jnemo Loses Beloved "Nemo" (Rhodesian Ridgeback)

Originally Posted By chickendumpling

(((((((((hugs)))))))))))

 

Originally Posted By debtee

So sorry to hear about Nemo.

I'm Sending you big hugs and my boys woody and Toby send you comfort cuddles!

 

Originally Posted By LilliBelle

I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your beloved dog. Hugs to you and your family.

 

Originally Posted By RidgebackLuver

Oh I"m so sorry. R.R.'s are an amazing breed and each one is special. Ours is two and I can't believe we'll only have ten or so more years. It's hard to say goodbye, but look back to the memories!

 

Originally Posted By tapdancemom

Sorry to hear about the loss of Nemo, it is hard to lose a pet that you love.

 

Originally Posted By goodgirl

I'm so sorry for you jnemo. How sad. But how wonderful that she lived in such a loving home.

 

Originally Posted By Keith

You are all such class acts. I can't thank you enough.

Nemo had slowed down in his older years and we all have tried to emotionally prepare ourselves for this day, as best as one can anyway. It is still hard.

I can only imagine what mom is going through right now.

Memories? We've got lots of 'em.

Oh how he loved to pretend to be vicious with that rope toy... That silly growling sound he would make while thrashing his head back and forth and how he would bear his teeth, pretending to be a monster, but he didn't fool anyone.

The eyes... Oh the eyes... And those most expressive eyebrows!

The "I'll lay down here after I've gone around in a few circles" routine.

The time over the holidays that I left the front door ajar and he decided to go for a little jog while we followed him, continually yelling his name.

The time I was teasing him with a banana -- here you see it, here you don't (hiding it under my jacket) -- and then he pounced on me and... Well... I sang falsetto for a while that day. Nobody said I didn't deserve it!

The time I went to visit him at the kennel during one of mom and dad's vacations. He was soooo happy to see me.

How sometimes I would let him take me for a walk around the block, and the way he would teach me how very interesting all the very uninteresting things were along the way.

How I would repeatedly "hike" him like a football -- a game the family referred to as "push."

How he would gallop across the linoleum at the old house, which had a wooden subfloor -- the resonance alone would make those unfamiliar with him brace themselves on something sturdy for the assault that actually would never happen.

I'm really missing that guy.

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

My sympathy on the loss of this wonderful furbaby!

 

Originally Posted By disney pete

so sorry to hear about your bad news guys

 

Originally Posted By JazzCat

Yikes Keith, your post has ME crying! Memories are the best thing in the world!

 

Originally Posted By Keith

Tears of laughter I hope... ;-)

 

Originally Posted By Keith

...this IS "Laughing Place" after all, right?