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Category Archive for 'Dog Loss'

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QUESTIONS DOGS ASK GOD:
Dear God:
If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?
Dear God:
When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it the same old story?
Dear God:
How come people love to smell flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell [...]

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My sister-in-law lost her best friend this week. She wrote this touching tribute.
A Tribute to Shaman
Shaman, my beloved friend and soul-mate, your passing from the earth has left a huge hole in my heart; a heart that you helped to grow. Your love was so great; I am not sure how I am going to [...]

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Couple creates images of much-loved pets — with Jesus
September 21, 2007
By CONNIE BLOOM
AKRON BEACON-JOURNAL
AKRON, Ohio — Donna Skoda was wounded deeply when her darling pug, Emma, died two years ago. Emma was 11 years old and already gray when Skoda scooped her up and brought her home to Richfield, Ohio, to live out the rest [...]

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Poem of Dog Loss

To a Dog (Anonymous, ca. 1916)
On every side I see your trace;
Your water trough’s scarce dry;
Your empty collar in its place
Provokes the heavy sigh.
And you were here two days ago.
There’s little changed, I see.
The sun is just as bright, but oh!
The difference to me!
The very print of your small pad
Is on the whitened stone.
Where, by [...]

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Dog Epitaph

Two timeless and poignant epitaphs marking the loss of two well-loved dogs:
 1. EPITAPH FOR A SMALL DOG (Le Baron Cooke, ca. 1935)
Here rests a little dog/ Whose feet never ran faster/ Than when they took the path/ Leading to his master.
2. TO BOTSWAIN (George Noel Gordon, Lord Byron, 1808)
Near this spot/ Are deposited the Remains of one who possessed [...]

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