[Dailydrool] Dailydrool Digest, Vol 430, Issue 5
Linda Wittig via Dailydrool
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Fri Jul 1 14:13:01 PDT 2016
Thank you to all who have shared stories about their ATB hounds and how you lovingly care for the remembrances. Roscoe will be returned to me soon, maybe tonight. I will find a place to honor him with my favorite picture, his tag, maybe a toy. He is my first ATB hound, although Little Purr has his special shelf. This forum has allowed me to grieve and feel supported by the love of those who know best what I'm feeling.
Buddy (the one of a kind basset, lab, shep. mix) and Momperson Linda
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> 1. Afterwards (Kim Dworak via Dailydrool)
> 2. grieving our friends (via Dailydrool)
> 3. after they are gone (Donna Lindy via Dailydrool)
> 4. ANOTHER MONTANA MOMENT (Leslie via Dailydrool)
> 5. Colette is home, but very weak in the rear legs, and I know
> all why (Jacquelynn Chazey via Dailydrool)
> 6. Weirdness (Jennifer Martin via Dailydrool)
> 7. Afterwards 2 (Michele SZ via Dailydrool)
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:12:38 -0500
> From: Kim Dworak via Dailydrool <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
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> We have all of the ashes on a shelf in the bedroom. For the dogs, I keep their collars (they have their names and our phone number embroidered on them) along with their favorite toy and a picture in a shadow box. The cats I just have their ashes - they don't really have favorite toys. It took me a year to clean off Gunter's nose art from the living room window. I took pictures of it before I did. That was his favorite place to sit and was the hardest thing to do. I have seen people make bracelets out of their collars and I thought about doing that, but decided against it. The harnesses I save and we reuse them.
> Drool to everyone that needs it
> Kim with Hal, Heidi and baby MozartGunter and Wulfgang atb
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> I really appreciate the way the Daily Drool acts as a resource extraordinaire for all-things-Basset-and-Beyond. The recent posts on the way different Droolers have handled the grieving process are quite beautiful. We create montages of pictures and loved items of our departed family member, and I often stop in front of them and remember that particular dog in detail. I know that I will carry each and every one of them with me in memory throughout my life, but I do miss their physical presence so much! The feel of their fur, their particular scent, the sound of their woofle, their little idiosyncrasies. It's a privilege to share such a bond with a member of another species. Our grieving is a way that we honor this wonderful bond.
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> Lois Leader, Bobo (Basset) ATB, Strider (GSD) ATB, Zar (Newfie) ATB, Misty (Aussie Cattle Dog) ATB, Scout the Lab and Dobby the House Elf (we have no idea what he is; he just looks like Dobby in the Harry Potter movies.)
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 19:05:49 -0400
> From: Donna Lindy via Dailydrool <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
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> Subject: [Dailydrool] after they are gone
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> This was a very timely post for me, having just lost our
> sweet Bosley - our 7th hound to go to the Bridge, the 4th
> in the last 6 years and the 3rd one to travel away from
> us in the month of June. It doesn?t get easier. Each
> hound is special in his or her own way, yet the grieving
> process is pretty much the same. The sun shines too
> brightly and you want to tell the world to stop, that a
> precious being is now missing from your life and you
> need some time to get used to your new status of being
> a mom to one less hound. You?ve lost part of who you are.
> And the tears come, not just when you see something of the
> dog?s but sometimes at the oddest moments. Do what is
> comfortable for you - I know people who leave their dog?s bed
> in place, some who pack or give things away almost immediately
> and others who sleep with the dog?s collar or blankie. There?s no
> right or wrong here.
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> As far as things go, we have a tote bag in the front hall closet
> for leashes and harnesses so we know where to find it when
> we need to see it or until we need to use it for another hound.
> Collars usually stay with their ashes although Miss Pauline
> loved to ride in the car so her collar goes with me in my car
> everywhere I go. Some of our hounds have a decorated paint
> can (wonderfully done by a Drooler) and those hounds
> have their ashes, collar, bandana with their name on it,
> a favorite toy and other mementos in them. Some things
> are reused by another hound at whatever point we feel
> we can do that. I put away things like Bosley?s pee
> basket of towels (he was incontinent) because it?s too
> much of a reminder and I rearrange dog beds so I don?t
> expect to see the hound in his or her favorite spot. But
> I also expect to have the pain and the tears because I
> believe that it?s a measure of how much love you and
> the dog shared. I don?t have to tell any of you about the
> grief - you know it all too well.
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> What gives me great peace, though, is my memory garden
> I have for my hounds. Today I picked up Bosley?s ashes
> and his river stone for the garden - the 6th stone (my first
> two bassets were litter mates and share one stone) will be
> added to the garden tonight. Every year I plant some flowers
> along with the ground covers I have there and there are a
> couple of hound statues to keep watch and a stone with
> a saying about those we hold in our hearts forever. It?s
> simple and serene and a reminder of the hounds that used
> to roam the yard where it?s located. I will try to get a picture
> tomorrow and post a link if anyone would like to see it.
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> I also find comfort in making a photo book or scrapbook
> of the dog but it?s not something I can do right away. And
> friends send keepsakes - I have received an ear rock for
> several of my hounds (a smooth rock in the shape of a basset
> ear); these stay on my desk where I can touch them and
> remember my hounds, I have some beautiful glass hearts
> given to me by another friend and pillows with pictures of
> my hounds that I can take to bed with me for a while and
> feel like I can hug my hound again. The people on this
> list understand and are amazingly supportive - it?s one of
> the things I?ve always loved about the Drool and I fear the
> day when we might not have this place to go and share
> our sorrow and our happy news. Most of us rarely post
> any more and I wish that would change. I?m as guilty
> as everyone else. So maybe this is something we could
> all do to honor our hounds - tell those hound stories and
> memories again. I?m going to try and I hope you will, too.
