Dear Judy and Archie,<div><br></div><div>I will never forgive myself for not having the knowledge to heal Pierre, but that turned out not to be my domain. I could have tried Oriental medicine a couple hours away, but I was sole care giver of Mom with Dementia and I could not leave the house that long, or even bring her along, lest she jump out of the moving car. I was so in a rock and a hard place. A few weeks after I sent Pierre ATB, Mom fell, and she began her journey that was hospital, rehab nightmare, and transfer to Assisted Living. In between, in my sorrow for losing Sr., I drove 10 hours each way to rescue Jr. from OBR. (Sis looked after Mom during my first vacation with purpose in 7 years). I am still a mental mess from so many directions, but the hounds give me purpose, keep me grounded, and they are the greatest loves of my life.</div>
<div>We had 8, and when Pierre passed we had 7, but the house felt empty. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your nice words.</div><div><br></div><div>Hugs,</div><div><br></div><div>Jackie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:05 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Elsamarie5@cs.com">Elsamarie5@cs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Jackie,<br>
You have touched my heart with your comments about losing your baby a year<br>
ago. I lost my Scottish Deerhound/Border Collie mix, Annie, 6 years ago and<br>
I still wheal up with tears when I remember her. I have had several dogs<br>
since, but none so close to my heart as she was. She was a rescue from the<br>
SPCA, was to be put down same day that I found her, she was suffering with<br>
distemper, weak and ouside temp. was 104 that day, yet she dragged herself to the<br>
front of kennel over several other dogs to beg me to take her. She acted<br>
like she already knew me and poked her runny nose through wire to be noticed.<br>
It was a long process to rehabilitate her but she was velcro tight to me,<br>
anticipated my thoughts and moves, she'd mother all the puppies I'd drag home,<br>
train them (including potty) and never make a move without my permission.<br>
Even though I love all my puppies, I will never have another dog like her.<br>
Each one of our babies fills a special place in our hearts, none other can<br>
take their place, our hearts must be very much bigger than they look for us to<br>
contain all the love we feel for each one. Archie (my Basset baby) & I are<br>
sending a big hug and snooter kisses from California to you and hope it will<br>
help a little to console you.<br>
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Judy & Archie (Basset buddy)</HTML><br>
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