ALL FUR BABIES GO TO HEAVEN

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

BRIDGETTE

OH MY SWEET BRIDGETT I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO...THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DO NOT THINK OF YOU AND MISS YOU. YOU WERE MY FIRST FUR BABY AND YOU WERE MY VERY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD! I REMEMBER ALL THE TROUBLE THAT WE GOT INTO TOGETHER AND ALL THE THINGS WE DID TOGETHER. REMEMBER HOW YOU USED TO HIDE UNDER THE TABLE AND EAT MY YUCKY LIVER? REMEMBER HOW YOU WOULD RIDE IN THE BASKET ON MY BIKE AND WE WOULD GO EVERYWHERE TOGETHER? YOU WERE SO SMART AND YOU ALWAYS WON THE RIBBON AT ALL THE SCHOOL PET SHOWS. I REMEMBER HOW YOU HATED THE GARBAGE MAN AND YOU WOULD START BARKING LONG BEFORE WE COULD EVEN HEAR THE TRUCK COMING! YOU LOVED TO GO BYE BYE CAR AND YOU WENT EVERYWHERE WITH US! I DID NOT KNOW THAT DAY THAT WHEN YOU WALKED OUT THE DOOR WITH DADDY THAT IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THAT I WOULD EVER SEE YOU...I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ONE LAST TIME HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU AND HOW MUCH I WOULD MISS YOU! I KNOW DADDY THOUGHT HE WAS DOING WHAT WAS BEST FOR BOTH OF US BECAUSE YOU WERE SO OLD AND SO SICK; HE WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR US...BUT HE REALIZED LATER THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE OUT OF LOVE...BUT STILL A MISTAKE TO NOT LET US SAY GOODBYE... I KNOW YOU ARE YOUNG AND HEALTHY AGAIN AND I KNOW YOU ARE PLAYING AND HAPPY...BE NICE TO THE GARBAGE MAN OK GIRL? I LOVE YOU ALWAYS...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A CARROT BECAUSE I REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM!

GEE GEE

OH MY LITTLE FEISTY PUPPY GIRL...I MISS YOU SO MUCH! WE COULD NOT WAIT TO BUY A HOUSE SO THAT WE COULD GET A PUPPY...AND THEN YOU CAME INTO OUR LIFE! YOU WERE SUCH A TINY LITTLE GIRL WITH GREAT BIG SPIRIT AND HEART! I REALLY THINK THAT YOU ATE YOUR WEIGHT IN FOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY AND YOU SOMETIMES ATE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE LIKE A BIG FAT NERF BALL. I REMEMBER WHAT A STINKER YOU WERE WHEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE YOU FOR AWHILE...YOU UNROLLED THE ROLL OF TOILET PAPER ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE, SCATTERED POTATOES AND ONIONS ALL OVER AND YES YOU EVEN CHEWED THINGS IF WE HAD TO LEAVE YOU! YOU GOT YOUR NICKNAME (BIRDIE) BECAUSE YOU WOULD SNEAK ON YOUR TUMMY AND TRY TO CATCH THE BIRDS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE MOVED INTO OUR NEW HOUSE YOU WENT OUT THE PATIO DOOR BEFORE I COULD CATCH YOU AND YOU JUMPED OFF THE DECK AND MY HEART NEARLY STOPPED...YOU NEVER MISSED A STEP YOU CONTINUED IN YOUR QUEST FOR THE FOOD WE HAD JUST BARBECUED AND YOU DID NOT SEEM TO REALIZE WHAT A DANGEROUS STEP YOU HAD JUST TAKEN. YOU WERE SO YOUNG WHEN YOUR HEART BECAME SICK...AND ON THAT MORNING WHEN I GOT UP AND YOU DID NOT GET OUT OF BED AND FOLLOW ME...I KNEW SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG. YOU PASSED PEACEFULLY IN YOUR SLEEP LAYING RIGHT NEXT TO MOMMY...I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO! IT WAS SO HARD TO WALK IN THE DOOR AND NOT HEAR YOUR PIERCING CRY AND TO SEE YOU JUMPING UP SO THAT WE COULD SEE YOUR LITTLE FACE... I KNOW YOUR BROKEN HEART IS NOW FIXED AND YOU CAN ONCE AGAIN RUN, JUMP, AND PLAY... I LOVE YOU FOREVER LITTLE FEISTY GEE GEE...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A NICE FLUFFY PILLOW...THE KIND YOU LIKE!

