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Poultry and Pets => Pets without Feathers => Topic started by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 19:25

Title: That's my dog...........
Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 19:25
My brave and wonderful Casper was put to sleep late this afternoon, he had a lunch of sirloin steak and an afternoon snooze on the sofa..........he had tea of sirloin steak and then we took him on his favourite walk through Raby woods...............

(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/Toomanygirls58/000_0001-7.jpg)

the vets were brilliant and allowed me to take him to the large animal practice (the farm animal part) he hasn't been there before so he didn't know he was at the vets, he stayed in the back of my car and the vet went to great care injecting him, he simply went to sleep sprawled on the back seat, not a twitch or a jerk, it was very peaceful, the snow started to fall and everything was silent......... except the gentle sobbing of Pip.
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Post by: sunshineband on February 03, 2010, 19:27
 :( :( :( :(

Tears as I read that TMG


hugs to you all
                                                                  xxxx 
                                                                                                              Sunny
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 19:28
i wanted to write a poem for him but my minds gone blank


(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/Toomanygirls58/000_0034-1.jpg)

the snow continued to fall and the ground where we planned to bury him is rock hard, so, he's still wrapped in my duvet in the back of my car.
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 19:32
everyone loved Casper...................even the cats ::)

(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/Toomanygirls58/img002.jpg)
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Post by: arugula on February 03, 2010, 19:43
So sorry to hear about Casper, but what a peaceful way to go.
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Post by: janet12000 on February 03, 2010, 20:02
Oh my.
I didn't know Caspar, but have cried reading this post.
I'm crying now. What a beautiful dog.
I know we all send 'hugs' on here, but please please accept my heartfelt 'hug' for a very very special dog.
xxx
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Post by: GrannieAnnie on February 03, 2010, 20:05
Oh Rom, your bestest friend, but what a way to go!  Lots of humans would be grateful for an ending like that to a lovely life.

lots of hugs to you all     XXXXXXXX  Ann
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 20:06
Quote from: janet12000 on February 03, 2010, 20:02
Oh my.
I didn't know Caspar, but have cried reading this post.
I'm crying now. What a beautiful dog.
I know we all send 'hugs' on here, but please please accept my heartfelt 'hug' for a very very special dog.
xxx

thank you Janet,
 that means a lot to me, i'm feeling very down :(
if you would like to read Caspers story..........

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=48780.msg575898#msg575898
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Post by: joyfull on February 03, 2010, 20:07
Rom, really huge hugs from me, sobbing with you xxx
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 20:11
oh i missed your post Grannie, i got carried away with reading my own post "fingers crossed for Casper"
thank you Grannie
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Post by: sloworm on February 03, 2010, 20:12
Oh dear now I have some tears too... what a gorgeous fellow he was and so obviously well loved, hugs to you all x
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 20:14
thank you Joy,
 i never realised how much i relied on this forum and you lot, you see me through all the good times and the bad, thank you so much, i don't know what i'd do without you.
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Post by: Aunt Sally on February 03, 2010, 20:27
Rom this is a very famous and beautiful poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye.

It may not be about a dog but I think it fits

I Am Not There

Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there:
I did not die.


It really means that your memories of him will live on and always be with you and you will see him in the common things of life.
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Post by: matilda duck on February 03, 2010, 20:39
TMG what an incredibly wonderful caring person you are to have helped Casper on his way. He obviously loved you tremendously. My heart goes out to you.
Sending lots and lots of hugs
Sam x
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 20:50
Aunty, i chose that poem and the vicar read it at my daughters funeral, at her graveside, it was slightly different..........

Do not stand at my grave and weep
i am not here i do not sleep
i am the thousand winds that blow
i am the diamond glint on snow
i am the sunlight on ripened grain
i am the soft autumnal rain
i am the stars that shine at night
do not stand at my grave and cry
i am not here i did not die

at the point where the vicar said "i am the thousand winds that blow" a great gust of wind came from nowhere and blew his white frock up over his head, if it hadn't been so awful watching him struggling to get it off it would have been funny :)


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Post by: Aunt Sally on February 03, 2010, 20:54
I'ts a very emtional poem Rom.

