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7/4/09 - MEMORIAL
Clara Bella was the “love of my
life” and I adored her. I spoiled her rotten and gave her everything I
could have possibly given her. However, she died on
June 1, 2009, and my heart is broken. I loved her so so much. Below is my
tribute to Clara Bella - rescuing her was something I would do 100 times
over. I can’t go a day without thinking of her and if ever a pet made my
life complete it was my Bella. She was an angel. Here is a poem I wrote
for her.
I can hardly see
through my tears... today I sent my best friend of years somewhere she had
to go, where pain and sickness she won't have to know. Although she
hasn’t been with me since she was a pup... in the three short years I had
her today I knew that I've had to give her up. She was sick, we both knew it
and I didn’t want to put her through it.
Thinking
back to the day I adopted her, I sometimes thought oh boy, did I do the
right thing, "Noise and mess and bills to pay!" - I can't believe I felt
that way. Didn't know that in the end, she would be my
dearest friend.
Didn't know that she would be the greatest gift that came to me.
How did
one like me deserve a friend who wanted just to serve? What was there
that made her love me, with nobody else above me? When I looked into her
eyes, never did she criticize, never did she hold a grudge, never did she
try to judge.
Recently,
on an anxious day. "My little girl didn’t want to play?" Took her to the vet
to see what might be wrong with my "puppy".
Worse by far than I expected, fatal illness was detected. Nothing much that
we could do but keep her comfy til she's through.
Back at
home I tried to tell her of the bad luck that befell her. All I could
see in her eyes was wondering why her master cries.
I don't think she understood - her eyes just asked "Wasn't I good? How come
now I make you sad? Let me kiss and hug you and make you glad!"
Two last
weeks I had to try to find a way to say goodbye. In that time I told her
more than I ever had before just how much I loved my pup, how much it hurt
to give her up.
How though gone, she'd always be inside my heart, a part of me.
Then today
was no mistaking, I made the decision, my heart was breaking. I called and
told the vet I would be by - I didn't have to tell him why. He arrived
in awhile and asked "Are you ready?" I sighed, I nodded, I felt so unsteady.
Got down on the floor by my girl who was dying, and I just didn't care if
the vet saw me crying.
As my
pup slipped away, the last things she felt were the kisses and hugs of her
master who knelt on that "blankie" beside her to bid her goodbye, who had
just one more minute to tell her, to try to say thanks to my girl for a
lifetime of love.... "Dear God, let me see her in heaven above! But for now
Lord, please hold her, watch over her rest... if she wakes in Your arms tell
her I love her best."
Barbara Butler
12/04/06 -
Clara is an absolute sweetheart that has lost the only home she has ever
known. Her owner had to move into a nursing home due to age and illness.
She is a very good girl who would love to hang out with you. She is used
to being pampered and will smother you with love in return if you pamper
her! Please give Clara her new home for the holidays! |
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Adoption Procedures,
then fill out an
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Not all applications are approved. On average, it takes
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Matching Boxers suitable for placement
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That is what we are good at. And be happy for the
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fantastic dogs waiting in their place.
Our non-profit organization is wholly comprised of hard-working volunteers whose only reward is seeing our wonderful
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Boxer.
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