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<DIV>You aren't crazy. Well, maybe you are but if you are then there are more just like you, myself included. When we lost our Sugar Magnolia (Sweet Maggie) years ago I wanted to go with her. For 3 weeks I was beyond consolation. Then we got a call from Lab rescue about a lab in the county shelter that they were going to put down because he was a hunting dog that hadn't been socialized and being as he was huge, wild and gun shy nobody wanted this 1 year old boy. Well, we weren't ready for another dog but we took him on and foster failed right away. His name is Cyrus. We noticed within a few weeks that some little things that reminded us of Maggie. Like he snorted to agree with us. Sat/stood on our foot as a sign of affection. Many little quirks. He seemed to know all of the walks and was interested in many of the same things. Too many things to be coincidence ... little
manerisms. I talked to a friend from rescue about it and she told me that she believes that sometimes a dog opens up and lets the spirit of your departed dog in and they become one. And that's how you get a heart dog.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now everybody is gonna be looking at their dog with tears in their eyes, sorry. But I think there's something to this.</DIV>
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<DIV>--Dale</DIV>
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<DIV>with Snoopy (hey, I haven't had an outburst in days)</DIV>
<DIV>and Cyrus (he is SO loud when he looses it but I love him anyway)<BR></DIV>
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</FONT>Call me crazy, because OK, maybe I am somewhat, but the most unusual thing happened today. I just got in the mail today a garden basset figure from "The Company of Dogs" store, and it is really cute, not too expensive, and I put it under the tree that I had deemed to be the Pierre Sr. memorial tree. I had planted Angelica tulips there and had put a tiny bit of his ash there too. This is the amazing thing. NOT ONE OF THE OTHER DOGS had a bit of interest in this lawn ornament, except JR. He sniffed it up and down, inside and out, all over, and not one of the others even noticed it. Later in the evening, Sis came home after being on the job for a couple of days, and when she saw the figure, she said, "Oh, a memorial for Pierre, under his tree." I had not connected the Pierres to this in any way, but I do believe there may be a connection, and this was a clue to me that there is so much more in life, layers,
that we barely understand, and I know dogs know a whole lot more than we do in so many ways. Maybe Jr. was connecting to the spirit of Sr. I can only wish it to be true.
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<DIV>God Bless to all,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jackie and the herd<BR>
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