Monday, Oct 30, 2006 at 15:27
Hi to Sandman ........ and all :
Relate to all the sentiments on this thread and agree with most ...............
I have had Beagles for many years and have found a way to deal with pet-loss
that works for me, but maybe is not every-one's cup o' tea.
My first Beagle (called Beau!) died at the ripe old [dog] age of 14 years.
My second (also called Beau!) was accidently killed by a vehicle, [not the drivers fault !] at the very
young age of 14 months.
My last and current Beagle, funnily enough called ........ Beau, is my constant companion today.
I had extreme anxiety in getting the new Beau, for the obvious emotional reasons.
All three were small-bodied Beagle bitches, all pedigree'd and thus were all of like body, size, temperament and nature.
The only real difference were their personalities and that Beau 1 was a JUMPER Escaper where-as her successors were/are both DIGGER Escapers .... !!!
I found that keeping the SAME name seemed to imbue my current Beau with all the attributes of her predecessors and that's how I now think of her ........... the sum of all three ...........
perchance, for me, the key to this is the fact that all three have been almost indistinguishable from each other ............ or possibly a poor remembery ???
We all like to think that our pets really are irreplaceable in our memories but over timemy remembery has blurred all three into one entity ...........maybe not every-one's cup o' tea BUT ........ works for me !
Anyway, sympathy extended ...............
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