Words can not express how much you mean to me.
You gave me so much over the 14 years with me. You slept next to
me every night. Now I feel so lost and alone. I never thought I
would live a day without you in my life. I loved you so much.
Denero, Jan, 5,
2005 - March 26, 2020
I lost my favorite dog today; his name was Denero and was 15
years, 2 months, and 10 days old. Early this morning I took him
out at 1:30am to go pee. He got up by himself, like always, and
walked around the waterfall to do his business. About 2 hours
later, I heard him down stairs and went to see what was wrong. He
had an accident so I cleaned him up and tried to get him up to go
outside again in case he needed to go. But, he could not get up. I
helped him up only to see him collapse in the door way. So I
picked him up his rear end and got him to his dog pad. He laid
down and stayed there all night. When Lynn,my wife, got up to go
to work, she just bent down to rub him and say good bye, not
knowing that he could not get up. I got up later that
morning to see if he got better over night, but he still could not
get up, so I lifted him up and he moved out the door by himself. I
thought that maybe he would be alright. But soon afterwords, I saw
that he had laid down near the waterfall and just stayed there. My
heart sunk, he never did that before. So I went out to help and as
I lifted up his rear end, I noticed that his rear legs were limp.
They just swung back and forth with no control. I knew his time
was up. I called Lynn and she came right home to spend time with
him. We both spent as much time as we could, telling him how much
we loved him. About 3:00pm, I got a little of his food and went by
him to feed him. I had to hand feed him as I did for the last 4
months. He just would not eat most foods on his own. But as I
picked up his head he looked at me like he never did before. It
was like his eyes were looking right into my soul. It was a
peaceful look and I knew he was ready to move on. It broke my
heart, but at the same time I knew that we were doing was the
right thing. His time with us was up.
The vet came about 6:00pm and gave him sedative that made him
sleepy. Lynn and I helped the Doctor carry him out to the back
yard near the waterfall that he loved to walk around or play ball
near. We gave him a last “we love you” and hugs as the Doctor gave
him the last shot of his life.
He died with his mom and me kneeing next to him holding him all
the way to the end. As usual, he did not make any problems for us
and was a true champion in our hearts. He came to us many years
ago after our Black Lab passed suddenly. Lynn picked him out
of many beautiful Lab puppies, and he proved to be the best of the
lot. He was sweet and listened to us and never gave us any reason
to be sorry we got him. He loved his older brother Rio who was a
Golden Retriever and a sweet heart of a dog himself.
Denero was my best ball player and we would spend hours a
week throwing the ball for him to bring it back to me to throw
again. He was also a great Frisbee catcher, often jumping high to
grab the disk and again run back and drop it at our feet. He and
Rio were beautiful on our boat, running up front and putting their
heads out the front boat hatch while people waved and said hello.
The best example of what a great dog he was when I left the
driveway gate open and Our Golden, Reno, and our sons 2 dogs ran
out into the neighborhood. Not Denero, he ran up to the gate and
stopped, never going any further. I had to catch the other 3 dogs
and bring them back into the yard, Denero was the only one that
got a treat that day.
He’s gone now, never to come back, but he will always be in our
hearts and we will always love him until the day we meet him
again. He is with Rio, Ruffian, and Batman playing
together and running looking for a ball to catch. RIP sweet boy,
you were one in a million and I will never forget you. You made
our days more fun and we always looked forward to coming
home.
05/02/20, 10:45am;
The most wonderful thing just happened to me. I was filling a jug
with water in the kitchen, when I felt what was like a brushing
against the back of my right leg. I thought it was the wind, but
the door was closed. No one was there; it was just like when I
would be standing in the back yard, and Denero would come up
behind me and brush up against me. I believe he was telling me he
was okay and not to worry about him. I hope it happens again, but
things usually are a one and done. That’s okay, one time was
wonderful. Thank you Baby D, it was great to feel you again.
