Lakeland Mastiffs Loving Memory Page

MEET THE WONDERFUL ANIMAL HEARTS THAT NOT ONLY HAVE TOUCHED & BLESSED OUR LIVES OVER THE YEARS, BUT WHO ARE WAITING IN HEAVEN FOR US SO WE CAN ALL CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE TOGETHER ONCE IT'S OUR TURN TO FLY. =O)

AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE ALSO LOST A FAMILY FRIEND & PET AND KNOW ALL TOO WELL THE GREAT VOID AND HEARTACHE THAT LEAVES, I WANT YOU TO ALWAYS REMEMBER:

"Our beloved pets never truly die...they just earn their wings and learn to fly!"

THE RAINBOW BRIDGE:

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run, jump, chase and play there together happily. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor there. And all those who were hurt, injured or maimed are made whole and strong again there, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. All the animals who wait at the Rainbow Bridge are happy and content, except for one small thing: they each miss someone very special who was close and meant the world to them, but who had stay behind when they were parted.

They all romp around and play together, but then one day comes when one of them suddenly stops and looks away, far into the distance. His bright eyes are intent as he eagerly scans the horizon. His ears perk up and his eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster as his tail begins to wag happily behind him.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet back up again, you cling together in joyous reunion as happy kisses rain down across your face. As his licks and your tears joyously wash across your face, your hands once again caress that beloved face and sink into the warmth & softness of his fur. You look once again into the loving, trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life and sight but never absent from your heart. Once this great blessing of reunion is fulfilled, you both get up and slowly walk across the Rainbow Bridge together, into Heaven, never to be parted again.

- Author unknown

"TIPPY ROSE"
10/18/1990 - 11/27/2007

TIPPY WAS A LABRADOR RETRIEVER & PITBULL CROSS THAT I ADOPTED WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD FROM A LOCAL SHELTER. SHE WAS MY SIDEKICK, FISHING BUDDY, AND VERY BEST FRIEND. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF FAILING EYESIGHT & HEARING, HER BODY FINALLY BETRAYED HER AND SHE COULD NO LONGER AMBULATE ON HER OWN AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 17 YEARS. I HAD TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE, HEARTBREAKING DECISION TO PUT HER SILENTLY TO SLEEP WHILE I HELD HER HEAD IN MY ARMS AND CRIED WHILE WHISPERING SOFTLY IN HER EAR HOW VERY MUCH I LOVED HER AND WHAT SHE HAD MEANT TO ME THROUGH ALL THOSE AMAZING YEARS.

TIPPY WAS MY ROCK AND THE ONLY ONE TRUE STABLE COMFORT IN MY LIFE THROUGHOUT MANY TROUBLED YEARS THAT INCLUDED A VERY DIFFICULT DIVORCE AND THE PASSING OF MY GRANDMOTHER. I AM SO BLESSED & GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN LOVED, CHERISHED & KEPT SAFE BY THE UNENDING WARMTH OF HER SPIRIT & HEART. SHE EAGERLY AND NATURALLY ADOPTED AND NURSED COUNTLESS ORPHANED KITTENS, ACTUALLY PRODUCING MILK FOR THEM DESPITE HAVING BEEN SPAYED WHEN SHE WAS 3 MONTHS OF AGE; SHE NATURALLY BEFRIENDED COUNTLESS ORPHANED & FOSTER PUPPIES & DOGS NEEDING GENTLE GUIDANCE & NURTURING WITHOUT JEALOUSY OR IMPATIENCE; SHE WAS EVERYBODY'S FRIEND, AN EXCELLENT WORKING THERAPY DOG FOR ME AND ALL THE RESIDENTS AT THE SAN ANTONIO V.A. HOSPITAL & NURSING HOME, AND SHE WELCOMED EACH & EVERY HAND WITH GENTLE HAPPINESS & QUIET ACCEPTANCE; SHE WAS TRULY AN "OLD SOUL" THAT, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, COMES AROUND ONLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME.

SHE WAS MY PROTECTOR, BEST FRIEND, CUDDLE BUDDY, KEEPER OF SECRETS & DEARLY MISSED KIND & LOVING HEART. ANYONE WHO READS THIS AND INSTANTLY UNDERSTANDS & CONNECTS TO WHAT I'M SAYING KNOWS ALL TOO WELL THE SPECIAL & UNIQUE LOVE, COMFORT, STRENGTH, HAPPINESS, JOY & HOPE THAT SUCH A BELOVED PET GIVES YOU, AND THUS KNOWS WHAT MY TIPPY GIRL MEANT TO ME THROUGHOUT OUR WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER.

SPIRITS LIKE HERS DON'T COME AROUND VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN THEY DO, THEY LEAVE PERMANENT PAWPRINTS IN OUR HEARTS AND JOYOUS & SOMETIMES TEARFUL MEMORIES IN YOUR SOUL...UNTIL GOD SEES FIT TO BLESS YOU AGAIN WITH ANOTHER GREAT HEART & SPIRIT FRIEND TO TAKE CARE OF, WHO WILL IN TURN TAKE CARE OF YOU & WALK BY YOUR SIDE THROUGH MANY MORE GREAT YEARS TO COME.

EACH TIME I FEEL EVER STRONGER...EACH SPECIAL HEART CHERISHED & LOVED LIKE NO OTHER...EACH HAND-PICKED & DELIVERED INTO MY LIFE BY THE TRUE HAND OF GOD.

THIS WAS MY DARLING TIPPY ROSE GIRL...FOREVER LOVED & DEARLY MISSED!

"CHUNKY MONKEY"
07/15/06 - 08/04/08

CHUNKY'S LOSS WAS SO SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO DISCUSS HER STRUGGLES OR JUST HOW MUCH SHE MEANS/MEANT TO ME JUST YET. BUT MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND ELABORATE ON WHAT AN INCREDIBLE & BREATHTAKING PUP SHE WAS & WHAT A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG DOG SHE WAS BECOMING WITH YOU...SOMEDAY, WHEN THE PAIN ISN'T SO SEVERE AND I CAN REFLECT BACK UPON HER WITHOUT ALL THESE TEARS IN MY EYES. ='O(

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