He stopped loving me today

I'm so sorry for the loss of your beloved Sam - but please don't think he stopped loving you today - he will always love you as you will always love him. Even though you can no longer see him, he lives forever in your heart and will be with you always.

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Brick, I'm so sorry you lost your Sam. He was definitely a very special friend. You were lucky to have been able to share his life with him, to have loved him and been loved by him. My condolences to you, your wife and others who loved him.
Rest in Peace Sampson!

Brick, Sam hasn't stopped loving you and you haven't stopped loving him, You guys just aren't together right now.

I have always said that "God only loans us these great creatures to love, he know that there are only so many really good humans around, so he limits the time we get to keep each dog".

So while Sam will always be your very special friend I am glad to see that you are looking for that next pal to share you love with.

Sam.

Val

<span style='font-family: Comic Sans MS'> </span> I am so sorry for your loss.

I saw the name of this thread on the outside of the forum and began to CRY from just the words and I'm telling myself, don't read it Patsy, don't go there. I have to.
I rescue GSDs and when we lost our beautiful rescued (but found his breeder in MN after some research, they'd had 2 litters and spayed their female, dad was imported) W. German working lines, black sable, Malachi, it was like a part of my heart physically hurt and died. I felt lost, I felt flat and a huge chasm.
Spinal calcification took our love, bit by bit by painful bit. I asked others "how will I know when it's really time....?" They said "you'll know, he will tell you ...... " For 6 wks. because he couldn't climb the stairs to our bedroom, I wouldn't allow any stairs. I made a large bed on our wooden main floor (6 level home) with about 4 quilts and slept there by him every night. My Mally would of done the same for me, he would <u>never</u> have left my side. One day shortly thereafter while gardening and he laying in the soft grass I was talking and rambling on to my love, I looked up at him and sucked my breathe in and said "oh noooo....." it was 'that' look ..... as tears splashed on my leg I scooted over to him and whispered in half sobs "Oh Mally, I am SO sorry...!" I could feel myself falling emotionally. Hard and fast. In the glow of that night light that evening, we just laid without words as I gazed in his eyes and stroked his cheek into the wee morning hours.
After 4 years, I obviously still have healing to do.
I remember us carrying his precious body to the facility that would cremate him.... standing in the dark with Mally's body, in the rain and I could only think it was God, weeping with me because He knew how devastated we were.
Never, ever will another replace Malachi. But we are very well aware that he would have us save another in his memory. And with each rescue that comes into our lives and hearts I look for a bit of his spirit in each of them, in some aspect, some day. We have agreed that as we pass on my ashes will be put with my hubby's ashes, Malachi's with ours and whomever is left and loved (arrangements made) their ashes put with ours when they go.... and then throw them to the South Dakota wind. We will fly away together always, across the pasture and prairie.

Go rest high on that Mountain, Sam, carrying with you the love that can never be equalled as it was in the heart here on Earth.

Peace to you as well. The Heaven's are just a little brighter tonight......

Sam

I am so sorry to hear about your loss

Thanks for being so strong to be there for him throughout his life and right up to those final moments. He was a million dollar dog at more than a bargain price.

RIP Sampson, you were loved and leave a big gap. That your Brick needs to fill that gap is a big compliment to your effect on his and his family's life.

Sampson