TAFFY

LITTLE TAFFY PUPPY...I MISS YOU SO MUCH. YOU WERE SUCH A SWEET LITTLE GIRL! YOU CAME TO US SO THAT YOU COULD BE GEE GEE'S LITTLE SISTER...WE FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AS SOON AS WE SAW YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME. YOU WERE SO PLAYFUL AND SUCH A LITTLE IMP...YOU LOVED TO CARRY YOUR LITTLE SQUEAKY FOOTBALL EVERYWHERE WITH YOU AND YOU WOULD SQUEAK AND SQUEAK THAT BALL AND BARK AND BARK UNTIL SOMEONE WOULD THROW IT FOR YOU. YOU ALWAYS BIT DADDY'S TOES IF HE MOVED HIS FEET IN THE BED AND YOU LOVED TO GUARD THE FOOD DISH AND HIDE YOUR FOOD AND TREATS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND THEN YOU WOULD GROWL IF WE WALKED BY THEM. IT WAS SO FUNNY HOW YOU WOULD STICK YOUR LITTLE HEAD UNDER THE BED AND THEN YOU THOUGHT YOUR WHOLE BEING WAS HID AND IF WE WALKED TOO CLOSE YOU WOULD GROWL AT US! YOU GAVE TO ME FOUR BABIES, AND I LOVED THEM ALL JUST AS I DID YOU! GEE GEE WENT TO RAINBOWS BRIDGE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS BEST IF YOU DID NOT SEE HER...I AM SO SORRY THAT I DID NOT LET YOU SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR COMPANION...I THOUGHT I WAS DOING WHAT WAS BEST FOR YOU BUT I KNEW AFTERWARD I MADE A MISTAKE AS YOU LOOKED AND LOOKED FOR HER. YOU HATED THE SQUIRRELS AND IF ANYONE JUST SAID "SQUIRREL" YOU WERE UP IN THAT WINDOW READY TO ATTACK AND I REMEMBER WHEN YOU CHASED ONE UP THE TREE, YOU SCARED MOMMY AND DADDY TO DEATH. MOMMY AND DADDY GOT YOU A LITTLE SISTER "COTTON CANDY" AND YOU LOVED HER SO...AND YOU TAUGHT HER HOW TO RUN AND JUMP AND SHE LOVED YOU SO MUCH! THEN CAME THE DAY WHEN YOU STARTED FILLING WITH FLUID AND THE DOCTORS TOLD US YOU HAD MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE. ALL THE TREATMENTS AND ALL THE DIALYSIS COULD NOT SAVE YOU AND YOU WERE HAVING PROBLEMS BREATHING AND YOU COULD NOT EAT OR DRINK AND WE HAD TO MAKE A VERY HEART WRENCHING DECISION TO SEND YOU TO RAINBOWS BRIDGE...WE COULD NOT SEE YOU SUFFER ANY LONGER. I MISS YOU AND I LOVE YOU TASSIE GIRL! I KNOW YOU ARE PLAYING AND RUNNING AND YOU ARE ABLE TO EAT YOUR FOOD AGAIN AND PLAY WITH MANY TOYS AND WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A LITTLE FOOTBALL TO SQUEAK!

FLUFFY

MY LITTLE FLUFFERS...YOU WERE ALWAYS A LADY! YOU BLESSED MY LIFE FOR 24 YEARS...AND I WILL LOVE AND MISS YOU ALWAYS. YOU WERE MY KITTY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND THEN LATER YOU WERE MY DAUGHTERS LITTLE KITTY. MOST OF YOUR LIFE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE UNLESS THEY WERE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS...AS YOU GREW OLD YOU WERE SO FRIENDLY AND TRUSTING OF EVERYONE! YOU LOVED ALL YOUR CANINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THEY LOVED YOU ALSO...ESPECIALLY LITTLE CANDY GIRL...SHE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE HER MOMMY. YOU WERE ALWAYS SO PLAYFUL AND VERY VERBAL...AND SUCH A FUSSY LITTLE PRINCESS WHO BATHED FOR HOURS...AND OH HOW YOU LOVED TO SUNBATHE. I LOVE AND MISS YOU ALWAYS BUT MORE SO AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHICH WAS ALWAYS YOUR MOST FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR...YOU LOVED THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND WHEN WE COULD NOT FIND YOU...YOU WERE ALWAYS HIDDEN BENEATH THE TREE IN BETWEEN ALL THE PRESENTS! YOU LOVED YOUR CATNIP AND YOU ALWAYS GAVE US UNCONDITIONAL LOVE UNTIL THAT SAD DAY THAT YOU LEFT US. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HAPPY, CONTENT, AND PURRING NOW...I LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU SOME CATNIP AND A PAPER BAG TO PLAY WITH!

