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Thanks so much for the suggestions. Since I posted earlier, we have made a scrapbook of them, and she is working on it right now. It is helping alot. I love the idea about the soil. I think that is something that we will do. We had made some plaques for out there, and we will take some pictures and put them with us. Thanks so much for your kindness. Tami- P.S. I am very happy I have found this forum. Thanks for making it easy for me to talk about all of this.

I am so sorry about Tawny, that's so young. It is very hard to look at pictures. I even cry when I come to this discussion because of his pic. But it helps me knowing there are others that are going through the healing of their losses. My daughter is ok. She is stronger than I think. She can't go through our back door because the dog pin is there and that's where it all happens. Yesterday was the 1 year ann. of Sonny's death. Our Australian Sheperd. She was 9 yrs. old and she asked me to go to where we buried all of the animals. We talked with them for quite awhile. Yesterday she said was a hard day at school. I don't want her to have the bad memories, just the good. Now is the tough question she has. We just found out we are moving due to forecloseure on our home of the last 9 years. She asked what are we going to do about them buried here? I am not sure what to tell her. Except that maybe we can come after we move and we can come talk to the new owners and let them know we have pets buried towards the end of our lot. Three pets. Is that the right thing to do? If I would of known we weren't going to be here forever I wouldn't have buried here. But we never know what's going to happen.

avsqr_dancer, In the past couple days its gotten better. I still want to go out to the shed to feed him, and I know he's not there, but I have to be strong for my daughter(11yrs.old). This is her third dog in the last two years that has passed. Its very hard. Thanks for the reply. Tami lori, YOu are right they are just like our own kids. THis is our third in the last 2 yrs. I think its gotten harder because we have lost so many. But today is a better day, I know he is ok now. Thank you, Tami

Yesterday was a long day. But I will start of by telling you a bit of what has been going on for 2 weeks. After school my kids always give our outside dogs treats. They noticed Jake our 7 year old Siberian Husky Lab, was acting weird. We were preparing for a major ice storm and so we brought him in out of the cold. We made him a bed in our shed, with heat lamps, since it was going to be 0 degrees that night. We weren't sure what was wrong with him so we didn't want our other animals getting it. We brought Dutchess in for the night(our other outside dog). That was Friday. Sunday he quit eating by himself. I suringe fed him and took him to the vet, she said he had a bad kidney infection and a heart murmur. Which for his age would be hard to come out of. I knew he was getting worse tho. She said to force sugar water. So I suringed sugar water every two hours, night and day. We would take him outside to potty and that even stopped this last Sunday. He quit drinking water out of his bowl so I kept feeding him alittle at a time. I knew what I had to do. I called the vet to make an appt. for them to come to my home to put him to sleep. But... they could not come till the 24th. Go figure. I was in tears, knowing he needed to go now. Not the next day, but now. At around 8:30 yesterday, after I took the kids to school, I went out to see him like I do every morning. It has been my routine for two weeks now. He was really out of it. So I gave him alittle water and let him sleep. But before I left him, I told him in tears that I wanted him to go, becuase I couldn't handle him being put down, and not only that but it was scheduled for the next day. Today at 10:30 a.m. I went to see him again @ 11:00,and I told him that he needs to go night night. And to go be with his other animal companions that he was with since we got him. I told him goodbye and that we all loved him so much and we were okay for him to go now. I told him to go and that was it . He took his last breath at 11:50a.m. So last night we buried him and its a huge relief knowing he isn't suffering anymore. But guess what I wanted to do this a.m.? I wanted to go to the shed to check on him. But I can't. I did the same thing for 2 weeks with him and my family. But I told my family I can rest now because I know he is OK. We love you Jake!! Tami