PattyInAK

I've posted before, many months ago when I lost my horse Domingo. It was the worse day of my life. Its been 11 months now, and I have lived through many firsts without him -- the first Christmas, Domingo had a Santa hat that he liked to wear, he thought he was hot stuff when he had his hat on. Then there was the New Year, and Valentines Day. And his birthday April 10th., Memorial Day.............the firsts are hard. Soon I will go through the hardest one -- the one year anniversary of his death. Domingo is buried in the big corral that he loved. A huge boulder has been placed at the head of his resting place and many wildflowers have been planted. I will have to post a picture of him sometime.

I can relate to the feelings of grief you experienced when you lost your dog. I lost my horse, Domingo, very suddenly to a heart attack 11 months ago. He was only 10 years old and so his death shocked the hell out of me. He was my baby, a planned baby, born in our barn in April 2002. How could he be dead? The grief I felt left me stunned. My whole world stopped. The passing of time is healing, though, and so is finding people online who truly understand. Just to fast-forward to now.........its a long story but we have a pregnant mare in our corral now, due to give birth in May 2004. The thought of a new youngster to raise has given me a reason to smile again. Jenn, I'm glad you got two new dogs to fill your life. Its a real tribute to your other dog, how wonderful he was, that you would want to fill your life with more dogs.