| Pat & Joe Boone & Family |
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| He went to the bridge on June 20, 2005 Klink was a loving family friend and the love and joy of a little girl's life. He will be missed. |
| Dotti Lowe |
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| 08/22/05 Casper It is with heavy heart that I write this e-mail about my little Poodle, Casper. I had to have him euthanized yesterday because of his severe heart problems. He had a lot of fluid around his heart and he got to the point that he wouldn't take his medication or eat and was going down fast. I had been away for over 2 weeks and when I got home, he was glad to see me and wagged his little tail but it was time. He had no quality of life and it was so hard to see him that way. Seems I just finished burying little Skeeter a week ago when indeed it was 5 months, but it's so hard to lose them no matter what. Dottie Lowe, Hertford, North Carolina IN MEMORY OF LITTLE SKEETER 1991-2005 AND LITTLE CASPER BABY UNK-2005 |
| Frankie Da Mouth 10/01/05 My heart lies crushed, like a ripe pumpkin after All Halloween’s Eve or sodden and heavy like a Sunday newspaper that has stayed lying in the rain too long under a rhodenderon bush. I feel so broken, I feel so crushed. My heart aches so badly, and I cannot stop crying, I am just so miserable.Frankie is not going to make it. His life is trickling out of his little body. He has been in so much pain in the past few months. I know I have been lying to myself that I could make him better, that I could help him, but I realized I cannot. The harder he tried to poop, the more he tore the tissues in his rectum, and the more he bled. Listening to him strain when he had to go poop and continue to strain when he didn’t, and hearing him cry and moan, was worse than him having all of his accidents in the house. Friday… I honestly, honestly cannot tell you how broken in to tiny shards my heart is, that I had to put Frankie to sleep today. I begged and cried and asked him to forgive me, I have not been able to stop sobbing, I am so so so very sorry. Frankie, I am so very sorry I could not make you better. I am so sorry I was not a better momma. I am just so broken. I cannot talk to anyone, I don’t know how I am going to be okay, I can’t even breathe…I will never, never forgive myself for this…I don’t think I ever want to have another dog again and I know I don’t want to rescue anymore. I can’t stand taking in all of these dogs that people reject, and then me loving them and trying to help them find homes and taking them back in again when their homes don’t work out. I am just so so very sad. Sunday… I am completely hollow. I am completely empty. There is nothing good you can say about this part of rescue. It is so damn unfair. I know a lot of you have gotten to know Frankie though his stories, I just wish you would have gotten to know the good and bad of him in person. I loved telling Frankie da Mouth stories, mostly before he got so aggressive, (and that probably was due to his discomfort) and I loved thinking up new adventures he could get into. I loved how people would write back, just like he was the one that was really writing the stories. I miss him so very much, and I don’t have any peace over my decision, and I just am praying for the day that he tells me, Mumma, it is alright. I love you. |
| Jodie Lemoine |
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