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To: Venkie who wrote (14927)	12/3/2002 9:16:52 AM
From: Challo Jeregy	Respond to of 57110

my condolences, Venkie. My 13 yr old lab is fast approaching the need for a walker. Mentally, I am ready. Emotionally, I am not. I am glad that you are doing well.

To: Venkie who wrote (14927)	12/3/2002 9:17:24 AM
From: faqsnlojiks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

I'm sorry for your loss. 18 years! Wow...what a trooper! Have you ever heard about "Rainbow Bridge". It's sort of an online pet memorial. It's really kind of cool, and it's a place where you can immortalize your pet by uploading a photo or just sending a few words. Anyway, check it out: rainbowbridge.com By the way, I don't know what I'm going to do when Lava (my black lab) passes. I know it's going to be a very difficult time.

To: Venkie who wrote (14927)	12/3/2002 9:42:06 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57110

good morning venkie... i'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your beagle.... 18 years....i can't say much about that..i get very choked up about the loss of a life long pet. here's a poem instead... The Power of the Dog There is sorrow enough in the natural way From men and women to fill our day; And when we are certain of sorrow in store, Why do we always arrange for more? Brothers and sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear. Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie-- Perfect passsion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head. Nevertheless it is hardly fair To risk your heart to a dog to tear. When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find--it's your own affair-- But ... you've given your heart to a dog to tear. When the body that lived at your single will, With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!) When the spirit that answered your every mood Is gone--wherever it goes--for good, You will discover how much you care, And will give your heart to a dog to tear. We've sorrow enough in the natural way, When it comes to burying Christian clay. Our loves are not given, but only lent, At compound interest of cent per cent. Though it is not always the case, I believe, That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve: For, when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-term loan is as bad as a long-- So why in--Heaven (before we are there) Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear? Rudyard Kipling

To: Venkie who wrote (14927)	12/3/2002 10:45:19 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57110

Venkie, I know that feeling of sorrow coupled with relief when a good companion/pet dies. May he have all of the dirty socks to chew that his little heart desires. (well, that's what our dogs like):-) Tom