CHOCOLATE CHIP

LITTLE CHIPPERS...YOU ARE THE SON OF TAFFY...I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE ALWAYS MY HAPPY AND JOLLY LITTLE IMP...AND ALWAYS SO AFFECTIONATE! YOU LOVED EVERYONE AND MOSTLY CHILDREN...AND IF WE HAD PUPPIES, YOU PROTECTED THEM WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART AND SOUL! YOU WERE SO FUNNY...ONE DAY YOU SAW SOMEONE COMING TO OUR DOOR AND YOU FOUND A PAPER CUP AND PUT YOUR LITTLE MOUTH AND NOSE INTO IT AND YOU BEGAN TO BARK IN THE CUP...WE ALL LAUGHED SO HARD BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUNNY...FROM THAT DAY FORWARD WHENEVER ANYONE CAME TO THE DOOR YOU WOULD GO INTO A FRANTIC SEARCH TO FIND SOMETHING TO PUT INTO YOUR MOUTH SO THAT WE WOULD AGAIN LAUGH! WE CERTAINLY NAMED YOU CORRECTLY...WE HAD TO WATCH YOU SO CLOSELY BECAUSE IF THERE WAS ANY CHOCOLATE IN THE HOUSE YOU WOULD FIND IT...AND CHOCOLATE IS NOT GOOD FOR FUR BABIES...YOU WERE A LITTLE CHOW HOUND AND ATE ALL THE TIME YET YOU REMAINED FIT AND TRIM... DO YOU REMEMBER THE DAY THAT YOU TOOK BUBBA'S BALL AND YOU HID IT FROM HIM...AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH YOU WENT BACK TO LIFT YOUR LITTLE LEG ON IT!!! YOU WERE SUCH A JOLLY LITTLE PLAYFUL BOY AND SO FULL OF LOVE! YOU HAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO US BECAUSE YOUR LITTLE ORGANS JUST GAVE OUT...I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH...I KNOW YOU ARE WHOLE AND HEALTHY AGAIN AND...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A SOCK TO PUT IN YOUR MOUTH TO GREET ME WITH!

BUCKWHEAT

OH SWEET LITTLE BUCKY...SON OF TAFFY...IF YOU WEREN'T THE PRECIOUS ONE...SO MUCH LOVE IN YOUR LITTLE HEART! YOU WERE SUCH A GOOD BABY AND GREW UP TO BE SUCH A GOOD LITTLE BOY! EVEN THOUGH YOU HAD A LOT TO ENDURE WITH YOUR SEVERE SEIZURE DISORDER, YOU WERE ALWAYS SO HAPPY GO LUCKY AND THE APPLE OF MOMMY'S EYE! YOU LOVED TO PLAY FRISBEE AND BALL...AND YOU LOVED TO HAVE DADDY THROW THE BALL AGAINST TO HOUSE...YOU WOULD JUMP SO HIGH AND THEN RUN AND GET IT! YOU ALWAYS CARRIED YOUR FRISBEE IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE SO YOU COULD BARELY SEE WHERE YOUR WERE RUNNING...YOU WERE SO CUTE AND SO FUNNY! YOU WERE ALWAYS SO GOOD NATURED AND SO LOVING! YOU LOVED YOUR RAWHIDE CHEWS AND ONE YEAR AT CHRISTMAS TIME YOU TOOK YOURS AND EVERYONE ELSE'S CHEWY BEHIND THE COUCH...YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL FOR BUCKY! EACH YEAR BUBBA WOULD BRING YOU A BRAND NEW TENNIS BALL AND YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHAT YOUR JOB WAS...AND THAT WAS TO WORK DILIGENTLY UNTIL YOU CHEWED ALL THE FUR OFF IT UNTIL IT BECAME TOTALLY BALD THUS PROVIDING BUBBA WITH HIS SEASONAL "BALD BALL." YOU ALWAYS SAT IN THE WINDOW WAITING FOR US TO COME HOME! YOU WERE SO PRECIOUS. YOU HAD TO LEAVE US AND GO TO RAINBOWS BRIDGE SO THAT ALL YOUR LITTLE ORGANS COULD BE HEALED...I KNOW YOU ARE PLAYING AND LOVING YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS... I LOVE YOU ALWAYS...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A FRISBEE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVE THEM SO!

