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    Saw this today on FB...it pretty much sums it up as I watch James ebbing (except maybe for the "plunge into fires, untamed wilderness, and ESPECIALLY raging waters" !

    Their joys are simple. A soft bed. A scrap fallen from the table that the younger dogs missed. The memory of a treed squirrel. A stormless night.
    White whiskered faces and legs crooked as question marks.

    Old Dogs…their sweet Buddha bellies hang over crossed legs as they fall asleep in a coveted patch of sun. Dreaming of out-racing their shadows down long, shady lanes.

    Once they danced by your side. The very definition of joy unleashed. A perfect poem caught in shining eyes and wagging tails. They have followed you faithfully for years. And would plunge into fires, untamed wildernesses, raging waters if you asked. Now, they struggle to catch up. Their pace slow but their hearts still valiant.

    Their cloudy eyes are starting to dim and go distant, tuning in to some invisible world. Just beyond your reach.

    Don't go you say, as you scratch the tender part between their ears. Stay longer. I can't imagine a world without your fur pressed close to my cheek. There are still so many roads we haven't explored.

    And they look up at you with a wisdom that just slays you.

    Their backs are bent, not from the weight of years, but from the invisible wings they are growing that will soon take them to a place where once more they are warriors of speed, drunk with the sights and scents of a thousand meadows. Able to leap high enough to touch the wing of the tiniest butterfly.

    A place where they will now wait for you to catch up. ~ Doinna Swageski
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    OK, I'm crying now.
    Hoomom who was blessed with Jack. RIP Sweet Cynda 6/3/10, loving Lexie 9/13/13 and Jack, 3/22/16.

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    This hits me so deeply. Since Davy died, Ollie has been left as the "senior" dog in the house. "He's only 10" I tell myself. I'm not ready for him to slow down. I'm not ready to even think these thoughts. Going to snuggle him even harder tonight.

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    What can I say. Nothing life is as it is and our furkids grown older and start to fail. I am there with Phoenix and it is heartbreaking.
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    Wow, that is beautiful. It speaks to me of our dear little Jebbie (RIP).

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    That's beautifully heartbreaking... Or heartbreakingly beautiful... I miss my Duchie. I love the part about why their backs are bowed....
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    Oh, crap! Now I'm in tears. That is so much how I feel about Miller
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    Quote Originally Posted by duchiesmom View Post
    That's beautifully heartbreaking... Or heartbreakingly beautiful... I miss my Duchie. I love the part about why their backs are bowed....
    Me too. Totally made me smile through the tears.

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    I cannot imagine life without my two girls... they make my world better in a thousand and one ways...
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    Quote Originally Posted by LexieLuvr View Post
    OK, I'm crying now.

    Yep, me too. Miss you my Oscar clown.

    It's hard to watch them fail, but it also makes me want to make every day they have left special for them. Even if it's just a soft comfy bed so they can watch the younger dogs play.
    Oscar 05/01/2000 - 12/05/12
    Otto 02/29/2000 - 05/12/2010
    Rikka 07/11/2004 - 06/18/2013
    Axel 03/31/2009
    Diablo RIP Evil Kitty
    Rudi 11/06/2017

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