Lost one of my dogs this week

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I am fairly new around here but some of you know that I run a kennel specializing in English Pointers.  Well I lost one of my best males last week  His name was Ruffy and he had such a wonderful disposition and personality.  He sired many a beautiful puppy in his days and I will miss him dearly.  Sometimes I think life is not fair your pets i.e. your best friends should have such a short life.  My pet cemetery has grown to 10 graves since I started raising dogs and I shed a tear everytime I mow.  If fact I talk to them while I cut the grass and run  the weed eater there is always a place in my heart for all my dogs.  Well I just know that there are a lot of animal lovers on this site and I needed to "talk" to people I know who care.

Thank you and God Bless
Jim
a.k.a. Pointerman

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  Consider yourself hugged. 

It is so hard to lose one of our special companions. I wish dogs and cats lived longer like parrots so we could have our companions with us a lifetime. Each time I lose one it feels like a piece of me is gone too. Yet they have given me so much that I can not help but get another to share my life.

Like you I talk to my pets when I go into the back yard since I have 3 (2 cats and a rabbit) buried there. The back corner where my cats are buried is surrounded in amaryllis bulbs (around 20 of them) that come up in spring and I have azaleas and other flora nearby.  My buds used to love to sniff the flowers so I made sure they are surrounded by them several times a year. It's the only thing I can do for them now.

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I too have flowers planted, I have limestone markers for each dog and small metal dog statues scattered around and I have a small white picket fence surrounding it all.  My dogs are special to me and deserve a special place to rest.
Thanks Sami,
Jim

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I am sorry for your loss and am a dog (and cat) lover too. Thanks to folks like you, their stay on planet earth is made happy and comfortable.