The Recovery Process

[Sharbel]

"Dogs' lives are too short, their only fault, really..."

[Chicagocanine]

I got a sympathy card in the mail yesterday from my vet and it made me cry... Mostly from the handwritten notes they added. It was so full of writing they had to use the back of the card too everyone there had written at least a sentence or two in it and both vets had written more, my regular vet and the other vet who is newer there (she also saw Bianca a few times when it was a quick visit if the other vet was busy). Especially the note from my vet, I've known her for a long time and she has also gone through HSA with her previous dog, she wrote about that and about Bianca and also said that she thinks God sends me animals that need special care because I can handle it...now I'm not religious but I know she is and thought that was a sweet thing to say especially coming from a vet if that makes sense. I've had more than my fair share of sick pets unfortunately...
I also got Bianca's replacement DNA pendant the other day too, I was so worried that something might happen to it, it was a replacement because the first one I got had a crack in it but luckily they had some of the sample left to replace it...

[Mary Beth]

I am so very sorry for you all. I have been there and will be there in the future. It is the hardest part about having a dog - but as Sting's breeder wrote me when his sire, Ace died and she took it very hard - she wrote that the depth of grief (pain) she felt was the depth of her love - and that the pain was worth the love. When my Husky died, a Lakota lady who saw me walking alone, told me that it is their belief that when we die and if we have loved and taken good care of our animals, they will be waiting for us at the river - only they can help us cross this river into the spirit land. If we have not loved them and taken good care of them, they will not be waiting. She told me that my Husky would be waiting. As will all of your dogs for you all.