{"id":1689,"date":"2012-07-25T19:49:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T23:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/25\/the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets-1\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T19:49:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T23:49:50","slug":"the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/the-grief-journals-to-help-in-the-loss-of-a-beloved-dog-or-other-pets-1\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GRIEF JOURNALS TO HELP IN THE LOSS OF A BELOVED DOG OR OTHER PETS–1"},"content":{"rendered":"

MY WENDY\u2014THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER AS SHE WAS HER OWN LITTLE PERSON AND MY HEART<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved \u201cWendy\u201d who almost made it to 15. Ch. Rattlebridge Dutch Treat ROM\u2014the first wholecolor ROM. She won the National Brood Bitch Class twice and helped retire two lovely Llardo figurines, which I treasure, of Cavaliers with young girls.  The awards do not matter; she was what mattered.  I loved her with all my heart and she loved me equally. Her heart was great but old age indignities got to the point when she needed to rest.  She rallied so often as she truly did not want to leave me to fend for myself as she was always with me to supervise. I was her total slave and she made sure that I knew it. What can I say?  She was my total heart and I cannot believe her diva bark isn\u2019t ringing in my ears or that her ears are not in my face and her head on my neck.  Over the years her ears caught so many of my tears. I had to let her go one week before the second anniversary of Al\u2019s death. Now she can order Al around and the other Rattlebridges at the rainbow bridge.  I always say that if  you cannot face the agony of losing them, you never have the joy of having them.<\/em>  She was my joy, my heart, and my salvation after Al died. Rest in peace my Wendy.    Meredith<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The following poignant says it all.  I have given my heart to many dogs to tear and with their passing my heart is truly torn.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/font>"The Power of the Dog"<\/font><\/p>\n

by Rudyard Kipling<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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There is sorrow enough in the natural way\nFrom men and women to fill our day;\nAnd when we are certain of sorrow in store,\nWhy do we always arrange for more?\n<\/strong><\/font>Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware\nOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.<\/i>\n\nBuy a pup and your money will buy\nLove unflinching that cannot lie --\nPerfect passion and worship fed\nBy a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.\n<\/font><\/strong><\/font>Nevertheless it is hardly fair\nTo risk your heart for a dog to tear.<\/i>\n\nWhen the fourteen years which Nature permits\nAre closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,\nAnd the vet's unspoken prescription runs\nTo lethal chambers or loaded guns,\n<\/font><\/strong><\/font>Then you will find -- it's your own affair --\nBut . . . you've given your heart to a dog to tear.<\/i>\n\nWhen the body that lived at your single will,\nWith its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!)\nWhen the spirit hat answered your every mood\nIs gone -- wherever it goes -- for good,\n<\/font><\/strong><\/font>You will discover how much you care,\nAnd will give your heart to a dog to tear.<\/i>\n\nWe've sorrow enough in the natural way,\nWhen it comes to burying Christian clay.\nOur loves are not given, but only lent,\nAt compound interest of cent per cent.\nThough it is not always the case, I believe,\nThat the longer we've kept'em, the more do we grieve;\n\nFor, when debts are payable, right or wrong,\nA short-time loan is as bad as a long --\n<\/font><\/strong><\/font>So why in -- Heaven (before we are there)\nShould we give our hearts to a dog to tear?<\/strong><\/font><\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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