Ms.DaisyDuke Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Our thoughts are with you....hope you've had a beautiful day together. You will meet again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 So sad to read this, Jo. Bless you for what you have done for this dear old girl. All dogs should be so lucky. Thinking of you and Nell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildFlower Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 My thoughts and prayers are with you and Nell. You will be together again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Oop Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 My thoughts and best wishes are with you. Hang in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 So sad to read this. I've been there with a wonderful cat. It's tough. Hope you and Nell had a peaceful day. And, dare I say, I hope she goes on her own tonight. Just keeps on sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosstheboss2000 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 We are all sending our love to you and Nell.... What you did for this dog in the short time you have had her is extrordinary. Thank you Jo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtotwo Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 So sorry! From the post she sounds like a special dog with a special owner. May she and you find comfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnewe2 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 tears and hugs sent to you and Nell Go peacefully Nell. What a wonderful journey she will have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluj Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm so sorry, Jo. I hope you can find some peace in knowing you've done all you could for her, and far more than most would have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Many good thoughts for you and Nell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixiesDad Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Precious Nell, Godspeed and may he guide and comfort you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenzehund Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Our thoughts are with you all. Nell has your love, which matters most. Â Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo&Tex Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 She's at peace. It was a very gentle ending. Â As the first needle softened her distress, I scruffled her ears and she reached out and licked my wrist. Dr Dale was soothing and kind. It was as it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo&Tex Posted November 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 The boys and I buried her beside the pond, under some cedars, beside the trail we ran every day. Â She has a nice bed of straw, her mat and a little sheep poop thrown in with her as befitting a good working dog. Â She wasn't with me long but her gentleness and willingness stole my heart. I will miss her terribly. Â Thanks for all your kind words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiga's_mom Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Sorry for your loss. RIP Nell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippin's person Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Rest in Peace, sweet Nell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCBaxter Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Rest peacefully, sweet Nell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisK Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Rest easy, Nell. Loki & Tex will look after Jo for you. Â Â We are thinking now of a setter, whose coat was flame in the sunshine, and who, so far as we are aware, never entertained a mean or an unworthy thought. This setter is buried beneath a cherry tree, under four feet of garden loam, and at its proper season the cherry strews petals on the green lawn of his grave. Beneath a cherry tree, or an apple, or any flowering shrub is an excellent place to bury a good dog. Beneath such trees, such shrubs, he slept in the drowsy summer, or gnawed at a flavorous bone, or lifted his head to challenge some intruder. These are good places in life or in death. Yet it is a small matter, and it touches sentiment more than anything else. For if the dog be well remembered, if sometimes he leaps through your dreams actual as in life, eyes kindling, questing, asking, laughing, begging, it matters not at all where that dog sleeps at long and at last. On a hill where the wind is unrebuked, and the trees are roaring, or beside a stream he knew in puppyhood, or somewhere in the flatness of a pasture lane where most exhilarating cattle graze, it is all one to the dog, and all one to you, and nothing is gained, nothing is lost, if memory lives. But there is one best place to bury a dog. One place that is best of all. Â If you bury him in this spot, the secret of which you must already have, he will come to you when you call - come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death and down the well remembered path and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel they shall not growl at him, or resent his coming, for he is yours and belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper pitched too fine for mere audition, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best place to bury a good dog is the heart of his master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bc friend Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Jo, I wish there were words to make this easier for you - your postings about Nell showed she brought you so much pleasure during the time you had her and it was clear that she had a wonderful life with you. A loving home, a peaceful dignified death, her remains treated respectfully and a person to wait for at the Bridge - you gave her so much, all that a dog (or a person for that matter) could ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'm so sorry Jo. Lots of Ontario hugs and kisses. You were a fabulous friend for her right up to the end. Thank you for so generously opening your heart to a senior. Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dal & Mad's Mom Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Nell has slipped into the grey zone where nothing matters anymore. Â I am so sorry this has happened to you. She was very lucky to have had you love her even if it was for a very short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrancis Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 The boys and I buried her beside the pond, under some cedars, beside the trail we ran every day. She has a nice bed of straw, her mat and a little sheep poop thrown in with her as befitting a good working dog.  Such a perfect ending for her but so bittersweet that we have to say goodbye at all, ever, to our beloved friends. My heart breaks for you ... you gave her everything she could hope for. Ailsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoresDog Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Rest in peace, Nell. Jo, what a big-hearted person you must be. Nell's last months with you were such a gift. I'm so sorry for the pain you feel at her loss and hope it eases into warm memories soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura (Cady and Koda's mom) Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 So sorry for your loss. Godspeed old girl.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooky Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I am so sorry to hear about Nell. She really sounds like she fought as hard as she could, with your help all the way. hugs to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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