1 year in Doggie Heaven - The loss of my best friend....
 

6/14/2011 - 1 year ago my wife and I lost our best friend, Soprano, the best dog anyone could ask for. While the pain has subsided it will never go away, there will always be a BIG hole in my heart! Not a day goes by we don't think about him or talk to him, knowing we'll meet again one day is what keeps me going. We miss and love you so much Soprano! You may be gone but you'll NEVER be forgotten!!

RIP - Soprano
4/1/2000 - 6/14/2011


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im sorry to hear this...i cant stand bare to have a best friend like that die..i can watch any human die and it wont bother me but when it comws to an animal....im soft..god bless

nyrfan.... truely know how you feel.....I have had to deal with this 3 different time over the coruse of my life....and its taken at least a year before I was able to bring another furry child into my life.....but it was worth it. Here is something that I have framed at the house, and I know some of the dog lovers here will recognize it......

Man, I'm sorry to read this. It makes me fearful of the day my Chocolate Lab passes on.

Here's some pics of my best friend:

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He LOVES playing at the beach. You can throw his toy 50 meters out into the ocean and he will swim out to retrieve it, waves and all. He is my protector and my best friend. I have a TBI and PTSD from Iraq. Although not specifically trained as a companion dog, he acts like one. In public places where I get nervous, he walks tight up to my right side and has this intense look on his face as if he's scrutinizing every single person around me. He is a VERY intense dog!

Cooper is 18 months old, weighs in at 92lbs and is the smartest, most loving dog we have ever had. He dwarfs my 5' tall wife when he stands on his rear legs and he is highly protective of her as well.

Knowing/feeling all of this about my Cooper allows me to deeply empathize with you. I am so sorry you have lost your buddy and I can only pray that you will find not a replacement, but a new friend who brings joy into your life the same way Soprano did.

sorry to hear man.

The feeling sucks bad. I lived with a girl for 2 years and we got a puppy together and we ended up breaking up and she moved to baltimore, so ill never see that little girl again.

ah, i'm sorry

Cool dog! Sorry for your loss.

I have an English Mastiff and a Chiweenie (wife's dog really).

That last pic made me laugh. Sorry you lost him. I've lost two now :/. Like your best friend disappearing.

I've been there many of times. It's never easy and never fun. I am able to cope (as well as anyone can) by remembering the good times, car rides, and how happy they were. I always give them whatever they want to eat as their last meal too. I have loved each and every single one, but I lost one last year that I was extremely close to. She hung on me everywhere I went and was always by my side. :cry: :cry: :cry: I get upset still.

Ah yea that poem I know all too well Sir Nuke. Thanks for sharing for those who have never seen or read it.

I don't blame you. Animals are the only creatures that really love you unconditionally. Can't say that about humans.

exactly...humans r welll just humans n dont appreciate ...animals always stay true to u

The Power of the Dog*

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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 passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for 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 for 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 for the 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-time 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


I have lost 2 very loved pets in the last year.

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I understand. Just got a new dog for the first time since I was a young child. After my family lost that dog, I wasn't sure if I ever wanted another. But my wife and I love our new puppy, he's 12 weeks now! That feisty age, you know? You can never forget a good dog.

Believe me it never gets any easier losing part of the family. In the 28 years I have been married we have lost four dogs; Flash, Brandon, Trina and Buddy. Another , Cody does not have long. The cancer is getting worse, but he still gives us kisses and seems happy most of the time.There will be lots of friends waiting on Rainbow Bridge for us.