tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post4102254142398551665..comments2021-12-23T04:53:44.566-05:00Comments on American Dream Finder: Best in Our Show: In Memory of Our Rescue Dog, ScottyCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-30885017286507111852012-03-08T13:23:53.806-05:002012-03-08T13:23:53.806-05:00I know you'll make the most of your time with ...I know you'll make the most of your time with her. I'm so sorry to hear about your shelter’s hard times. It’s so sad because in my hometown of Emerson there's a puppy store. We met someone in the park who got a dog from there. It's such a bad cycle. The animal kingdom is lucky to have you here. <br /><br />It's funny you mention replace because that word has come up, and I keep saying it's not about replacing him, but giving another dog the second chance Scotty got. Whatever special soul comes to us, lots of trips to the park, a backyard and belly rubs await.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-62083236195690100052012-03-08T10:33:04.079-05:002012-03-08T10:33:04.079-05:00I have spoken to a lot of different people about a...I have spoken to a lot of different people about animal welfare, or just simply pet ownership. Some say they wished dogs/cats had a shorter life span so they can adopt more in a given time. Some wished that they live longer, to have them by their side even more. It something, in my opinion, better not figured out. Just help those who need help, and go with it. My other dog lived 15 years while Fidelma right now may only be with us eight years. Just play the cards that were dealt to you and play them well. When Fidelma passes away, I will try my hand at fostering dogs, alternating, from the shelter. The shelter is a high anxiety place for animals and a week or weekend away from it will do them good. Fidelma does not like other dogs bothering her, and so I can't foster right now. I know that you will "opt to adopt, " as our mantra says. Getting another dog, I decided, wasn't a matter of replacing the former dog. Our time with a specific pet is our unique and irreplaceable time with that animal. The next pet will have its very own timeline in our lives. It is a continuum, and not a replacement, in other words.<br /><br />I am pleased that I had a positive effect on your life. I have been posting dogs for adoption on my Facebook page and not on my blog. Maybe I should correct this habit. However, a truly sad set of circumstances fell on our shelter. Long story, but it closed last month! Yes, so very sad. We were doing 600 dogs a year, and now the grounds are empty, vacated with only memories remaining. Bloomingdale Animal Shelter Society still exists, but only as a rescue group. The members keep the animals at their homes instead of at a shelter facility. Yep, that's not bad but that won't have the adopting power of a shelter, no 600 dogs a year. I will be beginning volunteer work with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in Ringwood in 2 weeks. This will ad a new dimension in my animal welfare experience--rehabbing animals and then releasing them back into the wild. There is talk that the town officials at Bloomingdale want to put up a shelter service once more in town, but run by people they like. I have been informed to keep my options open for that. People say you haven't live a full life until you have a pet die on you. Well, losing a shelter is some other experience, I can tell you that.Ted Teodorohttp://www.onlovinganimals.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-83305498611958634582012-03-08T08:57:38.590-05:002012-03-08T08:57:38.590-05:00Hi Ted. Thanks so much for your story and condolen...Hi Ted. Thanks so much for your story and condolences, and passing mine on as well for Fidelma. Scotty was our first dog, and our next rescue dog will likely be a little guy or girl too so we may have to face this again. <br /><br />I always meant to tell you this, but a post on your blog On Loving Animals set the chain of events to getting Scotty. I had visited a dog at the shelter you volunteered at and wrote about but my mom thought it wasn't a match, but that weekend I started looking on Petfinder. I found another dog from the Tenafly group that was already adopted out when I called, but the people directed us to Scotty. It happened so fast. But if it weren't for your blog post about adopting, Scotty wouldn't have been in our lives. So we owe you a huge thank you for your work on behalf of homeless dogs everywhere.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-20390151669510828082012-03-07T17:55:20.041-05:002012-03-07T17:55:20.041-05:00I so sorry that Scotty passed away. We know that w...I so sorry that Scotty passed away. We know that when we take them into our lives, they have to go sometime in the future. But, it never is easy, ain't it? I steel myself for my turn at losing my dog, Fidelma. She has a heart murmur too, diagnosed in November 2010. At night, I could hear her heart beat loudly. It's like I am on the same road back in 2004 when my other dog passed away also from a heart murmur. Small dogs are prone to heart disease. Fidelma has collapsed a few times, but somehow came back from death's door. It was the sodium in the food that was doing a lot of damage. For dogs that have a heart murmur, a no sodium diet is imperative. It sounds like Scotty did have a good life with you. It's one thing we can always console ourselves with after their passing. Our dogs had love, a home, and fun. Imagine, you had this wonderful opportunity to be one of the best humans in Scotty's life, his life hinged on yours, and all worked out fine. Scotty has made the great escape!Ted Teodorohttp://www.onlovinganimals.