DING

MY LITTLE DING...SON OF CANDY GIRL! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE SUCH A HAPPY LITTLE BOY AND YOUR LITTLE TOOTH THAT STUCK OUT GAVE YOU PERSONALITY! I MISS YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE ALWAYS SUCH A BUSY LITTLE BOY AND PLAYED NICELY WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU AND BLUE USED TO ENTERTAIN US EVERY NIGHT DURING DINNER? YOU WERE SO SILLY! DON'T WORRY LITTLE DONGER...WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY! YOU ALWAYS WERE SO GOOD WITH LITTLE CHILDREN AND YOU LOVED TO PLAY...AND YOU DID PLAY ALL THE TIME! I MISS NOT HAVING YOU TO HOLD AND I LOVED HOW YOU USED TO LAY DOWN WITH ME AND WATCH TV...SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WERE FEELING REAL FRISKY AND BRAVE, YOU WOULD GROWL AT YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IF THEY TRIED TO JOIN US. YOU LOVED THE WATER SO MUCH. I REMEMBER WHEN BLUE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THE POOL AND OH YES...YOU JUMPED IN RIGHT AFTER HIM! YOU WERE SO FUNNY WHEN WE WERE POOLSIDE...YOU HAD A SMALL LITTLE POOL FOR YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND YOU WOULD RUN ALL AROUND THE BIG POOL, UNDER THE DIVING BOARD AND YOU KEPT ON RUNNING UNTIL YOU GOT TO YOUR LITTLE POOL AND THEN YOU WOULD JUMP IN! YOU RAN SO FAST THAT YOU WOULD SLIDE ALL THE WAY ACROSS YOUR LITTLE POOL AND KEEP RIGHT ON RUNNING AND YOU DID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN! I WAS SO AFRAID YOU WOULD HIT YOUR LITTLE HEAD ON THE DIVING BOARD! YOU ALWAYS MADE US LAUGH! I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU LITTLE DONG...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A BRAND NEW PRETTY RED BALL TO CHASE AFTER!

BLUE

MY LITTLE BOY BLUE...SON OF CANDY GIRL. YOU WERE SO SWEET AND SUCH A SENSITIVE LITTLE BOY! YOU WERE ALWAYS SO CUDDLY AND SO SOFT! YOUR EYES WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND I ALWAYS LOVED YOUR BEAUTIFUL BLACK NOSE! YOU WERE SO AFFECTIONATE AND FULL OF KISSES. YOU AND DING USED TO ENTERTAIN US EVERY NIGHT AT DINNER TIME...YOU WERE SO FUNNY! WHEN YOU GOT EXCITED AND WAS HAPPY YOU WOULD WAG YOUR LITTLE TAIL SO HARD THAT YOUR LITTLE BUTT WOULD TURN SIDEWAYS...YOU WERE SO PRETTY! YOU LOVED TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER WHEN WE WERE ALL OUT BY THE POOL. YOU AND DING WOULD RUN AROUND AND AROUND THE BIG SWIMMING POOL AND THEN JUMP INTO YOUR LITTLE POOL AND PLAY IN THERE...YOU LOVED THE WATER! DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WOULD JUMP INTO THE BIG POOL WITH US? IT ALWAYS SCARED MOMMY WHEN YOU DID THAT...BUT YOU JUST WANTED TO BE WITH US! YOU LOVED KIDS SO MUCH AND YOU WERE ALWAYS A GOOD LITTLE BOY WITH A BIG HEART! YOU WILL PLAY WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT RAINBOW BRIDGE AND YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SOMEDAY MOMMY WILL COME AND GET ALL OF YOU AND WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN! I LOVE YOU FOREVER LITTLE BLUE BOY...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A NICE SOFT CUDDLY BLANKET FOR YOU TO CUDDLE WITH!

