passes the ache will come and go as it has a life of its own. You will

both reject it and embrace it, and it may confuse you. If you reject it,

it will depress you. If you embrace it, it will deepen you. Either way,

it will still be an ache.

But there will be, I assure you, a fourth day when---along with the

memory of your pet---and piercing through the heaviness in your

heart---there will come a realization that belongs only to you. It will

be as unique and strong as our relationship with each animal we have

loved, and lost. This realization takes the form of a Living Love---like

the heavenly scent of a rose that remains after the petals have wilted,

this Love will remain and grow--and be there for us to remember. It is a

love we have earned. It is the legacy our pets leave us when they go.

And it is a gift we may keep with us as long as we live. It is a Love

which is ours alone. And until we ourselves leave, perhaps to join our

Beloved Pets--it is a Love that we will always possess.

-Written by Martin Scot Kosins,

Author of "Maya's First Rose"

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So sorry to hear this sad news about cola The pain that not everyone can understand or even imagine.

I love this poem(above) and think its something we can all look at and smile.

Some years ago a friend sent me these words.

A true test of how special you are is this:

"When we are born ,we cry as the first of the air around us reaches our new lungs,pups are the same.Everyone around at the time of birth is smiling whilst we cry away.

When we die everyone is crying and we (dogs inc) smile at the love we have accrued".

Run free little one!

 

[doris]

sad news, RIP little Cola dog

lovely words from both of you :huggles:

for times like these I like to read the following -sometimes it gives a measure of comfort to those

who have had an old one pass on -

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"When we are born ,we cry as the first of the air around us reaches our new lungs,pups are the same.Everyone around at the time of birth is smiling whilst we cry away.When we die everyone is crying and we (dogs inc) smile at the love we have accrued".

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[whippetmad]

i,m still finding it upsetting i was calling him today :b ,its so hard.i know i still got my other dashie(Max)but i still think he still here.

 

[GreyKnight]

Sorry to hear about Cola, what a life he had for a doggie! 112 years old, my goodness...

Believe me I know how you feel...

Rest in peace Cola.

 

[jeanyg]

When i had to have my lurcher pts...a couple of weeks later I went to buy hide bones and actually picked one up for him along with my other 3...I kept counting the dogs in and out of the house...I even went into the garden calling him...it does get easier.

He has been gone 10 months (yesterday)...I have lovely memories of him...and a couple of days ago something jogged my memory about him.....I welled up.

He was 18 months old and very poorly and I made the decision to free him of his pain.

I feel very honoured to have had him in my life and to have helped him into the next...........................

I hope some of this will help you

 

[whippetmad]

When i had to have my lurcher pts...a couple of weeks later I went to buy hide bones and actually picked one up for him along with my other 3...I kept counting the dogs in and out of the house...I even went into the garden calling him...it does get easier.He has been gone 10 months (yesterday)...I have lovely memories of him...and a couple of days ago something jogged my memory about him.....I welled up.

He was 18 months old and very poorly and I made the decision to free him of his pain.

I feel very honoured to have had him in my life and to have helped him into the next...........................

I hope some of this will help you

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i,m very sorry about your lurcher,so young too.

its like losing a best freind if not more

 

[JAX]

R I P COLA

my thoughts are with you all Dawn

 

[~elizabeth~]

i,m still finding it upsetting   i was calling him today :b ,its so hard.i know i still got my other dashie(Max)but i still think he still here.

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So sorry to hear of your loss. He looked a lovely little chap :wub: I lost a little terrier to a similar problem when she was 13, I kept waking up each morning and expecting to see her. 16 was a wonderful age. :huggles:

 

[~Sarah~]

So sorry to hear your sad news.

RIP Cola. :huggles:

 

[Nicola]

Sorry to hear about Cola. What a good age though!

It's not the same without the oldies is it? They leave such a large hole when they go, because they've been part of our lives for such a long time.

RIP Cola :huggles:

 

[whippetmad]

Pop back to the vets today,to collect his bed

 

[shane]

So very sorry

 

[whippetmad]

Though it would be nice to put Max on here as you know he was going to be consider to put to sleep if i did'nt have him

 

[Hilary & Hounds]

Max :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

[Janimal]

Aww little Max - hes so :wub:

 

[Evie]

:wub:

The little sweetie. He was lucky to have lived in such a loving home and I'm sure you feel lucky to have known him to.