At 11:59 PM 12/28/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I have a request and I am hoping that somebody might be able to help >me. Two months ago my father lost his fourteen year old dog to old age. >Two days ago he lost his six year old dog to pancreitis. I have never >seen him so upset and I thought if I found a good poem or story that I >can print out and frame for him it might help a little. My friend was >telling me about a poem she read when her dog died that made her feel >better but she can't remember the name of it. It had something to do >with where dogs go when they die and they finally meet up with their >care givers in the end. I am not necessarily looking for this exact >poem, just something that might help give my dad a nice memory of his >dogs. > >Any web sights with dog poems and/or stories would be helpful... that >way I can read through them and find the best one for my dad. > > >Thank you in advance, > >Kim Dear Kim: The death of a beloved dog is deeply upsetting. My merry companion of 15 years - Molly, our English Border Collie - closed her bright eyes for the last time in January, and I am still not over her loss. Like your father, I am getting on in age, so I understand how he feels, and you are to be commended for looking for solace for him. I think he may find some help to ease his heart-ache by joining other bereaved pet-owners at a deeply moving cyber-place, "Rainbow Bridge" : http://www.petloss.com/ Best Wishes - Sidney Allinson, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
