tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314741.post2999938285227477144..comments2023-06-22T06:00:35.214-07:00Comments on Chris Davis Blog: Caring for your critters...even after they're goneChristine Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07541509042425614211noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314741.post-29690006228500015312010-08-22T13:52:26.968-07:002010-08-22T13:52:26.968-07:00I'm very sorry for your loss of Samba. How hea...I'm very sorry for your loss of Samba. How heartbreaking that you were so far away from her - that can only make the pain much harder to handle.<br /><br />I can tell you're a compassionate person, and you would never leave your forever dog behind. They are by our side in our everyday lives, and in our hearts when we are apart...whether apart for a few hours or apart due to loss.<br /><br />Samba was...and still is...loved deeply. You gave her the greatest gift we can offer to another living being. One day you will be reunited...and the adventure will continue!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />ChrisChris Davishttp://www.lightheartedpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314741.post-10774432421197548352010-08-21T18:16:45.460-07:002010-08-21T18:16:45.460-07:00I got on this site today because it is 2 years and...I got on this site today because it is 2 years and 3 months since I lost my forever dog Samba. I only had her for 4 years & she touched my life so deeply. I have had and still have other animals in my life- all those that have passed on lived a full life span- but she was truly my forever dog and yet I had so little time with her. What added to the pain is I had left to do some work 4000 miles away for a year leaving her in the care of my brother who was just as close to her. After 6 months I even flew home because I missed her and knew it would be 6 more months before I could see her again. Just before I left to the airport I had her in the room with me and talked to her and kissed her the way I always did before I leave-then told her as before: "you better stay safe, this better not be the last time I see you". Not out of a sense of impending doom but out of the general fear I had of being apart. 2 Months later she got out of the yard and was hit by a car. I flew home immediately and was only able to claim her ashes. There has been a huge hole in my heart ever since. I feel cheated- all of my other pets have been deeply special to me and were able to live long lives- but the one that I was connected to heart and soul left at the beginning of what should have been a long life of adventures. After claiming her ashes & dispersing them at our favorite spot I had to fly back to work. After the plane landed I went to a bookstore and came across "For Every Dog.." and I read it regularly. I always feel a pain when I read the line about forever dogs never being left behind but my deepest hope is that we will be reunited just as in the book. Upon reading this article today it brings to mind that the first animal I lost was a hurt baby squirrel when I was 5. To this day I can recall every single animal that I have ever lost going back to that squirrel- even the random hurt birds that we tried to save and a hurt butterfly I found. They are all remembered with love and sense of peace, but with Samba the hole that healed with the other losses, including human loved ones, seems as big today as it did over two years ago. The only thing that offers some comfort is that her and I spent 3 1/2 years having more adventures and fun than I have done in most of my life. I hope I made her short life as wonderful as she made mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29314741.post-24327624317221207772010-08-21T15:03:47.024-07:002010-08-21T15:03:47.024-07:00Chris, if you feel complete, then it probably was ...Chris, if you feel complete, then it probably was so. I'm glad you had some closure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com