My heart goes out to you and your family, Alan. I have gone through dog bereavement several times and it is an awful experience.
There are several sites on the Internet that have comforting words for those facing the loss of their dearest companions.
This is one of my favorites.
THE BEST PLACE TO BURY A DOG
There is one best place to bury a dog. If you bury him in this spot, he will come to you when you call - come to you over the grim, dim frontier of death, and down the well-remembered path, and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel, they shall not growl at him, nor resent his coming, for he belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no slightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.
Ben Hur Lampam
Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925 |
