Has anyone lost their best friend?

It hurts beyond words to suffer the loss of a special friend. When you get to heaven your dog will be waiting to welcome you.

This may help:

http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm

Kmulkey: Get the Boxer! Salsa is our second one - I alluded to the loss of our first one (Phoebe) above. Talk about a family member!! The hard part is what Dapom is experiencing today and it comes for all of us sooner or later.

I lost my good friend Paul a few years ago when I lived in NJ. He was a great guy and loved by his family and all who knew him. We'd go to audio club meetings together and invite eachother over to listen to our latest musical finds.

But he developed a rare form of skin cancer that took him out in a couple of months. It was very sad.

I've since moved to Tucson and haven't made a friend like Paul here as yet. Everyone seems so self-absorbed and too busy to drive 20 minutes and spend an hour or so listening to great music. That's pretty sad as well. I can still hear Paul's laugh. So don't take your friends for granted. The day you will miss them comes all too quickly.

We had a Miniature Poodle, Spike for 14 years. He was my wife's dog before we even married. He passed away in October 2006. We were so sad(I actually cried, beleive it or not), that I did not think I will ever want another dog. After much debate, we finally decided.
Did some research, found a breeder and I was on my way. Actually drove for almost 4 hours one way. Total of 8 hours of driving in one day.
Picked up a black/silver Miniature Schnauzer puppy boy in December, almost 1 and 1/2 years after Spike. It's amazing how quickly these guys become part of our lifes. He's so much fun, my son loves him(he was missing Spike big time) and he's just becoming a great companion.