<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"><DIV>I have been a lurker, a poster and I can say that I wish I had been a reader back in '04 when I lost my two boys</DIV>
<DIV>only seven weeks apart. I appreciate that the Posters who are grieving feel comfortable enough to post the pain and lossthey </DIV>
<DIV>are feeling on the Drool .</DIV>
<DIV>It let's others of us know that the way we feel about our losses is not psychotic, inane or any of the others things I have</DIV>
<DIV>heard from "friends and family", when I sent my boys to The Bridge...</DIV>
<DIV>I also appreciate seeing the condolences to those Droolers, because again, we all see that the way we are feeling is NOT</DIV>
<DIV>"dumb or stupid or a waste of time" Not once on the Drool have I ever seen the comment,,"It is just a dog, get over it" </DIV>
<DIV>when from those same "friends and family" it was a common comment. </DIV>
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<DIV>PLEASE don't stop posting when you have sent a dog to The Bridge or when, one suddenly leaves you for The Bridge way to early.. PLEASE don't stop posting on the Daily Drool, your concolences to the above said person.. Let them know in public and private..</DIV>
<DIV>PLEASE share how we handle these losses and how we deal with the inconsiderate nature of others that feel that we should not</DIV>
<DIV>share our feelings publicly..</DIV>
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<DIV>One last note.. Blessed be the human who is allowed to share the kingdom eith the "lowly" hound.. The unconditional love that is </DIV>
<DIV>given to us by our hounds, is never given that unconditionally by our human counterparts</DIV>
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<DIV>Martha and my quilting bassistant Molly</DIV>
<DIV>Sherlock "the Sherman Tank" ATB</DIV>
<DIV>Chance<STRONG> </STRONG>"<STRONG> </STRONG>I love you but don't need to show it often" ATB</DIV>
<DIV>Rex " beaten, neglected, lived outside for 7+ years, but once You showed me love I was yours for the rest of my life" ATB</DIV>
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