God Speed Lucy. Sorry for your loss!

Rest in Peace sweet girl. In Lucy's honor, here's something I found when we helped our senior citizen rescue kitty to the other side last fall. Still makes the screen blurry when I read it, but the message comforts me, as I hope it will, you.


The House Dog's Grave (Haig, an English bulldog)

I've changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment,
You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you'd soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking-pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the night through
I lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read--and I fear often grieving for me--
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope that when you are lying

Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dear, that's too much hope: you are not so well cared for
As I have been.

And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided. . . .
But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.


Robinson Jeffers, 1941

I"m sorry to hear about Lucy, but, it sounds like she had a lot more with you than she would have without. And you, too.

Thank you for being there for her when she needed you.

Good bye Lucy....



ARman

Good girl, Lucy.

Sorry for your loss. Looks like she had a great senior life with you guys. RIP Lucy.

Godspeed good girl. I am sorry for your loss, as Monkey expressed hers is a face of pure love. She reminds me very much of one of my current good boys.

My heart goes out to you man. I lost my buddy in January of this year and I miss him every day. He was also a yellow lab.

Thanks for taking her in and showing her what love is.

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of Lucy. It's amazing how much joy Labs can bring to a home. I still miss our Golden Lab Sadie that we lost almost 2 years ago. Rest in peace, pretty girl.

Bye Lucy, tell Bud and Wendy we miss them when you cross over the rainbow bridge.

I believe they wait for us...

Condolences sent. Lucy was fortunate to find you.

Sorry for your loss.

I think there is something in my eye. Lucy's face could be my old lab. She looks so happy.

I am so sorry for Lacys passing. Been down that road and I miss them all Remember all the good times.

The best memories never die.

Lost my Great Dane buddy Henry 2 weeks ago. Still very tough. I know how you am the family feel. So sorry.

I really haven't met a dog that wasn't loyal, brave and loving to their companion humans. I have met a minority of humans in that class....

It's always hard to see them go, she is a cutie. Sorry for your loss but I'm sure it was a great 5 years for both of you.