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Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread

WOW, two dogs almost back to back, that must really tank!

My heart goes out to you and yours. I know you are going through a very hard time right now.
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Mom and Crockett...... I miss you both!

Re: Morgul

Isn't that the funny thing about cats...? They can be soaked and looking all in "disrepair" but they still look regal ;o).

Dogs have owners, cats have staff

dogs don't have owners, they have servants.

Staff are higher in the pecking order than SERVANTS.
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Mom and Crockett...... I miss you both!

Tell that to MY boys, they think THEY are G*d....
Both the Collie, & the Husky......
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Mom and Crockett...... I miss you both!

Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread

I didn't think I'd be adding to this thread so soon after the death of my first Sheltie. Now I have lost my rescue Sheltie Beamer to congestive heart failure. He will be sorely missed. Here is the tribute I wrote yesterday.
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When our first Sheltie Buttons died, it was devastating to us. Not only for us, but to our other Sheltie Bows who was very attached to her. For weeks Bows acted depressed and just moped around the house. We thought that maybe if we got another Sheltie it would help all of us so I checked with Sheltie rescue. With the pains of being a senior dog suffering with arthritis, Bows gets grumpy at times and doesn’t like being bothered by younger dogs, so we decided to find a dog around her age. Sheltie rescue had one dog that looked like a good match, Beamer. He was suppose to be 12 years old and he was about 10 lbs heavier than Bows, so I knew even if she was grumpy, he wouldn’t let her push him around. We set up an appointment to meet him.

When Beamers foster parents brought him in, they warned us that he is very afraid of strangers but will settle down after a couple minutes. Sure enough, Beamer was shaking from fear when we first got close to him. Still in that little time with him, we could tell he was a nice dog. We decided to take him. I only had one question. I noticed that on the web page that he was adopted in 2006, but now he was back in rescue. I was told that his new owner complained about him peeing in the house but that she was leaving him home alone for 11-12 hours a day. What an idiot! What dog can hold it that long on a regular basis. Her loss was our gain.

On the day they brought him to our house we were very excited but worried that he wouldn’t be coming that day because it was snowing and the roads were getting bad, but they managed to get him to us anyway. It didn’t take Beamer long to make his self at home. Three hours after his arrival I found him stretched out on the couch with his head on the pillow. That’s when I took my first picture of him. He must have known that this would always be his home.

As we got to know him, we began to think that at least in some time in his life he must have been abused. In addition to the fear of strangers, if you reached out to pet him, he’d duck and run. The only way to pet him was to reach out and let him come to you. If you moved your foot toward him either to step over him or sometimes I’d try to pet him with my foot when I only had socks on, he’d jump out of the way. These and other things led us to believe he was abused. We did have one incident where his fears caused me concern. It was about a week after we got him. He showed us that we could take him into the yard and not have him run off, he stayed pretty close. I saw my neighbor outside and went over to talk to him. Beamer followed me down the driveway. When my neighbor reached out to greet Beamer, he took off running down the street. He went up my next door neighbor’s driveway and I couldn’t get him to come to me, he’d stay just out of reach. Finally Bows shows up and seeing her, Beamer calmed down and followed me home.

Over the months, Beamer learned to trust people. He no longer feared strangers and wouldn’t duck away when you reached out to pet him. As I spent a lot of time with him and gave him plenty of loving he became a daddy’s boy. Bows on the other hand is a mommy’s girl. She seems to greet me mostly when she thinks I’m going to feed her. But Beamer would always get up and come over to greet me whenever I came in the door. He’d want me to pet him for awhile and then he’d lay down against my leg. Beamer’s previous owners must not have spent hardly any time with him. He had no interest in toys and didn’t really seem to know how to play. He also didn’t know any basic commands. It didn’t take too long to teach him to sit, but “give paw” took three months. Afterwards when I’d pet him, he’d give me his paw and I took it as him giving affection back because he knew “giving paw” was a good thing. We never really got him to play much. If we tried to play with both him and Bows, he’d be standoffish and just wag his tail and bark out of our reach. But he had one little game he liked to play when we played with just him. He’d lay on his side and like us to play with his mouth. He especially liked to nibble on our fingers if we put them in his mouth. He’d also cutely kick his front legs against our hand. We called this game “silly boy”. One funny thing he did was walk while doing his business. It was funny enough when he’d pee as he switched lifting up one leg, then the other as he created a pee trail. But he really looked funny all hunched over taking a poop and walking.

