[chicagolady]

We need a save the puppies and an illegal aliens puppy ping!


God bless puppies everywhere.


The love of my life, Sparky Pulido decided to spend Christmas with Jesus this year!!
Lucky Him!

My first Christmas without Sparky, tears are in my eyes already. It will be a blue Christmas without him.

[brytlea]

Oh, I'm so sorry you lost Sparkey! I have lost 5 over the years and each one breaks my heart a little more.

As for the smugglers, they, like puppy mills would be out of business in a heartbeat if the puppy buying public would use their heads. Don't buy puppies from middle men (this includes pet shops, flea markets, people in the Walmart parking lot, etc). Do your research before you buy a puppy and see what sorts of health problems the breed has so you can know which health clearances the parents should have and what they should look like (and yes, you should ask to see them). Deal with a breeder who wants to know about YOU and not just if your check will clear. OR get your puppy from a humane shelter.
susie

[HairOfTheDog]

So sorry for your loss of Sparky Pulido...

“The Power of the Dog”

Rudyard Kipling

---

THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie—
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.

When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find—it’s your own affair—
But . . . you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.

When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone—wherever it goes—for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.

We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve.
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long—
So why in—Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

(I hope it's not too late for someone to find you a furry Christmas present.)

[DumpsterDiver]

Sparky Pulido decided to spend Christmas with Jesus this year!!

I'm sorry to hear that, chicagolady.

My first Christmas without Sparky, tears are in my eyes already. It will be a blue Christmas without him.

Yes, it will. Hang in there.

[2nd amendment mama]

I lost my beloved Soda in October of this year. She and Sparky are at the rainbow bridge playing with each other waiting for us.

I was fortunate though, Soda and God sent me Rex. I got him through Chessie Relief & Rescue. I had no intention of getting another "furbaby" so soon but Rex really needed me and I knew that I needed him just as much. So it's going to be a kind of mixed-emotions Christmas for me. Rex doesn't replace Soda but he's an absolute king of a dog and I truly love him and thank God every day for sending him to me.

[2nd amendment mama]

I thought I'd post that photo of Sparky for you again...

And my beloved Soda

[John Robertson]

Some people will never understand...others will instantly understand. I do. Cherish the memories.

[raybbr]

They are Springer Spaniels. Hope this brightens your day just a little, Chicaolady. (Chicago is my hometown) Our Madison and Oskar had a litter of ten three years ago this coming Valentine's Day. We sold them all to good people. We interviewed each person and got to know them a little before we let the pupppies go.