Posted on 05/21/2007 7:23:48 PM PDT by uglybiker
And you are right, God did place animals on Earth for a purpose. Horses, dogs, cats, and the like were put here to give us company. Unfortunately, their time here on Earth is brief and that causes us to mourn so much when they depart.
I think you are wrong though about the Bible. I recently went through a book that lists the many references in the Bible about our companion animals. Unfortunately, not being terribly familiar with the Bible, I could not follow it. Suffice it to say that it contains many, many references to animals having an afterlife.
I have a new book which I think I can understand, though. It's titled "Animals and the Afterlife: True Stories of our Best Friends' Journey Beyond Death" by Kim Sheridan. It's a big book (410 pages) but that's what I wanted.
Again, I am so sorry to learn of the passing of Buddy. I too lost my friend of 16 years last year and I know the hurt that you are feeling.
OP
You gave him a wonderful home and you've got a whole lot of love in you left.
So not today, but in the future, you can and should adopt another little Buddy who needs you as much as he did. I've a feeling that's what HE would want..for you and some poor unloved dog out there, who would be luckiest dog in Arizona to have you for his own..
sw
I am happy that Buddy found his way into your life and you had wonderful times together.
Take Care,
deadhead
To each and every one of you, thank you.Your condolences have done much to ease the heaviness I have felt since yesterday morning.
This is by no means the first time I've gone through this, and certainly will not be the last. Although this is the first time I have been moved to write about it. It never seems to get any easier. But any grief I feel now pales in comparisom to the joy I felt while for the years my best friend was with me. I also have three feline best friends here to keep me company. They miss him, too. One is seventeen now and I have to prepare myself for when her time comes. If there is one grain of truth to the Rainbow Bridge story, when my time comes, I'm gonna get mobbed! All the more reason to try and make it there.
I knew y'all would understand. ;-)
See the post right after yours. ;-)
You’re welcome, and thanks again for sharing your dog’s life with us.
Same here.
Thanks for writing uglybiker. I’m glad you have other pets, I believe it helps.
We love them and lose them and it hurts for a long while, I too am hoping we ‘see them again’. Regards.
Hang tight bud.
Was thinking about how you were holding up earlier today.
My wife and I adopted two wonderful dogs, if you want the name of the organizations for future reference, please contact me via Freepmail.One was a pup of a woman breeding who snapped and decided she couldn't handle another litter.
The other was from a family who lost their home in Rita and dropped her off at a Lab rescue shelter because they couldn't take her :-(
They are great dogs that would have been put down otherwise.
Take care, I felt so bad for you, brought tears to me eyes thinking of my previous losses
Dog are so very special.
i haven’t had a pet die since i was a teenager, so i am dreading it and stories like your’s just break my heart. I had a jack russell terrier who bit the little girl across the street and so i had to get rid of him, that was about 5-6 years back. even though it was giving him to someone that i knew and trusted, i bawled my head off for about a week or two. I currently have two cavalier king charles spaniels, a 4 year old and an 8 mo. old and i can’t even envision life without them, but i know, like you, it will happen to me too.
dogs are special and so are dogpeople. you always know that dogpeople will understand these feelings and be empathetic. i personally feel there is something very wrong with people who don’t like dogs : )
Sucks.
There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie -- Perfect passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart for a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find -- it's your own affair -- But . . . you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will, With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!) When the spirit hat answered your every mood Is gone -- wherever it goes -- for good, You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart to a dog to tear. We've sorrow enough in the natural way, When it comes to burying Christian clay. Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent. Though it is not always the case, I believe, That the longer we've kept'em, the more do we grieve; For, when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-time loan is as bad as a long -- So why in -- Heaven (before we are there) Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?
Lovely post. Just picture them in a few weeks!! Fun, fun, fun!
Alright, I have to sign off, if my wife comes in here I'll have to make up a story about my allergies.
Prayers for you and Buddy.
All Dogs Go To Heaven
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