SAMMY JO

MY LITTLE SAMMY JO...SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL! I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU LITTLE GIRL. YOU WERE A LITTLE STINKER WITH A VERY BIG AND AFFECTIONATE HEART! YOU USED TO LOVE TO WAKE MOMMY UP BY LICKING MY FACE AND EYES WITH YOUR ROUGH LITTLE TONGUE! DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WOULD TALK TO YOU THROUGH THE INTERCOM ON THE TELEPHONE AND YOUR WOULD GO AND SIT BY THE PHONE AND MEOW INTO THE MACHINE? YOU WERE SO PRETTY! YOU LOVED TO PLAY WITH STRAWS AND WITH INKPENS...THEY KEPT YOU BUSY FOR A LONG TIME! YOU ALWAYS HATED BUGS AND IF THERE WAS ONE IN THE HOUSE YOU WOULD NOT GIVE UP UNTIL YOU CAUGHT IT! YOU LOVED IT IF YOU COULD HAVE A GREEN OLIVE...YOU WOULD LICK IT AND ROLL ALL OVER IT AND CARRY IT AROUND WITH YOU FOR HOURS! WE ALWAYS HAD TO LAUGH AT YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVED WITH SO MANY DOGGIES THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A LITTLE DOGGY TOO!

I MISS YOU SAMANTHA JANE AND I LOVE YOU ALWAYS...DON'T WORRY, WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY...UNTIL THAT TIME BE A GOOD LITTLE GIRL...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A CUTE LITTLE PINK BALL TO CHASE AROUND WITH!

CHELSEA

OH MY CHELSEA PEANUT...DAUGHTER OF CANDY GIRL..SUCH A LITTLE DOLL BABY! I MISS YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE ALWAYS SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL AND YOU LOVED KITTY'S WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART! YOU WERE A LITTLE DOLL AND SO VERY GOOD WITH CHILDREN! YOU LOVED TO PLAY WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I COULD NEVER SIT DOWN THAT YOU WERE NOT RIGHT BEHIND MY HEAD ON THE COUCH WATCHING OVER ME! YOU WERE SO AFFECTIONATE AND SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL! LATER IN YOUR LIFE YOU BECAME SO ATTACHED TO TRUFFLES...THE TWO OF YOU WERE JUST LIKE SIAMESE TWINS...NEVER FAR FROM EACH OTHER...AND WHEN YOU LAID IN YOUR BED TOGETHER...WE COULD NOT TELL WHERE YOU BOTH BEGAN OR ENDED...YOU WERE INSEPARABLE! YOU BEGAN WITH A BAD COUGH...AND THEN SOME SEIZURES AND WE FOUND OUT YOUR LITTLE HEART WAS VERY SICK AND FAILING QUICKLY. YOU WERE ON SO MUCH MEDICATION AND YOUR APPETITE WAS SO POOR...BUT YOU LET MOMMY FEED YOU WITH A SPOON AND I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN YOUR WEIGHT. THE MEDICATION HAD TO BE INCREASED SEVERAL TIMES AND YOU WERE IN AND OUT OF THE CARDIAC CARE UNIT SO MANY TIMES...YOU BECAME WEAKER AND WEAKER AND THE COUGH BECAME MORE PRONOUNCED WITH EACH PASSING DAY...THE NIGHT YOU LEFT US YOU BECAME VERY PALE AND YOU WERE HAVING PROBLEMS BREATHING...MOMMY TOOK YOU BACK TO CARDIAC CARE...THIS TIME ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICATIONS COULD NOT SAVE YOU...YOUR LITTLE HEART WAS JUST TOO SICK...WHEN I HAD TO LEAVE YOU THERE...I DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD EVER HOLD YOU OR KISS YOUR SWEET FACE...TRUFFLES WAITED FOR YOU AT THE DOOR FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND HE NEVER ATE ON HIS OWN AGAIN AFTER YOU LEFT US. I KNOW YOU ARE BOTH TOGETHER AGAIN WITH ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS...GO AHEAD GIRL...IT'S OK NOW...RUN LITTLE PEANUT...RUN AND PLAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN...YOUR HEART IS HEALED...I LOVE YOU CHELSEA ANNETTE...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU SOME CHEW STICKS TO NIBBLE ON...SHARE WITH TRUFFLES OK?

