Just this side of Heaven is a place called the Rainbow Bridge.
When a hound dies that has been especially close to someone here, that hound goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food and water and sunshine and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the hounds that are old or ill are restored to health and vigor.
Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The hounds are happy and content, except for one small thing, they each miss someone very special to them who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent, the eager body quivers. Suddenly, he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together.
(Author Unknown)
Alberta. After 10 years of living outside Sail took to the couch like an
old pro. He loved the house, he loved the other dogs, he loved the cats and
most of all he loved me. He would not go for walks with anyone else without
putting up a fuss demanding I come along, he would bark at the door anytime
I went to do yard work without him. He followed me everywhere when he
couldn't see me from the couch or the bed.but he was always well behaved
when I went to work. After a year of trying to find a home for Sail we
realized we loved him far to much to ever give him up. He became a
permanent and official member of our family 3 months ago even though he had
really been that all along.
Today Sail left me and went to a better place, with a warmer couch and a
bigger bed. He went out for a pee and while just walking around he suffered
a spontaneous fracture that the vet confirmed was caused by bone cancer.
His rear leg was broken into 4 pieces. Considering his age and the fact
that amputation was not an option for an old grampa dog that was unsteady on
4 feet let alone three we made the heart breaking decision to end his
suffering.
All day I'm missing his sweet smile, his big dark eyes, his happy dinner
dance and his funny little sit with one paw waving at me. It's going to be
a long night without his groaning in the bed and his hogging the covers. I
know he is warm and loved while he waits for me to join him but my heart
wishes he could have shared our bed just a little longer than that one year.
I hope his barking at me to hurry up and come for a walk doesn't disturb all
the others waiting at the bridge.
I love you Sail.
He will be forever missed
