Those of us with pets, who love our pets dearly, know the grief over the loss of them.  For those who do not have pets, it is something that is hard to understand.  I do understand, having gone through it a couple of times in the last 5 years.  I wanted to recognize a few that I know have passed on.  Memories bring back the love and some of the pain.  Though, its comforting to have those memories to treasure. I have ONE professional photo of my very special dog Rio. It was taken in 1991 and my Mom has it at her house. That one photo means the world to me.  I have snapshots of her, but, just the one professional photo.

I will start with my own, this is Rufus and he was very very special to my son Taylor.

This is my veterinarian’s dog, and she said this was her last good day

Anne’s sweet Slurpy

Tosca and Rida, Kitty’s beautiful standard Schnauzers

Gizzy, a very special miniature schnauzer that helped to watch my kids when they were little

Robin’s Izzie

Kim’s Ruffian

Mary’s Phase Ya

Kara’s dog who I cannot remember the name. I apologize

All three of the dogs below were owned by the Kusters and passed not long after these photos

Taz,

Ch. Kachina’s Constant Comment

Ch. Anndra’s Town Square V Kachina

This horse was killed in an accident shortly after this beautiful photo

Scout, lost to a mysterious illness that was never known

Hallie and Jake, who were dearly loved

The Caughrons beautiful girl, who unfortunately was poisoned and died suddenly. She was a HABIT therapy dog and such a loss

I’ll end with scanned snaphots of Rio. A dog who saved my life more than once.  I don’t even want to think of what would have happened to me. Mom doesn’t even know about those times.

Yes, this is me riding a horse at almost 3 years old, who is now in his 20′s. I believe this was one of his first rides.  He is such a cool horse even now.