Zane

Along the way I forgot to put a tribute to Zane, my son's friends best friend.  He also died just after his 5th Birthday.  He was a great dog.  Monty loved him.

Cinnia

Wildwind's Cinnia Rose "Cinnia"
April 9, 2009 ~ June 27, 2014
Forever in our Hearts

Another gone far too young from DCM

Jeter

My best friends in the entire world had their little Jeter put down, she had cancer. 

Xasper

My friend in the Netherlands loses another.  Deeply sorry for her tragic loss of this wonderful boy. 

Sammy

Went over and spent a little time holding a friends lil poodle boy while they were at work.  He was in congestive heart failure, he died a couple hours later.  What a sweet boy. 

RIP Junior

Beautiful Honey

Our friends lost their beautiful old girl last night.  We were called as she passed away and asked to go over and sit with them.  It was sad, but also nice to see how peaceful she was, and how she never had to suffer.  Honey was 13.5. 

7

Hard for me to imagine that you have been gone two long years my sweet friend, even harder to know how young you were when you passed away.  My heart still hurts.  I miss you.  Happy Birthday I hope some how, some way we will meet again.  I love you Petey! 

and another

As Petey's 7th birthday nears, yet another doberman taken far too young.  Fifi was was 7 years and 3 months old, has had CAH for 5 years, it finally took her yesterday.  I hope there is some type of afterlife for all these sweet dobes who have died in the prime of their lives.  Tragic....breeders need to do something, it isn't fair to the dogs nor their brokenhearted owners.  Rest in Peace sweet beautiful girl.  My heart bleeds for your owners. 

Almost 2 years.....

Still miss you like it was yesterday. 

and another.....

and another.....my friend who created the top of this Blog has lost her precious boy.  Heart breaking.  Do any Dobes grow old? 

If I'd known the way that this would end
If I'd read the last page first
If I'd had the strength to walk away
If I'd known how this would hurt

I would have loved you anyway
I'd do it all the same

Not a second I would change
Not a touch that I would trade
Had I known my heart would break
I would have loved you anyway
(Song by Trisha Yearwood)

Another gone..... Nikita....she had a life full of pain and surgeries and in the end it was her heart that took her.  If anything, I feel worse and miss you more as each day passes my dear sweet Petey.

My Prince....miss you

6 years old today

My dear sweet Prince you would have been 6 years old today.  My heart and soul are still hurting, I miss you so deeply.  Time doesn't seem to be healing my loss of you very quickly.   Happy Birthday Petey!  You were simply the best dog to ever live. When I see a Raven it makes me feel like you are with me.  At the hawk watch today, there was one hanging around for a long time, chattering up a storm. 

more

and two more.....RIP Winston and Dillon.  Poor baby Dillon was only 3.5 years old.  No more Dobes for me.  It's completely unacceptable for these horrible health issues to go on for so many decades.  Tragic for their owners. 

and another one....

RIP dear sweet Lexx.  You were a brave puppy with the best doggie parents ever!

 Written by his Mom Leanne:

We are, at times, given the briefest of opportunities to be faced with the most wonderful of souls. They take us and lead us along a pathway that we never would have chosen for ourselves. They mold us and change us, and make us question ourselves. They teach us to grow and change and become better people. It seems that these special souls never stay with us as long as they should. They are here, and they change everything, and then they are simply gone.

But left behind them is a network of those they have touched, taught, and bettered.

For without these moments, however brief, we would never come to understand what we,ourselves, are fully capable of. And for this, we should be eternally in debt.

I never understood love. I never understood the true meaning of the perfect soul, until I met you.

Thank you. Each day was a miracle, a blessing, and will never be forgotten.

RIP

Another lost to DCM. RIP Ooh Rah...you were an amazing boy.  I was privileged to meet you on several occasion.  You and your mom were a inspiration to watch do obedience,  you had a bond that everyone with a dog should strive for.  I hope Petey was there to meet you when you arrived. 

11 months gone.....

February 14, 2012

6 long months have passed, I still think of you every day. I will miss you forever Big Pete.

