In Loving Memory:
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"Kilo" My Buddy
4/24/2000 to 2/18/2008
Owned, adored and missed by: Cindy Tulpa
Adored and missed by: Heather Dawson
Kilo is the first flatcoat I fell in love with, and the reason I have flatcoats today. He was the sweetest boy, and absolutely adorable. He was affectionately known as "Mushy Man". He would cuddle with you all day long. The day Kilo passed away, he took a piece of our heart with him. We miss him each and everyday.
While reading the book, "If A Dog's Prayers Were Answered, Bones Would Rain From The Sky", I came across the most perfect words. While they are not my own, I couldn't have said it better myself:
"There is a cycle of love and death that shapes the lives of those who choose to travel in the company of animals. It is a cycle unlike any other. To those who have never lived through its turnings or walked its rocky path, our willingness to give our hearts with full knowledge that they will be broken seems incomprehensible. Only we know how small a price we pay for what we receive; our grief, no matter how powerful it may be, is an insufficient measure of the joy we have been given.
Writing in his essay, "The Once Again Prince," animal lover and gifted writer Irving Townsend summed it up:
We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan. It is a fragile circle. But it goes round and round without end." (this entire quote was taken directly from Suzanne Clothier's book)
I questioned why we put ourselves through this time and time again......of course this was only for a very brief moment. I looked into the eyes of my flatcoat puppy and knew exactly why we do it. The grief we suffer at the loss of a dog pales in comparison to the joy they bring to our lives in the short amount of time they are with us. The marks that they have made on the hearts of everyone they have touched will remain long after they are gone. They will live in our hearts forever.
Mick and Kilo
Kilo and Mick
Kilo
Kal, Kilo and Mick
In Loving Memory:
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"Noof"
3/17/1998 to 8/10/2009
Loved, adored and missed by: Richard & Jo Hewison
Noof was a beautiful, vibrant and very talented boy. He was very successful in the showring and in the field. He is the sire of my two flat-coats, Mick & Patsy. His legacy will live on in his children and grand-children. Our deepest sympathies go out to Richard and Jo. Noof is gone but will not be forgotten. If it weren't for Noof, I wouldn't have two wonderful dogs who have truly changed my life. Rest In Peace my friend.