It captures the pain of loss and the hope of continuing love through your memory of simple things that you shared.
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Post by: kitkat on February 03, 2010, 21:14
Hello TMG, i haven't been around for a while due to a house move. I just wanted to say i'm so really sorry about Casper, they leave such a hole when they've gone. Reading your story I know just how your're feeling after losing my dog Smudge last October.
     Making the final decision is the hardest, but its the last nicest thing that we can do for them. You haven't made him suffer because you wanted to keep him here. I'm thinking of you all. Raise a large glass for Casper tonightxxx
   Katrina[kitkat]
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Post by: Parsnip on February 03, 2010, 21:26
I'm so Rom...I can't say much more at the mo...so upset for you... :( :( :(

night night Casper dog xxxx
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Post by: Foxy on February 03, 2010, 21:27
I have no words Rom, my heart is aching for you... :(
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Post by: Y.E.A.H on February 03, 2010, 21:28
so sorry  :( hope you feel better soon  :)
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Post by: kitkat on February 03, 2010, 21:30
I also like that poem[we had it for a family member]. Someone posted this for me, i hope you like it;
    Dont grieve too long for now i'm free
  i'm following the path God set for me
 I ran to Him when i heard him call
 I wagged my tail and left it all.

 I could not stay another day to bark, to love , to romp or play
 games left unplayed must stay that way
 I found such peace it made my day.

My parting has left you with a void
so fill it with your remembered joy
Afriendship shared , your laugh, a kiss
 Oh yes these things i too shall miss

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
i wish you the sunshine of tomorrow
My life's been full, you've given so much
Your time your love and gentle touch

Perhaps my time seemed all too brief
Dont lengthen it now with undue grief
Lift up your heart and share with me
 God wanted me now, He set me free.
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Post by: Caralou on February 03, 2010, 21:33
Casper was such a wonderful, friendly and loving dog and such a character too.! How many dogs would curl up with cats and chooks and enjoy it  ??? :D Casper will be very much missed but not forgot and we all know what a wonderful full life he led with you xxxxx
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Post by: Debz on February 03, 2010, 21:37
Sorry to hear about your dog.  They leave such a gap when they go.
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Post by: chickenlady on February 03, 2010, 22:02
 :( Oh TMG! i am so sorry  :( I have only ever had to take the decision once which was to have my beloved cat Tiggs put to sleep  :( I thought the pain would never go away, but it does, and you are left with loving and wonderful memories.
Although it has caused you pain You have shown him the final act of love
Sending you big hugs TMG xxx
Rest in peace little man xxx  :(
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Post by: compostqueen on February 03, 2010, 22:10
So sorry to hear about your Casper  :(  It's such a wrench to let go of them but we have to, we know we do and that it's for the best but it's so blooming hard  :( 

You'll miss him every day but your memories will be happy ones  :)  For a while the house will seem so strange and you'll swear you heard the patter of his feet across the floor ...

I'll shut up now cos I'm blubbing
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Post by: Rubellite on February 03, 2010, 22:12
Tears streaming down my face, Rom  :( Really feel for you but lovely that you had a final walk together and the end was peaceful and without stress for Casper. A kindness that we can give to our animals............
Sending hugs to you all
Jane
x
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Post by: too many girls on February 03, 2010, 22:17
i keep expecting Casper to walk in, but he doesn't and he won't, everyone is tired now, i will go and spend a few minutes with him in the car......


...............he's still warm under his coat :(
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Post by: janet12000 on February 04, 2010, 17:38
I found this as well......

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge

When an animal dies that 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 vigour.  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...........
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Post by: too many girls on February 04, 2010, 17:45
that's nice, thank you
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Post by: Rubellite on February 04, 2010, 18:09
Have never managed to read right through the Rainbow Bridge :blink:
Just start blubbing and have to give up  :(
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Post by: wighty on February 04, 2010, 20:51
Og so sorry Rom, had to do it myself a few times, really hard but deep down it's the best decision that you can make.  You know when the time is right.
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Post by: karlooben on February 05, 2010, 17:26
rom i am sending you the biggest hugs from me as well  HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS . i  like many of us know only to well what u are going though but the one thing to remember is and it helps me ' they have gone in body but never in soul ' and that soul is forever inside us .

when a certian dogs home destroyed my very healthy puppy i could of sued them but i didnt but not long after i heard a  song which i dedicate to my little boy christina aguilera's song   HURT .  i can play it over and over again and it helps bring back all the fond memories .
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 17:43
      Tribute to Casper
 

My memories of you Casper
they'll live on and on
but my life will never be the same
now that your gone