BUBBA

OH LITTLE BUBBA DOG...SON OF TAFFY...I MISS YOU SO MUCH! YOU CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF CHARACTER AND YOU RAN A VERY TIGHT SHIP WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS...YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE MAN IN CHARGE! YOU WERE SO PRECIOUS AND YOU HAD A VERY LOVING PERSONALITY! YOU WERE SO FUNNY WITH ALL OF YOUR LITTLE ANTICS...AND YOU THOUGHT EVERYTHING IN THE HOUSE WAS YOURS! IF WE EVEN SAID MINE, YOU WOULD LET US KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS YOURS. YOU WERE SUCH A PRETTY BOY WITH A BIG HEART. YOU LOVED TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND YOU LOVED TO PLAY FETCH WITH THE SQUEAKY FOOTBALL WITH CANDY! AS FOR CANDY...OH HOW YOU LOVED HER....SHE WAS YOUR WOMAN...TRUE PUPPY LOVE! DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WENT OUTSIDE AND DUG A GREAT BIG HOLE AND YOU LAID ON YOUR BACK AND YOU WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT US YOU JUST ROLLED YOUR LITTLE EYES TO THE SIDE BECAUSE YOU KNEW YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIG...IT WAS SO FUNNY! YOU HAD A CERTAIN SPOT WHERE YOU LIKED TO SLEEP IN BED AND IF ONE OF YOUR COMPANIONS HAPPENED TO BE LAYING THERE YOU WOULD NOT STOP GROWLING UNTIL THEY MOVED AND THEN YOU WERE SETTLED IN FOR THE NIGHT! YOU WERE SO OBSESSED WITH YOUR TENNIS BALL...YOU COULD NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT IT...EACH SPRING WE WOULD GET YOU A NEW ONE AND YOU WANTED IT TO BE BALD WITH NO FUZZ ON IT...SO YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO BUCKY AND HE WOULD CHEW ALL THE FUZZ OFF FOR YOU...HE WORKED DILIGENTLY UNTIL IT WAS DONE WHILE YOU SAT BY HIS SIDE WAITING...SOMETIMES YOU WOULD LOOSE IT IN THE DARK AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND IT...YOU WANTED US TO THROW IT FOR YOU NONSTOP AND IF WE TRIED TO HIDE FROM YOU...YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHERE IT WAS! YOU WERE SO FUNNY...I MISS YOU SWEET BUBBA...I LOVE YOU AND BE A VERY GOOD BOY AT RAINBOWS BRIDGE...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...MOMMY LEFT YOU A TENNIS BALL TO PLAY WITH...

GINGERSNAP

OH SWEET GIN GIN SNAPPER...DAUGHTER OF TAFFY...I MISS YOU SO MUCH! YOU WERE ALWAYS MY LITTLE SHY AND NERVOUS GIRL! EVERYBODY THOUGHT YOU WERE THE CUTEST LITTLE GIRL AND THEY ALL WANTED TO PET YOU AND HOLD YOU BUT YOU ONLY LET MOMMY, DADDY, AND YOUR SISTERS HOLD YOU! AS YOU GREW OLDER, YOU DECIDED THAT YOU LOVED AUNT LORI AND YOU WANTED HER TO HOLD YOU ALL THE TIME...WE WERE SO SHOCKED! YOU WERE SO AFRAID OF EVERYTHING AND A VERY NERVOUS LITTLE GIRL. YOU WERE SO AFRAID OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WE HAD TO BUY SHADES FOR THE WINDOWS SO THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE THE LIGHTENING! YOU LOVED FLUFFY KITTY AND YOU LIKED TO ALWAYS SIT NEXT TO HER IN THE CHAIR AND YOU WOULD DO FLIPS OUT OF THE CHAIR AND GET RIGHT BACK UP THERE TO PLAY WITH FLUFFY OVER AND OVER AGAIN! YOU LOVED YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ONCE WE GOT PRIVACY FENCING YOU REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING IN YOUR BACK YARD! YOU LOVED IT WHEN WE HAD BABY PUPPIES...YOU WOULD LAY IN FRONT OF THEM SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CRAWL OVER YOU AND YOU WOULD KISS THEM AND MOTHER THEM...YOU WERE ALWAYS SO SWEET! YOUR FAVORITE LITTLE TOY WAS A LITTLE SQUEAKY TWEETY BIRD...AND YOU WOULD CARRY IT AROUND WITH YOU! AS YOU GREW OLDER YOU, LIKE YOUR MOMMY AND BROTHERS SUFFERED FROM ORGAN FAILURE AND WE HAD TO SAY GOODBYE...BUT YOU KNOW WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOMEDAY. BE A GOOD LITTLE GIRL LIKE ALWAYS...AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOMMY AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS... AND DON'T BE AFRAID...I LOVE YOU GINNY...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A LITTLE BUNNY TO SNUGGLE WITH!