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-18683427620758972992012-03-06T08:44:13.333-05:002012-03-06T08:44:13.333-05:00Thanks Lillypad and Amy. Lillypad, what a sweet st...Thanks Lillypad and Amy. Lillypad, what a sweet story about your kitty. I would love to adopt a cat but I developed allergies in adulthood to cats. I had two precious cats as a child.<br /><br />Amy, so funny people would see Scotty and say, "What a cute puppy!" I'm remembering the happy times, like when Scotty would see me in the backyard and come charging to me. I think he's the only soul who "charged" toward me with such utter happiness. Or when he was done eating he'd do a "happy dance," which I want to do after many a meal. Pets are so honest in their emotions.<br /><br />He did have a really great home, lots of love, park visits, a backyard.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-27295268440542639782012-03-05T21:23:32.991-05:002012-03-05T21:23:32.991-05:00What a completely adorable dog Scotty was! I'...What a completely adorable dog Scotty was! I'm so glad he found a good home with you.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978107688401584445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-9632488061247091372012-03-05T13:27:30.744-05:002012-03-05T13:27:30.744-05:00I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. We had ...I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. We had to let our beloved kitty go almost a year ago. She was 2 weeks short of 15 years old. She was also very sick. I miss her so much, I think of her every day and we laugh and cry at the pictures of her that pass by on the computer. We lasted only 3-1/2 weeks before we got a shelter kitty. This kitty went straight up to my son, sat down, and stayed by his side and in his lap for a hour + while my husband drove home to get paperwork we had forgotten. I think our sweet departed kitty had whispered in the ear of the new kitty and said "go choose that boy, he will treat you well". Having a new furry family member helps heal the heart but you know you'll never stop loving the ones who went on ahead. Warm thoughts as you grieve, Lilypad (in Seattle)Lilypadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-5045691021671715732012-03-05T09:08:12.374-05:002012-03-05T09:08:12.374-05:00Thank you so much for your condolences. As my fami...Thank you so much for your condolences. As my family feels, the spirit has left the house. No one to greet us at the door so happily. <br /><br />I love that Rainbow Bridge poem. The solace is that Scotty no longer wails in pain at night, doesn't struggle to take a simple breath and is without the appetite for food and life he once had. I know we will meet again.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488301404397970300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-58836099498188229322012-03-04T15:52:22.187-05:002012-03-04T15:52:22.187-05:00I am so sorry for your loss.
xoxoxo,
Cat
By the e...I am so sorry for your loss.<br />xoxoxo,<br />Cat<br /><br />By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,<br />Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.<br />Where the friends of man and woman do run,<br />When their time on earth is over and done.<br /><br />For here, between this world and the next,<br />Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.<br />On this golden land, they wait and they play,<br />Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.<br /><br />No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,<br />For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.<br />Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,<br />Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.<br /><br />They romp through the grass, without even a care,<br />Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.<br />All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,<br />Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.<br /><br />For just at that instant, their eyes have met;<br />Together again, both person and pet.<br />So they run to each other, these friends from long past,<br />The time of their parting is over at last.<br /><br />The sadness they felt while they were apart,<br />Has turned into joy once more in each heart.<br />They embrace with a love that will last forever,<br />And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146928463353478852.post-73168580774533259682012-03-04T11:17:53.218-05:002012-03-04T11:17:53.218-05:00Oh Catherine, I'm so sorry to hear about the l...Oh Catherine, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your sweet friend. Scotty was beautiful and looks so happy in the pictures.Catehttp://www.catelinden.comnoreply@blogger.com