Old Dogs

Flirt
gone but never forgotten
May 2010

My Golden Friend

All my life, you have been by my side

There when I laughed and there when I cried.

Yellow, fluffy hair is a golden retriever,

I smile and laugh whenever I see her.

She never barked but she kissed,

"Pet me," "Pet me," she would insist.

Her name is Flirt 'cause she was born on Valentine's Day,

But the sad part is, she died this May.

I will truly miss when she wags her tail,

Her love comes down as hard as hail.

Sometimes I hear her cry,

Waiting for me to join her in the sky

By: Eliza Basel
4^th Grade

Flirt will be dearly missed

by the Basel family

Sambuca
gone but never forgotten
10/26/2010

To our best friend and light of our life. We miss you so much and nothing seems quite the same without you. We'll think about you everyday, but especially when we hike and see a wonderful stream or river or a big pile of snow - those were your favorites! You were great on a trail - went ahead to check it out and then you either waited for us to catch up or came back to get us so.....

Keep forging those trails and then wait for us ---

Love, Brenda & Tuck, Chris, Jenn & Ben Bird

To our family and friends:

August 14, 2010

It is with deepest sadness that Ed and I tell you that we lost our wonderful Floyd yesterday.

It's too soon after loosing Sammy. The two are playing together again at the rainbow bridge.

Floyd is missed by

Ed, Lisa and his new girlfriend Kiki

To our family and friends:

September 5, 2009

It is with deepest sadness that Ed, Floyd and I tell you that Sammy passed away this morning. We are still in shock.

It started out as a wonderful day. We went for our family walk. Both Floyd and Sammy ate breakfast. Then as planned we were heading to the vet to have Floyd's stitches removed. We always load up Sammy first because blessed his heart he was not very coordinated. Ed got him in the SUV. He jumped up to the second row seats. We heard a yelp as Ed was getting Floyd in. It appeared he had slipped off the seat and got stuck. I ran around to the door and lifted his head up. He didn't look well. Almost as if he were going to black out. I yelled to Ed that he had been injured. We thought he had hurt his neck. I held him and comforted him; he went kind of limp. We opened the garage and began to transport both dogs to the vet. I made a call from the cell phone to let them know we were inbound with an injured animal. Sammy was very quiet on the ride and I just stroked and comforted him. He didn't look and his breathing was very shallow. When we arrived at the vet; they came out with a stretcher. They took him in as Ed, Floyd and I waited. About 15 minutes later the vet came in and said that Sammy has passed on. They had x-rayed his neck, and nothing was broke. They had defibrillated him and they could not revive him. He was pronounced deceased around 8:45.

We are heart broken. Sammy was a loving boy. He was a integral part of our family in his short stay with us. We are truly blessed that God let us have the privilege to take care of him.

Your prayers would truly be appreciated. As you can imagine, we will be laying low for a few days. This is really difficult to digest right now.

Ed, Lisa and Floyd