COTTON CANDY

OH MY SWEET SWEET CANDY GIRL...HOW I LOVE AND MISS YOU! OH YOU WERE SUCH AN IMP AND PLAYFUL LITTLE ONE! YOU CAME TO US AFTER OUR LITTLE GEE GEE WENT TO RAINBOW BRIDGE...WE NEEDED A BABY TO LOVE AND SO DID TAFFY! WE RESCUED YOU FROM A POODLE PUPPY MILL AT A YOUNG AGE OF 5 WEEKS. YOU WERE SO TINY AND SO DEPENDENT ON US...AND YOU THOUGHT THAT FLUFFY KITTY WAS YOUR MOMMY AND YOU WOULD KISS HER AND CUDDLE WITH HER AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHE LIKED IT VERY MUCH AT FIRST...BUT SHE SOON REALIZED SHE HAD NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO MOTHER YOU...AND SHE LOVED YOU SO MUCH AND THE TWO OF YOU HAD A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP! YOU WERE SO PLAYFUL AND SUCH A LITTLE STINKER! YOU CHEWED EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE FURNITURE, SHOES, EVEN OUR BRAND NEW TV EVERY TOY IN THE HOUSE HAD CANDY'S MARK OF DEMOLITION! YOU WOULD GO OUTSIDE AND REFUSE TO COME BACK IN...AND YOU WERE SO FAST NONE OF US COULD CATCH YOU AND I WOULD ALMOST BE LATE FOR WORK JUST TRYING TO GET YOU BACK IN THE HOUSE! YOU WOULD DIG GREAT BIG HOLES IN THE YARD AND YOU WOULD GET SO DIRTY...EVERY TIME YOU WENT OUTSIDE YOU HAD TO HAVE A BATH! YOU FINALLY OUTGREW YOUR CHEWING AND YOU WERE SUCH A TOTAL LOVE! YOUR SISTERS DRESSED YOU IN DOLLY CLOTHES AND CARRIED YOU ALL AROUND THE HOUSE AND YOU LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! YOUR SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE (IN YOUR EYES) WAS TO BE A MOMMY! WHAT A MOMMY YOU WERE! YOU WERE SO LITTLE AND YOU HAD SO MANY BABES...YOUR FIRST LITTER 4, SECOND LITTER 5, THIRD LITTER 6,WE WERE SHOCKED! YOU WERE A MODEL MOMMY AND YOUR BABES WERE BEAUTIFUL AND SO HEALTHY! YOU DEVELOPED BREAST CANCER AT THE AGE OF 5 AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERY AND IT NEVER SLOWED YOU DOWN AND YOU NEVER HAD A RECURRENCE! AS THE YEARS PASSED QUICKLY YOU BECAME ILL AND FRAIL WITH OLD AGE AND HEART FAILURE AND WE HAD TO SEND YOU TO RAINBOW BRIDGE...SADLY MISSED AND LOVED LITTLE CANDACE MARIE...BE A GOOD GIRL...UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A LITTLE BABY PUPPY TO CARE FOR!

TRUFFLES

OH SWEET TRUFFLES...SON OF CANDY GIRL...I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH! IT HAS BEEN ALMOST ONE YEAR SINCE I KISSED YOU GOODBYE! THINGS AREN'T THE SAME WITH OUT YOU AND NEVER WILL BE! YOU WERE SUCH A SPIRITED LITTLE BOY AND YOU LET EVERYONE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS! EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND THEY WANTED TO PET YOU...BUT...UNLESS IT WAS FAMILY...FORGET IT! YOU WERE SO HAPPY AND DOING SO WELL UNTIL CHELSEA LEFT US...YOU WAITED FOR HER FOR TWO YEARS...YOU WOULD SIT BY THE DOOR FOR HOURS AND IT WAS SO SAD. YOU LIKED CHICAGO...AND YOU DID STRUT! YOU WERE SO HAPPY WHEN CHELSEA CAME HERE...YOU BOTH WERE INSEPERABLE...YOU WERE LIKE SIAMESE TWINS! YOU LOVED TO GO SWIMMING WITH ME AND SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR IN THE POOL AND YOU COULD NOT WAIT TO GO BYE BYE! IT IS SO QUIET WITHOUT YOU HERE AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH! I REMEMBER HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAD GOING TO THE DAIRY QUEEN...YOU LOVED THAT ICE-CREAM AND EVERYONE THERE THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SO CUTE AND SO FUNNY! REMEMBER THE LONG TALK THAT WE HAD THE DAY MOMMY SAID IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO GO ON A JOURNEY AND THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE TRAVELING ALONE...THAT MY HEART WOULD CARRY YOU SAFELY? WAS IT LIKE MOMMY PROMISED THAT IT WOULD BE? WAS CHELSEA AND ALL YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WAITING FOR YOU? I KNOW THAT YOUR LITTLE HEART IS HEALED AND THAT YOUR LITTLE MIND IS CLEAR AGAIN...RUN AND PLAY MY LITTLE PRINCE...AND REMEMBER WHAT MOMMY SAID...WE WILL MEET AGAIN SOMEDAY LITTLE SCHNOOKEY BOY...UNTIL THAT TIME...BE BRAVE AND STRONG AND YOU AND CHIPPY PLAY NICELY AND GET ALONG OK? I LOVE YOU MY LITTLE MAN...XOXOXO

PS...I LEFT YOU A CHEWY TO ENJOY!