Dexter,
06/19/2013 - 01/13/2020
Dexter was born June 19, 2013 and left for the Rainbow Bridge
January 13, 2020.
Our handsome little guy Dexter was one of the greatest pets,
friends, or companion anyone can imagine. He was found when
he was just a few weeks old, lost, alone, crying and hungry having
somehow become separated from his mother. He was a tiny
scared little ball of fur and we immediately fell in love with him
and knew we had to keep him! But what a beautiful boy he
grew up to be! We had never seen another kitty like
him! He had the most magnificent mane you have ever
seen! He looked like a little black and white lion.
Since he was never weaned properly he had a habit of wanting to
nurse and knead on soft things such as soft blankets or especially
his mommy’s fleece pajamas. We even had a special pair of
pajamas that were just his so he could do his thing anytime he
wanted. If they weren’t in the right place he would let his
daddy know and tell him until he put them where we wanted!
He was such a little character! He loved to play and have
fun. He loved to take the toilet paper off the roll in the
bathroom and decorate the whole room with it. He also loved
to pull his mommy’s towel off the rack and play hide and seek with
her.
He loved his sisters Honeybun and Willow very much. He would
let Honeybun give him baths and would play all around the house
with Willow, running and chasing each other. He would climb
to the very top of the kitty condo and watch over the living room
like a lion watching over his domain. While he was
there would pull down on the curtain valance and decorate his
perch with it. And he was quite a conversationalist!
He would hold long conversations with his mommy every day.
If he wanted attention he would let you know. He would give
love bites to his daddy’s leg saying, “Hey! I’m down
here! Pet me!” He had no problem jumping up and
sitting on the computer's keyboard if he thought you had spent
enough time there, time that would be better spent petting him!
He was always happy and never a bad boy, so well behaved.
Dexter would let his mommy dress him up and then model for
pictures. He always looked so dapper and handsome in his bow
ties. He was the greatest little guy ever.
When he started not feeling well we were so devastated to learn he
had the most evil of all diseases, cancer. He was so
young! We thought we were going to lose him right away but
he fought back so bravely and gave us a great gift, a whole month
where he bounced back and acted like nothing at all was
wrong. The vets were amazed at how well he responded and our
hopes grew.
The inevitable arrived so quickly and took him so fast we couldn’t
understand it. When the time came it was so quick, like a
candle burning too brightly it had to go out. He didn’t
suffer and left us right here where he belonged at home, with his
mommy and daddy lying on soft fleece.
Dexter will never leave us or his sisters. We will love him
forever and ever and miss him every single day. We are sure
his brothers and sisters at the Rainbow Bridge are playing happily
with him and laughing at his antics and stories. Our
beautiful little boy, sleep peacefully our love.
Heather and Michael Cleary
Dominic, 26th
September 2004 - 26th September 2020
Sleep sweetly our little man. You came to us in June 2014 and
brought light when there only seemed to be darkness. We thought we
were going to be caring for you. When in fact you came to care for
us with all your hugs and licks. It has been our privilege to have
you in our lives Dommy. Now you live forever in our hearts until
such time as we are joined together again at the Rainbow Bridge.
Until that day little man you play with Jinky and Alfie, pain free
and happy. Look after each other boys.
Love you forever and ever
Mummy, Daddy, Lucas, Theo,
Rosie and Poppy
XXX
XXX
Dora, 07/19/2014
- 07/26/2020
My Sweet Dora You are now feeling better then you have been and
running around with all of your furry friends at The Rainbow
Bridge, You, Sheri and Andy are having fun together like old
times, Buddy, Jack, Benny, Rob and Bertha all Miss You So Much.
Mike and I also Love and Miss You, its not the same around here
without You greeting us at the front door and when You start
spinning for your dinner, jumping on the back fence to try
and get the dogs on the other side, our daily walks, sleeping with
you and just your presence all around. I Love and Miss You So Much
until we see each other again. Your Dad, Richard
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