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> Donna, drool fueler to just Sunny and Maggie now and
> without a boy houndie for the first time in 29 1/2 years
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> Subject: [Dailydrool] ANOTHER MONTANA MOMENT
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> approx. 72k people in Delaware and over about 9 million people in N.J.
> and one of you AGAIN has become the angel for Basset Rescue of MT> I
> hope you see this huge big smile and soft content heartbeats of us all
> here ...........as we THANK YOU BEYOND THANK YOUS!!
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> Sincerely, Leslie Ames
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:35:21 -0400
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> Subject: [Dailydrool] Colette is home, but very weak in the rear legs,
> and I know all why
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> To think I could have even considered to leave Colette at the Vet for three
> weeks, especially with the 4th Holiday and short hours and short staff is
> just an example that I am afraid.
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> Truth be told, I emailed someone on the list, not to be named unless she
> wants that, she gave me courage.
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> I am so happy and grateful Colette is home. She is a worry, for sure, but
> she is such a good girl.
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> She has a chance for partial recovery, maybe up to at least 90%, but it
> will be a long process.
>
> Maybe, she will just stay the same as she is now, very weak behind, but she
> has not fully collapsed yet.
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> I am so sorry for my poem yesterday, I hope I didn't offend anyone.
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> My energy is all mixed up.
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> For a while, I thought the end was near for Jellybean with her mast cell
> Cancer, but she is pretty stable for now.
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> This event with Colette leads me to believe I may help her.
>
> Both of these girls are 13 plus, and I had them since puppies.
>
> That all said, I am tired of being sad drama person, so I end this note to
> remind everyone to remember Donna Lindy, her heroic efforts to raise money
> for Sr.hounds. If you can, please donate.
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> Healing drool to all,
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> Woofs and Love,
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> Jackie, so grateful, so very grateful
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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 05:50:17 -0400
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> Hi Everyone! Bugsey here. On Tuesday thedecided to chop off the mom decided
> to chop off our toe bones before our nap. That is usually not a good sign.
> And I was right. When we got up from our nap, we got baths. Beauford went
> then I went. We both offered to go again, but the mom said Browyn the
> Fairy Princess had to go. The sad thing is that because my ears reeked so
> bad, I now have to wear a snood to ear dinner at night. This is very sad
> because we only have one and it is a little tight for me and very hot. As
> in double fleece! Excuse me! We live in Georgia! The land of hot and humid.
> Oh well. I might live.
>
> So on Wednesday, the mom and dad and I went to Atlanta together. That never
> happens. Dad was really not happy at first because he didn't realize that I
> ride copilot by standing on the console. He asked mom why I wasn't in my
> harness. Mom explained that there is no point because I know how to
> unbuckle the harness and then I ride copilot on the console anyway. At
> least mom brought paper towels so I wouldn't drool on dad and dad's drink
> had a lid. Anyway, we went to see a dentalvet-oral surgeon. The rooms we
> wait in are just for mom, dad, and me. They have a leather couch with four
> pillows and I am allowed on the couch! I thought I was in heaven! I am
> allowed on the couch at home, but we don't have pillows. Then the took me
> away to see the vet and he brought me back to see mom and dad. He said I
> was the happiest dog he had ever seen in his life. I definitely have an
> issue and I needed a CT-scan. So we drove across town and met another vet.
> he gave me some happy juice and did a CT-scan and said I had a most wonder
> disposition. Then I was going to copilot on the way home and i started to
> fall asleep so mom climbed in the back with me and I slept. We are supposed
> to have the results and we don't and i really don't remember anything until
> Thursday.
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> Bugsey with Beauford, Browyn the Fairy Princess and the mom, Jennifer
> timandjenmartin at gmail.com
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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:34:33 -0400
> From: Michele SZ via Dailydrool <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> To: DD <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Afterwards 2
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> I keep all of the ATB hounds dog tags, I keep them in the drawer that is the hounds cabinet. This cabinet is in their bedroom and holds all of their treats, medicines, shampoos, etc. Because I always have 2 hounds, All of the toys are kept and passed on to the one that is still here and the new incoming hound to play with. I still miss everyone of my ATB dogs. They were all special to me and left holes in my heart upon passing...luckily the new hound quickly adds a new piece to my heart. Soon my heart will be canine instead of human.
> Michele, momma to Ruger, Xander and Colt ATB and many others that are waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge.
> Sent from my iPawPad
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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 09:19:44 -0400
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> To: DD <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Afterwards
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> Most of the hounds that I have been blessed with in my adult life have been cremated. All of their ash boxes set in a cabinet that is part of our entertainment center. In front of the boxes is pictures of them. This way only me and my husband know that the ashes are there, so it doesn't creep out some family & friends. My husband has instructions to put the hounds ashes into a big stuffed Hush Puppy that I have and to bury it/them with me when I die. One of my friends has a little memorial garden in her back yard where she spreads all of her pets ashes. It has some beautiful flowers and a statue of Saint Francis the patron saint of animals in it.
> Michele, momma to Ruger, Xander and Colt ATB
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