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Old March 4th 06, 03:16 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Hello,
A good friend has to put their dog to sleep soon. It's the right thing
to do, but she is having a real tough time. I remember reading an essay
once about putting a dog to sleep. I believe it's pretty famous- it's
written from the dogs perspective, talking about how the dog has given
and given to the owner, and now they're asking the owner to do what's
necessary and be there when they do it. Does this ring a bell to
anyone? Does anyone happen to have a link to it, or know who wrote it?
I want to say it was a well known author, but I can't remember, and I
cannot locate a copy of it.
Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

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Old March 5th 06, 02:21 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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This is not the essay you are looking for, but it is one of my favorites
pieces about losing a beloved pet. I know your friend's pain all too well.

Lea
www.shepherdrescue.org



Living Love

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 - simply 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 long-time 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 out 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 lie - 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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Old March 6th 06, 04:07 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Thank you- that's a beautiful peice.

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Old March 6th 06, 02:33 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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I think this may be what you're looking for.
http://www.milwinkennel.com/poems/time.html

Bettina & Cheyenne


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Hello,
A good friend has to put their dog to sleep soon. It's the right thing
to do, but she is having a real tough time. I remember reading an essay
once about putting a dog to sleep. I believe it's pretty famous- it's
written from the dogs perspective, talking about how the dog has given
and given to the owner, and now they're asking the owner to do what's
necessary and be there when they do it. Does this ring a bell to
anyone? Does anyone happen to have a link to it, or know who wrote it?
I want to say it was a well known author, but I can't remember, and I
cannot locate a copy of it.
Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks



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Old March 6th 06, 02:36 PM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
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Actually check out this entire site. Some great stuff here.

http://www.milwinkennel.com/poems.html

Cheyenne's Mommy


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Hello,
A good friend has to put their dog to sleep soon. It's the right thing
to do, but she is having a real tough time. I remember reading an essay
once about putting a dog to sleep. I believe it's pretty famous- it's
written from the dogs perspective, talking about how the dog has given
and given to the owner, and now they're asking the owner to do what's
necessary and be there when they do it. Does this ring a bell to
anyone? Does anyone happen to have a link to it, or know who wrote it?
I want to say it was a well known author, but I can't remember, and I
cannot locate a copy of it.
Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks



 




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