Sept. 9 1989 —– Oct. 13 1998
Collie
It has been 2 years since Rusty went beyond the Rainbow Bridge,
since that time I have lost two people very close to me my Gram
and my best friend Mary. You see Rusty was always there when something
happened in my life giving me the strength to get through the worst times,
I feel lost without him. My two other dogs Rocco and Ariel still miss him
terrible our house has been alot quieter since Rusty passed
and will never be the same.
His death has touched me like no other thing in my life.
People who do not have the companionship of an animal touching their life
could never imagine what the death of an animal feels like.
I replay the last days of Rusty’s life in my mind often and although I
am sad I know I took the best possible care of him I could.
I often wonder though why he was taken from me.
I did have a wonderful 10 years with him but in some terms it was not
long enough You see through out his life he was in pain alot
we found out he had a herniated disc in his back and when we had
him operated on he was only home 5 days when he got bloat.
Something I only read about but he succumbed to it.
The only positive thing that came out of his death is that they used his
case to research why this happens to dogs and that comforts me to
know that maybe someone’s else dog will survive this horrible condition.
The thing two that helped me through his death is knowing my other two
dogs depend on me and feel our loss and in some ways although each
dog is unique from time to time I notice alot of similarities to all three of them.
Also the fact that my Gram and Mary are up there with him comforts me.
He was such a people dog and he is definitely surrounded by
many people right now. Sometimes it is so hard being an animal mother,
the attachment you feel breaks your heart but one time your dog nudges
you or comforts you during a painful time you know it is all worth it.
I tell many people who love there dogs as much as I due about this
wonderful website I feel it has helped me very much
with my grieving of Rusty. I love him very much still!
When Rusty died my family and friends got together and had a
memorial service my mom even made me a log cabin to put Rusty’s
ashes in and that is where he is now I look at that log cabin
and imagine what it is like up there.
Someday the rest of us will fill that log cabin & we will all be
together again. It will be a much
anticipated reunion.
Chrissy
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