Beamer was a gentle, friendly, loving dog. He did very well with my grandson and did a good job vacuuming up all the food dropped by him. We only had him since Mar 2007, but he was deeply loved by us all. We were truly blessed to have had him as part of our family, I only wish that we could have had many more years with him. I wish he could have belonged to a loving family all his life because he disserves the best. He will always be in my thoughts. Goodbye for now my Beamer buddy boy. Go play with Buttons until I am able to join you.



Beamer 7/24/08



Edit: A nice person over on dogster gave Beamer his wings, so I wanted to add them here.


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RIP my babys Buttons 1/15/94-2/9/07 Beamer 7/24/08, Buttons, Buttons video, Beamer

Sorry to hear this Tim. It doesn't matter if they were with us only a couple of weeks or pushing a couple of decades, it's never easy. But at least you can take comfort in providing a good, loving home for him to spend his last year of life in.

The End of an Era

Panasonic DMC-FZ18 11.4mm 1/60th F3.2 ISO800

Well, unfortunately I have one to add. This is Spook. I got her when she was 8 weeks old. She passed away just a couple of hours ago at age 17.

Through a certain period of my life I moved around a lot. Everywhere I went, I refused to give up my spook or leave her behind. She went through it all with me.

Spook was strange, she didn't like strangers who came over to my place and she would hide. There was only one person who she actually came to and sit next to, which floored me and him.

When my now husband suggested we become roommates back in 97, I knew he hated cats but I told him if he won't allow her to move in with me then I couldn't do it.

Long story short, he swears that it was spook that chose him and brought us together as a couple, we were just friends before all this.

Needless to say he's taking this hard. I'll be 34 soon and it's very hard to believe my spook was with me for half of my life.

She will be missed.

Sorry to ramble...
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You only get one life.
There’s no God, no rules, no judgments.
Except for those you accept or create for yourself.
And once it’s over,
It’s over.
Dreamless sleep forever and ever.
So why not be happy while you’re here?
Really.
Why not?

Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread

Sony K550i 1/60th F2.8 ISO100 Our German shepherd

Nice tribute......15 yrs old,so she/he had a long life.
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~~Get our troops home...now!!~~

It's been nine months now, since an IM went out to a very few people:

SOOO sorry to hear that!

Today marks 2 months that my Spook died..I miss her dearly.

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RIP my babys Buttons 1/15/94-2/9/07 Beamer 7/24/08, Buttons, Buttons video, Beamer

Unfortunatly my 9yr. old and I are next to add to this thread. I pray that the next death on this neighborhood street isn't a child. Please do the speed limit or below on your neighborhood streets........

And if you are one of those that purposely aim,.....shame, shame....

April 1, 2007 to Nov 3, 2008

It has been a year, the pain has abated, but you are still missed very very much, my gentle Baby.

Liza, 1992(?) - 2008

Canon PowerShot A610 7.3mm 1/40th F2.8 Liza, 1992(?) - 2008

She is nearly a twin to my cat. I'm so sorry for your loss. May your memories bring you comfort.

Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread

Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread: Pete 1996-2008

Leo and Pete... still kittens here.

EASTMAN KODAK DX7590 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA 11.1mm 1/80th F3.2 ISO140 Pete in a box.

EASTMAN KODAK DX7590 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA 21mm 1/40th F3.2 ISO140 I don't want to get up.

Panasonic DMC-FX30 10.3mm 1/30th F4.3 ISO100 Earlier this fall, turning yellow, but still a happy guy.

Re: [FYI] Our Pet Memorial Thread

to nyteeyes1:

Spook was strange, she didn't like strangers who came over to my place and she would hide. There was only one person who she actually came to and sit next to, which floored me and him.

My wife's Siamese was the same way. When we started dating in 93, the ol gal was 13. She didn't like anyone, but she sat on my lap the first day I was over there. She had NEVER done that to anyone outside the family. Guess she knew something. We lost her 3 years later.

to NAK:

20 years? WOW! That was one rugged cat!