[Dailydrool] Still grieving

[Elsamarie5 at cs.com]

Jackie,
You have touched my heart with your comments about losing your baby a year 
ago. I lost my Scottish Deerhound/Border Collie mix, Annie, 6 years ago and 
I still wheal up with tears when I remember her. I have had several dogs 
since, but none so close to my heart as she was. She was a rescue from the 
SPCA, was to be put down same day that I found her, she was suffering with 
distemper, weak and ouside temp. was 104 that day, yet she dragged herself to the 
front of kennel over several other dogs to beg me to take her. She acted 
like she already knew me and poked her runny nose through wire to be noticed. 
It was a long process to rehabilitate her but she was velcro tight to me, 
anticipated my thoughts and moves, she'd mother all the puppies I'd drag home, 
train them (including potty) and never make a move without my permission. 
Even though I love all my puppies, I will never have another dog like her. 
Each one of our babies fills a special place in our hearts, none other can 
take their place, our hearts must be very much bigger than they look for us to 
contain all the love we feel for each one. Archie (my Basset baby) & I are 
sending a big hug and snooter kisses from California to you and hope it will 
help a little to console you.

Judy & Archie (Basset buddy)</HTML>