Comments on: The Rainbow Bridge: What’s in it for shelter dogs?

By: jane

jane — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:47:39 +0000

Every animal on earth has come from this planet, we all are one in atoms, in life and death , animals ALL have souls…..we have all come from the one source of cosmic energy……..who ever belives or not…..it happens…..I miss a cat, that was not mine, the cat died, a long while back and its owner was useless and it died in the snow, its name was nibbs, i was stupid and didnt take it in..I never saw nibbs again, he wanted in..but this stupid woman had told me not to take her cat in again, it was always out in between that she had got another one..dear sweet lovely boy, nibbs bless you, I pray for nibbs and the fact that nibbs who was beautiful, and old and needed love..i was not there for him…because of this stupid woman the owner, and i was young at the time….time will heal? No …..I want nibbs to heal, be made over again….he was the most lovely of cats!all of the suffering in this world be it human or animal, there is rest…and light….at the end I know this website is for dogs, and dogs can be the most wonderful of all friends and i lost one at 6 months old…. he had a bad heart, memory of love gos on all of you who lose a friend, that friends memory of your love gos on….and i pray for the others who find the love of the cosmic friends on the other side, who love and give love to ones who didnt find find love on earth..we meet up again in the other worlds have no fear about that…its a joy!To those of you who have lost , you will find again. OM tAT SAT.

By: Doggy Bytes of the Week – Ending 03.13.2010

Doggy Bytes of the Week – Ending 03.13.2010 — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:46:30 +0000

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By: Rebecca Boren

Rebecca Boren — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:38:08 +0000

I am (relatively) retired from dog rescue, but I will admit to a fondness for the Rainbow Bridge variation in which all the waiting dogs stop playing, and line up along the path to the bridge to recognize and cheer on a newly arrived person. Of course she/he is a rescuer.
The Lovely Bones has a great story-line about the dogs in the narrator’s Heaven, who all gather to dance and play at dusk every night.
As far as where dogs without a loving person go, it wouldn’t be Heaven if I couldn’t smuggle in at least a few extra pooches!

By: In Sickness and…Worse: Assigning Pet Care, I

In Sickness and…Worse: Assigning Pet Care, I — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:07:12 +0000

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By: Susan Dawson-Cook

Susan Dawson-Cook — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:12 +0000

Sorry, Edie – I meant to write last MONTH, not last NIGHT. Maybe I wrote that because my daughter and I had a long talk about Sammy last night.

By: Edie

Edie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:07:55 +0000

Animals are innocents; we may judge them to behave badly by projecting our own codes of conduct upon them, but they are only doing what comes naturally. I think that’s why we often wish more for them than we wish for ourselves and for other humans.

By: Edie

Edie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:02:17 +0000

Susan, welcome to my blog, and I’m so sorry it had to be to report such a sad event. I would wager that everyone who comes here would agree that the loss of a beloved pet is the same as a loss of any other family member. I’m glad that you and your family got comfort from Sammy, even after he departed. That’s the thing about dogs — they always seem to know how to cheer you up!

By: Edie

Edie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:56:32 +0000

You should google Rainbow Bridge — there’s an entire pet death industry based on the concept, including urns, grief counseling, you name it. I say whatever gives you comfort is what you should believe. Although I tend to believe that gone is gone, I had too many things happen after the death of my mother to bet hard money on it.

By: Edie

Edie — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:51:15 +0000

Thank you!

By: Susan Dawson-Cook

Susan Dawson-Cook — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:46:57 +0000

I happen to believe that life never ends, whether its for an animal or a person. When our beloved Sammy died last night, I had a dream where I was holding him in my arms and it really felt like he was there (my arms were still in an arc when I awakened). My kids and my husband saw him in their dreams, too. He knew how sad we all were and wanted to comfort us before he went on with his new life.