Hopefully pet owners understand (Dedicated to pets) ??

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'Salt' just found another satisfying place to snooze ...


That certainly looks a comfortable snooze 馃榾
 
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A few days ago our beloved, furry child Boomer left this earthly existence to pursue wiley squirrels amongst the clouds and through endless meadows. He was part of our family for 12-1/2 years. Every day of his amazing dog life, he had just one focus: his people.



He went from this world to the next as we held him in our arms. We tear up and weep uncontrollably when we see the places in the nearby hills and in our home that we shared with him during his final days and hours. And yes, this really happened: after his passing, on a couple of occasions, my wife and I thought we heard his collar jingle and his toenails tick-tick across the floor.

To say we are left with a hole in our hearts is a tremendous understatement. And we know that time will heal our hearts.

We have five wonderful children and five (soon to be six) adorable grandchildren who shower us with love. We are rich in love. But we know we are going to be hurting for a while nevertheless.

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Beautiful blue-eyed boy. Thanks for sharing like that. Best wishes to all of you.
 
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A few days ago our beloved, furry child Boomer left this earthly existence to pursue wiley squirrels amongst the clouds and through endless meadows. He was part of our family for 12-1/2 years. Every day of his amazing dog life, he had just one focus: his people.



He went from this world to the next as we held him in our arms. We tear up and weep uncontrollably when we see the places in the nearby hills and in our home that we shared with him during his final days and hours. And yes, this really happened after his passing: on a couple of occasions, my wife and I thought we heard his collar jingle and his toenails tick-tick across the floor.

To say we are left with a hole in our hearts is a tremendous understatement. And we know that time will heal our hearts.

We have five wonderful children and five (soon to be six) adorable grandchildren who shower us with love. We are rich in love. But we know we are going to be hurting for a while nevertheless.


So sorry to hear your news - I hate it when pets pass as they leave such a gap in our lives - thoughts are with you and the family.
 
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Sorry to hear about Boomer. Looks like he had the best dog life but very tough times now I am sure. We are not sure how we will do when it gets time with Old Boy, but currently he is keeping the nose up just about. We saw this guy on our walk this week. He collects bottles. Must have got hundreds over the year. He takes them back to the recycle bin... doing his bit to help the environment (ok sometimes it is a fight to get the bottle off him / he is that dedicated :0)
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A few days ago our beloved, furry child Boomer left this earthly existence to pursue wiley squirrels amongst the clouds and through endless meadows. He was part of our family for 12-1/2 years. Every day of his amazing dog life, he had just one focus: his people.



He went from this world to the next as we held him in our arms. We tear up and weep uncontrollably when we see the places in the nearby hills and in our home that we shared with him during his final days and hours. And yes, this really happened: after his passing, on a couple of occasions, my wife and I thought we heard his collar jingle and his toenails tick-tick across the floor.

To say we are left with a hole in our hearts is a tremendous understatement. And we know that time will heal our hearts.

We have five wonderful children and five (soon to be six) adorable grandchildren who shower us with love. We are rich in love. But we know we are going to be hurting for a while nevertheless.

So sorry to read about Boomer. It seems to have been 12 1/2 happy years together. Those memories will always be there with you and family.
 
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A few days ago our beloved, furry child Boomer left this earthly existence to pursue wiley squirrels amongst the clouds and through endless meadows. He was part of our family for 12-1/2 years. Every day of his amazing dog life, he had just one focus: his people.

So sorry to hear this!
 
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Thank you all for your kind words and condolences. My wife and I are frankly surprised by the impact of Boomer's passing. But we've been empty-nesters for about as long as Boomer was with us, so the depth of our grief is starting to make sense.

The other day, surely as some form of self-administered therapy, I did some doodling with an online AI-driven image generator. I described in typed-out words how Boomer had been a star in our lives, and what we imagined he was now doing. These are some of the images that came back...



Silly, I know, but therapeutic nevertheless.
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Ah sorry to hear about your doggo passing I know what you mean about it hitting you harder than you imagined. You gave him a great life. My condolences
 
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Unfortunately I had a loss too although I hope somebody in the area took him in. Maharishi Yogi got out one night and has been missing since. Over a week now I combed the area, put up signs and a post on the online neighborhood billboard. Losing hope now. He was a little too smart and would peal open screens to get out. He was a good cat just a little crazy. His brother spent a week walking around the house looking and crying for him. Who knows maybe he will still make it back, stranger things have happened. I gotta admit I do miss the entertaining cat fights.
 
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Unfortunately I had a loss too although I hope somebody in the area took him in. Maharishi Yogi got out one night and has been missing since. Over a week now I combed the area, put up signs and a post on the online neighborhood billboard. Losing hope now. He was a little too smart and would peal open screens to get out. He was a good cat just a little crazy. His brother spent a week walking around the house looking and crying for him. Who knows maybe he will still make it back, stranger things have happened. I gotta admit I do miss the entertaining cat fights.

Oh, no! I hope he returns soon!
 
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Seems rocky is calming down not looking for his brother all the time. I notice he likes a little more petting. The first week Maharishi went Mia Rocky was constantly all over the house howling. I will get him a friend from the rescue at some point. If Maharishi doesn鈥檛 magically reappear
 
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First off this image has nothing to do with me, received from one of our daughters and obviously my wee pal gets to do whatever he wants when he is with her 馃う
Having said that he does look happy 馃榾



I have to admit he does love playing with a football 馃グ
 
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Thank you all for your kind words and condolences. My wife and I are frankly surprised by the impact of Boomer's passing. But we've been empty-nesters for about as long as Boomer was with us, so the depth of our grief is starting to make sense.

The other day, surely as some form of self-administered therapy, I did some doodling with an online AI-driven image generator. I described in typed-out words how Boomer had been a star in our lives, and what we imagined he was now doing. These are some of the images that came back...



Silly, I know, but therapeutic nevertheless.
Nothing silly about it at all, what a lovely tribute. So sorry to hear of Boomer鈥檚 passing.