Losing a pet can be heartbreaking.It may help to know that others have been in your shoes and grieved deeply too.
David, I hope the poem below will comfort you in your grief for Chester your best friend.



RAINBOW BRIDGE


Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies who has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor;
those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again,
just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing;
they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.
His bright eyes are intent; his eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group,
flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet,
you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head,
and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet,
so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Thanks everyone for the kind words and prayers. I'm doing a little better, but I miss my sweet boy. I'm trying to be strong because I have three other dogs that need me. One of the other dog is also taking it hard.

Thanks,
David

(05-25-2012 09:01 PM)Davidw Wrote:  Thanks everyone for the kind words and prayers. I'm doing a little better, but I miss my sweet boy. I'm trying to be strong because I have three other dogs that need me. One of the other dog is also taking it hard.

Thanks,
David

I am happy to hear that David and I'm sorry for your loss. I know how it feel because we have experienced it many times over since growing up. We always have more than 3 big dogs and we treat them all like people with kindness. I myself a dog lover. May I ask what kind do you have? God bless you.

I have 3 dachshunds, Buster, 11, who is blind, Sandy, 16, and Rowdy, 2, who is crippled. Chester was also a dachshund. I have my hands full, but the love I get is rewarding!

Davidw,
I know you were answering Dottie2012, But I just had to post.
How beautiful your little group of Dashounds are!!!!
How special!!! We also have a dashound, brownie 5, she was a throw away, she didn't fit into their little purse anymore! We took her, and then there is elwood, A big dog, maybe part boxer? He has a very curved spine, 5 years ago, he was rescused by my son, he was going to be put down. And there is little turbo, a yorkie mix, who was kept in a garage all alone, she is 13 now.

How wonderful your little dashounds are!!!!!
for taking care of God's smallest creatures!!