RIP Tina 21.11.1991 - 15.9.2006

Thankyou Shiney.I am just glad we had the pleasure of her for so long.

 

Shiney, thanks very much. I have found various versions of this poem on the web under the name of 'Lend Me a Pup', [and also versions for a bird and a cat] but never managed to find an author. I realised when I found the different versions that an original must be out there somewhere!
As I live in a very small village and had been here less than a year, it is a mystery to me who knew my Blossy had died, and also knew where I lived, but didn't call. In the end I put a note in my window thanking the donor. Perhaps it was my guardian angel!
Since then I have passed it on to 3 others who have lost a pet, and like the Rainbow Bridge story it is always a comfort.
Kandy, your pictures of Tina are lovely, I hope they bring your happy memories to the fore.

 

Shiney.I tried printing off the poem last night,but it looks like the cartridge is on it's way out.I would like to change the wording slightly from him to her as Tina was a lady dog,then I would like to frame it.

I shall have to find the poem you talked about,but have been too sad to look for it.

The poem about losing a child would be good but perhaps under a new topic,as this one is mainly for pets.
The thought was there though Thankyou.

It would possibly give some comfort to any one who has lost a child

 

High up in the courts of heaven today
a dog angel waits
with the other angels she will not play
but sits alone at the gates
i know my mistress will come says she
and when she comes she will call for me.

she sees the spirits pass her by
as they hasten towards the throne
and she watches them with a wistfull eye
as she sits by the gates all alone
but she knows if she waits patiently
some day her mistress will come to me.

and her mistress far on the earth below
as she sits in her easy chair
forgets and sometimes whistles low
for the dog that isnt their
and the dog angel pricks up her ears
and dreams its the mistresses voice she hears

and i know when at length her
mistress waits
outside in the dark and cold
for the hands of death to open the gates
that leads to the courts of gold
the dog angels eager bark
will comfort her soul in the
shivering dark...


I have been their so i know how you feel..all the best..wf

 

I've just now come into Pets Corner Kandyfloss and I am so sorry to hear about Tina. She looks like she was a lovely friendly dog and I know you and Mr Kandy are missing her terribly. When I looked at her photo I immediately thought that she had stars in her eyes, so when you are out at night and see two stars close together, then it is Tina looking down at you. My thoughts are with you and I had a cry too.

 

Thankyou Shiney.I seem to keep saying that to you just lately.

Did you see the photos I put on the thread Remembering Tina?I think it is on muppets.

They are of her when she was four months old and then onwards.We have some good ones of her to put on here to show everyone

 

Kedi-gato what a nice thing to say about Tina,it was very moving,i am sitting here with tears in my eyes,i am sure Kandy will love it.(if you don't mind i will tell my parents as they recently lost their beloved dog)

 

Please do so Gogs. Have you given your parents that plant yet?

 

Yes K-G i have, they made a bit of a shrine where he is buried so it will go nearby .

PS. Kandy hope you don't mind me imposing briefly
on your topic.

[ 24. September 2006, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: Gogs ]

 

No not at all Gogs.Please feel free to say whatever you feel.I put the item about Tina's passing so that others that were/are in the same position as us will see that the end for their pets can be done with campassion and with dignity.

I had the dread of what the end would be like because of the stories that people had told us.At least I have now seen it for myself.

Kedi-Gato,yes I see what you mean about two stars in her eyes,now I will think of that whenever I go out on a starry night...thanks

 

dear mr & mrs kandy, did this sketch for both of you as a reminder of your dearly departed Tina

 

Rosa - have to comment on such a lovely sketch. I feel I knew the little girlie.

Sorry you lost your little one Mr & Mrs Kandy.

Eleagnus

 

Rosa,
Thanks for the sketch.Very true to live as everyone thought when she was younger that she was a "Fox" not a Dog

Thankyou