grieving our pets

cinnamongrrl · 02-05-2013, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LeftWriteFemme

So sorry for your loss...I know it's hard...even time can't heal some hurts...it just dulls it so we can go on...

femmeInterrupted · 02-05-2013, 09:13 PM

I'm currently loving the heck out my 6 year old Newfoundlander, named Piper. I adore her! It's my first Newfie, such a spectacular breed. Truly loving, magnificent creatures

This thread made me think of the Lord Byron poem, written for his dog when he passed, also a Newf.

Epitaph to a Dog

Lord Byron

Near this Spot
are deposited the Remains of one
who possessed Beauty without Vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without Ferosity,
and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.

This praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
if inscribed over human Ashes,
is but a just tribute to the Memory of
BOATSWAIN, a DOG,
who was born in Newfoundland May 1803
and died at Newstead Nov. 18, 1808.

When some proud Son of Man returns to Earth,
Unknown to Glory, but upheld by Birth,
The sculptor’s art exhausts the pomp of woe,
And storied urns record who rests below.
When all is done, upon the Tomb is seen,
Not what he was, but what he should have been.
But the poor Dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his Master’s own,
Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone,
Unhonoured falls, unnoticed all his worth,
Denied in heaven the Soul he held on earth –
While man, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven.

Oh man! thou feeble tenant of an hour,
Debased by slavery, or corrupt by power –
Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust,
Degraded mass of animated dust!
Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a cheat,
Thy tongue hypocrisy, thy heart deceit!
By nature vile, ennobled but by name,
Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame.
Ye, who behold perchance this simple urn,
Pass on – it honors none you wish to mourn.
To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise;
I never knew but one -- and here he lies.

~ocean · 02-05-2013, 09:21 PM

ty for sharing (((( femme ))))

Soft*Silver · 02-06-2013, 12:38 AM

oh Left....I am so sorry for your loss! I can still remember the deep sorrow over losing my girl I started this thread for. I still miss her. Once they are part of us, they never truly leave us when they are gone from this earth. They simply wait for us on that other side.

That might not comfort you at the moment, but know we love you and hold you in our cerebral and spiritual embrace.

femmeInterrupted · 02-13-2013, 02:18 PM

Just found a picture of my Newf, and remembered having recently contributed to this thread.

Just sharin' some Newfie love

Hollylane · 04-19-2013, 10:41 AM

Today Gaige lost her little dog, Holly, and my heart goes out to her. Gaige rescued Holly, and gave her more years of love, health and happiness than she could have gotten anywhere else.

I truly wish that I could be there today, to give my strong butch a much needed hug.

Bard · 04-19-2013, 10:55 AM

When Desd and I got home from the reunion the wonderful guy that was pet-sitting for our babies, Phoebe Gracie Juliet and Jasmine, was worried our older Cat Jasmine was not doing well she had been her normal sweet self the day before but now just laying in her bed.. Jas was 17 years old had a kidney disease and her time had come so I sat with her let her know mama was home and I loved her I called Goose and goose said good by to her and Jasmine drifted off to a better place.. I miss my sweet monkey butt cat she was with me through all the tough times my confidant a loving sweet baby.. I miss her every day

Gaige · 04-19-2013, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollylane

Today Gaige lost her little dog, Holly, and my heart goes out to her. Gaige rescued Holly, and gave her more years of love, health and happiness than she could have gotten anywhere else.

I truly wish that I could be there today, to give my strong butch a much needed hug.

Thank you Hollylane. <3

VintageFemme · 04-19-2013, 11:15 AM

Not a day goes by that I don't love & miss my Charly Brown. We were together over fifteen years and it will be two years this August that he left this world. I still don't know how to 'be' without him and I'm kind of thinking I never will.

Bard · 04-19-2013, 11:28 AM

Jasmine

Soft*Silver · 04-19-2013, 04:44 PM

I was so moved by this thread today. I hear so much of what people do to hurt each other...its so nice to hear of how we restore ourselves thru our pets.

I see another newf lover is on this site. I have had newfs for the past two decades. I love my newfs and only adopt senior ones. I like them 7 years or older. These are hard to place by the rescues. No one wants to get invested and then lose them quickly...but I have never regretted any day I spent with my newfs and think the ones I have with them far outweigh the days I missed with them.

My old guy is 11 years old..he is a bronze newf, Bourbon. You can tell how old he is by the way he rises up, or how he coughs But not by how he licks my face or body slams me when i walk in the door. I cant imagine him not being in a home where he gets to be someone's special Someone.

For all of you who have recently lost a pet, I am so sorry. They opened your heart and now that they are gone, it feels empty..but thats not true at all. Once a heart is opened to love, its there to love again...when time is right, let another one find a place there.....

02-05-2013, 09:13 PM	#2
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04-19-2013, 10:55 AM	#7
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SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,894 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	I was so moved by this thread today. I hear so much of what people do to hurt each other...its so nice to hear of how we restore ourselves thru our pets. I see another newf lover is on this site. I have had newfs for the past two decades. I love my newfs and only adopt senior ones. I like them 7 years or older. These are hard to place by the rescues. No one wants to get invested and then lose them quickly...but I have never regretted any day I spent with my newfs and think the ones I have with them far outweigh the days I missed with them. My old guy is 11 years old..he is a bronze newf, Bourbon. You can tell how old he is by the way he rises up, or how he coughs But not by how he licks my face or body slams me when i walk in the door. I cant imagine him not being in a home where he gets to be someone's special Someone. For all of you who have recently lost a pet, I am so sorry. They opened your heart and now that they are gone, it feels empty..but thats not true at all. Once a heart is opened to love, its there to love again...when time is right, let another one find a place there..... __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears