” Keibo “

Jan. 10 1980 —- July 25 1993

Red and White Basenji

I loved our other Basenjis before him–Duchess mom of Prince and the

cats too as Squeaky was my dad’s beautiful black angora and she

was here sharing life and home with Keibo for many years too.

Squeaky died about 10 years (I think) before Keibo did then my brother

found a tiny yellow-white scruffy looking kitten at a school where he worked

so Muffy and Keibo became best pals!!! I could go on and on and on

about Keibo my love for him his best kitty pals but……

I have him in my heart forever.

I know no living creature lives forever on their physical realm but when you

lose your most precious beloved “pets,” it feels like the world took your

heart and soul. I really did not want to spend time with another dog as I

decided after Keibo died the grief was just too much and too hard.

BUT I saw an ad in the Florida Times-Union for several weeks around

August-late September 1993 and this breeder was trying to get deposits

on for breeding her beautiful champion Basenji female (Cassie)

and…….finally I went out to see her (Cassie) and…Ruddy is here now!

I guess I felt that it was selfish to not want to share my life and love

with another pet–aren’t they all so unique!???!!!!! Each one like us

humans has their own neat personality and I could never regret the day I

got Ruddy. Actually my breeder lives about 55 miles from my home here and I

got to see Ruddy the very night – like about 3 hours after – he was born on

January 11 1994!!! AND she let all of us puppy buyers come out at least

weekly to watch the pups grow up during their short but special baby days!!

I love Keibo–there are times I can think of him without shedding tears,

yet there are still many times that I grieve his loss and cry. I don’t

mean to feel so sad as I am truly thankful for Ruddy and do not know

what I would do without my now little boy pup!!!

I am so glad I decided to share life with another best pup and buddy!!

I would have missed out on such love nobody could imagine!

Like with Keibo I will miss Ruddy terribly much because he is MINE….

I mean I paid for him and all of his needs but I love him so very much!!

It was about 3-4 weeks

after Keibo died that I did “feel” him on the bed circling around my legs

one night around august 1993 as he died July 25 1993. AND I was so very

much grieving that I kept praying God allow me to go see Keibo to know his

soul too survived physical death. This was not a dream but I got to

leave my body (out of body experiences or astral traveling) one night and

went to a place where I recall a group of *people* in white robes were

talking in a small circle. Well……..I remember (THIS was NOT a dream)

that I was sorta “standing” about 15 feet maybe away from them and I was

actually crying and pleading; with them to let me see him one more time to

know he was okay and alive (his soul). One man from the group came over and

told me that they did not want to let me see him because they knew I was

going to have another Basenji boy so they did not want me to grieve so much

when my next pal arrived. I kept pleading to see Keibo and……they agreed.

I still recall so clearly that there was like a tunnel but at the

opening of the tunnel which I was not allowed to go near that opening but I

was allowed to stay there and watch the most brilliant white light streamed

out of the tunnel. I mean the tunnel was filled with that brilliant white,

loving splendid light. FINALLY they called for Keibo then,

I saw HIM!!!!!!!! He was young again perfect healthy able to see

(he went blind from cataracts and could not see for maybe the

last 2 yrs of his life so at 11 we were his eyes) and he could only come to

the edge of that tunnel of light. He got there turned his head towards

where I was “standing,” then he saw me!! He just stood there looking at me

and the last thing I recall before I was told I had to go back was that I

KNEW he had a soul that survived physical death and I KNEW he KNEW me and

knew I was his “Sis,” and that I was there!

When I returned to my body I woke up in tears—tears of happiness and joy

that God did give me a sign and let me know that even our pets survive

physical death because they too have souls.

Yes losing them seems to hurt forever but now I know how

important Ruddy is to me too!

Rhonda & Ruddy