KINKY

OH LITTLE BOO BOO...YOU WILL BE SADLY MISSED!

YOU WERE SUCH A HAPPY LITTLE BOY AND ESPECIALLY AFTER TRUFFLES AND CHELSEA CAME TO LIVE WITH YOU! I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MISSED THEM WHEN THEY WENT TO THE BRIDGE BUT NOW YOU ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN AND I BET CHELSEA MET YOU WITH A BIG JUICY DOGGY KISS! DID TRUFFLES SAY WHASSUP?

MOMMY AND DADDY MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND SO DOES CODY AND QUEENIE...MOM AND DAD LET THEM KISS YOU GOODBYE...CODY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID NOT TRY TO AVOID HIS KISSES AND HE LOOKS FOR YOU.

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU USED TO PEEK AROUND THE DOORS WITH JUST ONE EYE SHOWING AND HOW YOU LOVED TO GET INTO ALL THE CUPBOARDS AND CLOSETS. REMEMBER WHEN MOMMY WOULD LET YOU PLAY WITH THE BROOM...THAT WAS ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN!

DADDY IS OK...AND I KNOW THAT YOU KNEW DADDY WAS HOLDING YOU WHEN YOU LEFT FOR THE BRIDGE...IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT YOU WERE SO SCARED AND IN SO MUCH PAIN WITH YOUR LITTLE HEART, MOMMY IS SO SORRY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT...BUT MOMMY AND DADDY ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AGAIN AND THAT YOUR 21 YEAR OLD HEART IS NO LONGER BROKEN...WELL LITTLE BOO BOO GO AHEAD... WE ARE OK...RUN AND PLAY LITTLE MAN...AND LEAVE YOUR LITTLE WHISKERS OUT OF TRUFFLES FOOD NOT ONLY DOES HE NOT LIKE THAT BUT YOU KNOW IT MAKES YOUR TUMMMY SICK.

HAVE LOTS OF FUN AND BE A GOOD BOY UNTIL MOMMY AND DADDY COME FOR YOU!

WE LOVE YOU KINKY BOY XOXOXO

PS...MOMMY LEFT YOU SOME KITTY NIP TO NIBBLE!

The House Dog's Grave

I've changed my ways a little; I cannot now

Run with you in the evenings along the shore,

Except in a kind of dream; and you,

If you dream a moment, you see me there.

So leave awhile the paw marks on the front door

Where I used to scratch to go out or in,

And you'd soon open; leave on the kitchen floor

The marks of my drinking-pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do

On the warm stone, Nor at the foot of your bed;

no, all the nights through I lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet

Outside your window where firelight so often plays,

And where you sit to read-and I fear often

Grieving for me-

Every night your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard

To think of you ever dying.

A dog would get tired, living so long.

I hope that when you are lying

Under the ground like me your lives will appear

As good and joyful as mine.

No, that's too much hope; you are not

So well cared for as I have been.

Still Here

I stood by you, by your bed last night; I came to have a peep.

I could see that you were crying, you found it hard to sleep.

I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear,

"It's me, I haven't left you, and I'm well. I'm fine. I'm here."

I was close to you at breakfast. I watched you pour the tea.

You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to

me.

I was with you at the shops today. Your arms were getting sore.

I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.

I was with you at my grave today. You tend it with such care.

I want to reassure you, that I'm not lying there.

I walked with you towards the house, as you fumbled for your

key.

I gently put my paw on you, I smiled and said, and “It's me."

You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.

I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there.

It's possible for me to be so near you everyday -

to say to you with certainty, "I never went away."

You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew.

In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.

The day is over . . . I smile and watch you yawning

and say, "Good night, God bless, I'll see you in the morning."

And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,

I'll rush across to greet you and we'll stand side by side.

I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to

see.

Be patient, live your journey out . . . then come home to be

"WITH ME"