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I recently read this on another board. Having recently lost my dog to a fast moving illness it had a lot of meaning. As soon as I can get this $6000.00 vet bill paid off I will start to look for my next furry child.

Legacy of a pet

When humans die, they make a will, to pass on their home and everything they possess to their loved ones. I would also make a will, if I could write.

To a poor, lonely stray cat or dog I would pass on my happy home, my food bowl, my basket, my cuddly pillow, my toys and the lap I loved to sit on, the hand that gently stroked me, the loving voice that called my name, the place I had in someone's heart, the affection that finally granted me a peaceful and painless death while being held in loving arms.

When I die, then please do not say: " I never want another pet, it hurts too much to lose them."

Choose a lonely, unfortunate cat or dog and give them my place.

That is my legacy.

The love I leave behind, is everything I have to give.
 
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I'm so sorry you lost your fur child!!!
 
I'm so sorry for your loss and feel the same pain. Recently I lost Munchie, after many efforts to improve her then current problems. It is so hard. We will both replace these beloved animals, as I'm sure they would WANT us to do.

Hugs to you.
 
Iam so sorry for your loss. We have a 13 yr old lab (Shado) who isnt doing very well anymore. I just wish we could turn back the clock and have our furry pals with us forever. We did get him a companion 3 yrs ago, she was a stray, (Angell) who we found half frozen running on the road in a bad blizzard. She was only about 6 weeks old. Thank you for sharing this, it brought tears to my eyes. Corinne
 
I am so sorry for your loss. Things like this leave a hollow in our hearts. I wish all our pets could stay on earth with us for as long as we live. This Legacy of a Pet is bitter sweet. Surely makes you think.
 
That created a huge lump in my throat.

I'm sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose them when we love them so.
 
oh Susan
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: thank you SO MUCH for posting that...
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: NOW i have something to show people to explain what i mean... i have always felt that the best way to honor a lost pet is to give another needy animal the loving home he or she left behind (which is why when i cross the Rainbow Bridge myself, you will want to beware the thundering herd
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: ). i could NEVER understand the people who said "i can't get another dog it hurts too much"... to me it seems like you are saying to your pet that the love they gave you was not good enough to make up for the pain of losing them...

anyway this is PERFECT
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i could NEVER understand the people who said "i can't get another dog it hurts too much"... to me it seems like you are saying to your pet that the love they gave you was not good enough to make up for the pain of losing them...


No, its not that. It is because the love was SO good and SO strong, that it is truly heartbreaking. I lost my QH gelding, Indy nearly 4 years ago and I cannot bring myself to even look for another. Just cannot do it. I lost him young, he was only 17 and had not been sick so there was no preperation for his loss and I do think that is why. It was sudden. Dallas, my heeler that I lost this year on the other hand, was sick for a few weeks and was 12, plus he had other problems. I was able to get another a month later and now with Mick, I do truly hate to think of his loss, he is my second, one in a million dog and I do not know if I will be able to have another.

I get what you are saying and in some ways agree. However there are times when love is so strong that the loss is so great and the heart just cannot get over it. Nearly, but not quite to the point when one wishes they didnt love that pet so much. Not quite. But still.
 
Susan, Legacy of a Pet hits home for me too!

After losing my Cal and Casey last year and almost 1 month ago I lost my sweet Sheltie Niki to renal kidney failure, reading this somehow helps.

Thankyou
 
I am sorry for your loss. It is a sad time but it is nice you will give another pet the chance to live and love
 
I get what you are saying and in some ways agree. However there are times when love is so strong that the loss is so great and the heart just cannot get over it. Nearly, but not quite to the point when one wishes they didnt love that pet so much. Not quite. But still.

I found a puppy when we first moved to Okla. Someone had lived in a mobile home not far from us, they moved away and left 1 big dog and 2 terrier-mix pups. We could see the mobile from our house but had no clue noone was living there. It was in the dead of winter, snow and ice. One moring we were checking the mail and saw one of the pups dead in the raod. We picked it up and took it to the house, noone was there. We were shocked at how someone could just leave these poor animals behind. There was a deer carcus in the yard that they has been eating. The big dog would not let us near it, but the puppy would lay under the mobile and cry, broke our hearts. We called the Sheriff he said if we could catch the pup we could have her. After several days of coaxing the puppy out she finally came to us, and the sheriff's office located the owners of the dogs and fined them and told them to go and get the big dog. Well, they decided they wanted "our" puppy back. We had now loved her and spent a small fortune at the vet on her, and proudly named her "Naula". They lost the right to own her and we kept her. After about a year and a half, I was on the sofa with her loving her as I always did, giving her kisses, and she turned on me, tore my face up pretty bad. If Art had not been there to pull her off of me, I don't know what would of happpened. I took her to the vet the next moring and she was put to sleep in my arms. We don't know why she did this. But to this day there is several pics on my frige and thruout the house of this one of a kind dog. There will never be another "Naula". After 6 weeks of me crying Art came home from the shelter with "Boomer". My heart is once again filled. I believe that everyone has a once in a lifetime pet. But in time our hearts heal and we make room for another once in a lifetime pet.
 

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