Tristan is ill and will pass over the rainbow bridge today. He became acutely ill after having problems since August. This hurts so much and so soon after Emma [~6 months].
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They tell you not to cry.
They tell you that it's just a dog, not a human being.
They tell you that the pain will be over.
They tell you that the animals don't know that they have to die.
They tell you that it's important not to let him suffer.
They tell you that you can have another one.
They tell you it's going to happen to you.
They tell you that there is more pain.
But they don't know how many times you've looked into your dog’s eyes.
They don't know how many times you and your dog have looked into darkness alone.
They don't know how many times your dog was the only one who was by your side.
They don't know how much fear you have at night when you wake up with your grief.
They don't know how many times your dog slept near you.
They don't know how much you've changed since the dog has become a part of your life.
They don't know how many times you hugged him when he was sick.
They don't know how many times you've acted like you didn't see her hair getting whiter.
They don't know how many times you've talked to your dog, the only one who really hears.
They don't know that it was just your dog who knew you were in pain.
They don't know what it feels like to see your old dog trying to say hello.
They don't know that if things went wrong, the only one who didn't go is your dog.
They don't know that your dog trusts you every moment of his life, even in the last.
They don't know how much your dog loved you and how it is enough for him to be happy, because you loved him.
They don't know that crying for a dog is one of the most noble, significant, true, clean and warmest things you can do.
They don't know when the last time you moved him with trouble... made sure it didn’t hurt him.
They don't know what it felt like to pet their face in the last moments of their life....
In Memory of all those who went over the rainbow bridge. You all have a place forever in our hearts.
A beauty. Sorry for what your going through.
hurricane
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Sorry for your loss Doc.
EazyE
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My sincere condolences Doc. It’s never easy to lose a family member. Cherish the memories. The world would be a better place if people were more like dogs.
EazyE
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In the short time we get to spend with them in our lives they leave us with so many memories. Unconditional love and loyalty. They ask so little in return.
EazyE
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Human_backhoe
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They spend their entire lives dedicated to making our lives better. Losing a family member who has done that for you is so damn painful!
I sincerely hope Tristan and Emma are playing together now.
Sorry for your loss.
I sincerely hope Tristan and Emma are playing together now.
Sorry for your loss.
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Cooper the American Bully Scott, born July 9th
Dogs and cats became family—and got their shot at heaven—after World War II, gravestones reveal
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/dogs-and-cats-became-family-and-got-their-shot-heaven-after-world-war-ii
In 1896, a grieving woman showed up at the office of her Manhattan veterinarian with an unusual request: Her dog had just died, and she wanted to give it a proper burial. The sympathetic doc offered a spot in his apple orchard north of the city. Word caught on, and soon the vet was besieged with similar requests. Today, his former country retreat is the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery & Crematory, the first pet cemetery in the United States and the final resting place of more than 70,000 dogs, cats, and other animals.
A new study of more than 1000 pet gravestones reveals that since the time of that first burial, our relationship with our furry friends has changed dramatically, with many pets transforming from mere friends to full-fledged members of the family. Over time, pets were more likely to be memorialized with the family name, referred to as children, and even given figurative passage to heaven. Do all dogs go to heaven? Tracking human-animal relationships through the archaeological survey of pet cemeteries | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The study is “a valuable contribution,” says Philip Howell, a historical geographer at the University of Cambridge and an expert on the changing relationship between humans and animals. “I don’t know that anyone has tried to do something like this before.”
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Tourigny, E. (2020). Do all dogs go to heaven? Tracking human-animal relationships through the archaeological survey of pet cemeteries. Antiquity, 1-16. doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.191 https://bit.ly/3l5hQjn
Pet cemeteries provide a unique opportunity to investigate the development of human-animal relationships, yet few archaeological studies of these cemeteries have been undertaken. This article presents an archaeological survey of gravestones at British pet cemeteries from the Victorian period to the present. These memorials provide evidence for the perceived roles of animals, suggesting the development of an often conflicted relationship between humans and companion animals in British society—from beloved pets to valued family members—and the increasing belief in animal afterlives. The results are discussed in the context of society's current attitude towards animals and the struggle to define our relationships with pets through the mourning of their loss.
Emma & Tristan passed this year. I miss them dearly and think of them every day.
