Hope I can do it this time.

G'day Dunworkin

Sorry to hear that mate...Bloody cancer....doesnt care who it takes, i know how you feel, lost my shepard to cancer a few yrs ago, still hurts when i think about it.......All the best mate.

Cheers.......Dave

I had 18 years with my best mate .... I feel your loss.

"There is one best place to bury a dog.
"If you bury him in this spot, he will
come to you when you call - come to you
over the grim, dim frontier of death,
and down the well-remembered path,
and to your side again.

"And though you call a dozen living
dogs to heel, they shall not growl at
him, nor resent his coming,
for he belongs there.

"People may scoff at you, who see
no lightest blade of grass bent by his
footfall, who hear no whimper, people
who may never really have had a dog.
Smile at them, for you shall know
something that is hidden from them,
and which is well worth the knowing.

"The one best place to bury a good
dog is in the heart of his master."

--- Ben Hur Lampman ---
from the Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925

Funny. Not 4 weeks past, the better half & myself were preparing for a few weeks away in the van. Old Sam at 15 years was past his prime and had lost control of his bladder etc etc.

We spoke frankly on Tuesday night and I decided that we had to do something and couldn't take him on our holiday. I had a very sleepless night that night but before leaving for work said "Sam won't be here tonight when you come home"! All day at work this played on my mind but I was determined that after a very good 15 years, the poor old boy had to go. It was hurting both of us to see him suffer the way he was.

Bugger me, you would think he had heard us talking the night before, because when I come home on Wednesday, he is dead on the kitchen floor. Poor old bugger had nobody with him in his final hour.

I suppose the saving grace was that he went his way when he was ready and saved me the need to feel guilty about doing the unspeakable.

We will alway have our 'mates' with use and currently we have three of the little mongrels (Mum Dad & Son) but we love 'em all and will alway hold the fondest memories in our hearts.
I remember as a kid singing the old song "Old Shep" (still know all the words) and how true it is.
Bob

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