(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/Toomanygirls58/img005.jpg)
RIP Casper the friendly dog
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Post by: janet12000 on February 05, 2010, 17:56
what a beautiful pic...... xxxx
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Post by: Rubellite on February 05, 2010, 17:57
 :)
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Post by: janet12000 on February 05, 2010, 17:57
and a beautiful poem.  xxxx
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 18:13
sleeping on the floor was unheard of for Casper :) he's a big dog but he could squeeze himself into the smallest chair (if it was the only one available) i've seen him spend ages trying to get comfy on a computer stool  ::) when the cold weather comes the cats gravitate to him for warmth, he was never bothered when they curled up with him, but...................if they tried to pinch his food they were quite likely to get their heads bitten off, he'd growl a warning at them and if they didn't listen, snap at them, they soon got the message :lol:
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Post by: birmancats on February 05, 2010, 18:16
Oh TMG I'm so sorry.  In floods of tears now after reading those poems.  He looks beautiful in those photos
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Post by: Foxy on February 05, 2010, 18:25
wonderful photo, what a gentleman he was! :) oh dear....welling up again...
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 18:36
i knew he didn't have long, i composed myself (and kept composed) the whole time at the vets, i spent a few minutes with him in the car after everyone had gone to bed, i thought i'd held myself up rather well,
what i never realised would be just how much i would miss him, i can't get my head round the fact he's not here anymore, last night i asked Pip "have you fed Casper?" (Casper has on numerous occasions been fed twice, once by me and then again by Pip not realising i'd already done it, and being the ever greedy dog wouldn't refuse second tea) when i'm going to let the chooks out i go to get him and then when i see the sofa empty i remember he's gone, i miss him so very much :(
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Post by: janet12000 on February 05, 2010, 18:42
Quote from: TMG on February 05, 2010, 18:13
sleeping on the floor was unheard of for Casper :) he's a big dog but he could squeeze himself into the smallest chair (if it was the only one available) i've seen him spend ages trying to get comfy on a computer stool  ::) when the cold weather comes the cats gravitate to him for warmth, he was never bothered when they curled up with him, but...................if they tried to pinch his food they were quite likely to get their heads bitten off, he'd growl a warning at them and if they didn't listen, snap at them, they soon got the message :lol:
It must be a greyhound thing. Bea spends a good quarter of an hour trying to curl herself up at the bottom of my bed each night (despite having a duvet to herself under my bed).
She curls herself up, but by the morning she's taking up most of the bed with her big dangly legs.  :)
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 18:53
Casper knew he wasn't really allowed to sleep on my bed, he'd put his front paws on and wriggle the rest of his body on, he always gave himself away when he flopped  :) the whole bed would shake :D
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Post by: Parsnip on February 05, 2010, 19:11
I haven't been able to read the tributes, I start to well up each time...  :(

I love the picture with the kitten... :wub:

"Best friends" :D
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Post by: janet12000 on February 05, 2010, 19:13
Bea knows full bl**dy well she should not sleep on my bed. (she still does though)  :)
Always makes me laugh when I pop home in the day to let her out. She is usually comatose on my bed.  :D
As for the cats.....well!!!!!!!!!

Tis no wonder I am single.  :D :D :D
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Post by: Parsnip on February 05, 2010, 19:18
Surely you know we just borrow the bed ::) :lol:
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 20:29
Quote from: Parsnip on February 05, 2010, 19:11
I haven't been able to read the tributes, I start to well up each time...  :(

I love the picture with the kitten... :wub:

"Best friends" :D

the last pic was actually the first one taken, then Casper turned round and Tiger Lily slipped between his legs and didn't bother to move :)
the first pic (actually the last pic taken but the first pic on here, are you still with me?) won "The pet's in Harmony competition" for a magazine we entered, come to think of it we never did get a prize although the photo was printed >:(
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Post by: Parsnip on February 05, 2010, 20:51
Yep,. I got it ;). What should have been the prize? :unsure:
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 21:18
Quote from: Parsnip on February 05, 2010, 20:51
Yep,. I got it ;). What should have been the prize? :unsure:

actually i can't remember :lol:
anyway, it won, that's the prize for me :)
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Post by: too many girls on February 05, 2010, 21:57
Tonight my dad wondered what had happened to the sirloin in the fridge, he'd seen it and said it looked a good steak........................"very nice steak you got there Rom now
where is it?" 
the local butcher (cockfield) knew Casper and when i asked for a steak as his last meal......................they complied,
my dad was speechless..................he still hasn't got it that Casper was a regular customer.................
and as such he's gone with best sirloin in his tummy. :lol:
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Post by: dizzylizzie on February 06, 2010, 17:35
Hi Rom, sorry for my delay in replying, havent been around! Im so sorry about Casper, i dont know what to say really. I know that if i could choose a way to go it would be after my favourite meal, and doing a favourite thing surrounded by love from my favourite people.....thats exactly what you gave him, he went with dignity and love, and thats all down to you. Sending hugs for you all xx
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Post by: Jellyhead on February 07, 2010, 14:27
Sending big hugs from over here Rom. How very very sad for you and like so many others this whole post has made me cry too. What lovely memories you have of your very special friend.
Thinking of you.
With love
Jelly
XXXXX