12/9/11

Getting used to life with out you SUCKS. There is nothing good about you leaving me. I miss you more as each day passes. There will never be another like you for me Petey, the sadness of your loss is so much more then I ever expected or experienced. You were my best friend. Miss you. 4 months come and gone....still no peace in my heart. WHY?! WHY?! God I loved you. 2 years ago today we got a DCM diagnosis. One of the worst moments of my life. Miss you big boy. Please wait for me.

Three months.....

Feeling so lost and all alone
I want to bury all the memories
Leave no trace that you ever existed

Maybe then I could sleep at night
... Maybe then my eyes will be free…
From all the tears

Don’t want to have to drag this pain with me
Everywhere I go …
I want to be normal again

But everywhere I look is a reminder of you
Of us, of everything we shared.
Why can’t I let you go?
Let your spirit rein
Why cant I smile in reminisce

The scar is too deep
And the emptiness makes me cold
I to feel like I have gone…

Into another world

A world where happiness
Is an obstacle
Laughter a challenge
And complete is almost impossible…

If only I could go on without the thought of you…
Maybe then ill feel what peace is like again!

Cashca Viljoen

He is my Dobermann

He tells me everyday I am his reason for being, as he lays his head against me.

His eyes search my soul as he gazes up at me.

His shear presence beside me makes me feel invincible, he is my protector, my confidante.

He is the part of me that can reach the farthermost horizon's.

He is always exuberant, full of forgiveness, willing to please and be my instant clown when I need to laugh.

Without him ...I am just another lonely being on this road of life, he makes me feel so much more.

He has taught me so many things, from patience and perseverance, devotion and unconditional love, peace and inner strength.

There is no love more powerful than this, and nobody less deserving than me.

He is my DOBERMANN

So sad my heart hurts

I'm having a really hard time right now. I miss Petey beyond words. While at work today, I cleaned up my email and found this poem in my save file. I sent it to my work email August 14, 2008. Three years to the exact day that my baby would die. I have no idea why I sent the poem to my work email. I'm guessing there are no accidents. It was meant to be there for me to read today.

When I am gone, Release me, Let me go-
I have so many things to see and do,
You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears,
Be thankful for our beautiful years.

I gave to you my love, You can only guess
How much you gave to me in happiness,
I thank you for the love you each have shown,
But now it's time I traveled alone.

So grieve awhile for me, if grieve you must,
Then let your grief be comforted by trust.
It's only for a time that we must part,
So bless the memories within your heart.

I won't be far away, for life goes on.
So if you need me, Call, And I will come.
Though you can't see me or touch me, I'll be near,
And if you listen with your Hearts, you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear,
And then, when you come this way alone
I'll greet you with a smile and say

"Welcome Home"

Long Road....

We buried our friend on the land near the tipi. We wrapped him in his blankies and laid him to rest with his favorite toys. It was raining buckets which felt very fitting, because everyone was crying.

Rest in Peace my dear friend. I miss you so.



and I wished for so long...
I cannot stay
All the precious moments...
Cannot stay
It's not like wings have fallen...
I cannot say
Without you something is missing...
I cannot say

Holding hands of daughters and sons
In their phase they're falling down
Down, down, down

I have wished for so long...
How I wish for you again

We all walk the long road
I cannot stay
There's no need to say goodbye

Oh, the friends and family...
All the memories going round
Round, round round...

I have wished for so long...
How I wished for you today

And the wind keeps rollin'
And the sky keeps turning grey
And the sun is setting
The sun will rise another day

I have wished for so long...
How I wish for you today

I have wished for so long...
How I wish for you today
Will I walk the long road?
We all walk the long road

8/14/11

My beautiful Prince lost his battle with DCM at 12:55am today. He chose to leave us on the only night that all his boys were under the same roof, the first time in many months. Bobby and I were with him as he passed, and were able to call our kids in right after and we were all together as a family. My heart is broken into a million little pieces, our lives touched by this boy so special that none of us will ever be the same again. We are taking him up to the land to bury him, may he run free forever.

I will miss him....always........