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"Lola ", Canine Freeper and K-9 companion of Recovering Ex-Hippie, passed away August 3.

Posted on 08/07/2010 7:30:33 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie

"Lola "... Loyal, conservative Canine Freeper and dedicated K-9 companion of Recovering Ex-Hippie, passed away August 3."

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I am heartbroken that my wonderful doggie, Lola, died Tuesday morning. She was 15 years old and had been adopted from the Doggie Orphanage in Cleveland. She then moved with me to Jacksonville, FL.

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Always a Patriotic Pupster, Lola was called upon by the CIA after 9-11 to break up “Terrorist Squirrel Cells “ in our woods….a calling she dedicated herself to with great enthusiasm. She was the mascot for a fund drive to raise money for the New Orleans Humane society during Katrina.

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In 2004, she campaigned along with Freeper Chieftain’s canine, Brenda, for George Bush. Lola also campaigned for Sarah Palin’s VP run with her sign “Pets for Palin”.

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She was a big fan of Free Republic, especially the Doggie Ping and the Live “24” TV show thread!

Lola was also a therapy dog and helped many people with emotional problems as my co-therapist. She was a participant in group therapy, child therapy and even on occasion, marital therapy. In 2007 she was called to duty at the Lake City, FL VA Hospital to mentor veterans in the Substance Abuse Residential Program, visiting the unit several days a week. The veterans delighted in Lola, and knew whatever they confided in her would be kept totally confidential. She touched so many lives!

Lola was my faithful companion for 15 years. I learned much about love and loyalty, honesty and compassion from this Person in a Fur Coat. In the last year, Lola had problems with arthritis…we made adjustments in our lifestyle. Freeper Chieftain often had to come over and help me get her to the vet. Her difficulties increased in the last few months. I learned that love sees “the other“ as “perfect“ no matter their frailties, and they are as “beautiful” as ever, maybe more , as the years go on.

On the morning of her last day, she lay there sleeping while I sat there petting her, and comforting her….then she just stopped breathing and was gone.

This is when you learn the value of true friends. My friends, Glenda, Kim, and Jane came to console me. Then our good friend, master finishing carpenter and true conservative, Terry, built a light maple coffin for Lola. Terry and Freeper Chieftain helped me bury her Tuesday night….and now it is very quiet and I miss Lola so much.

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Please say a prayer for her and for me, or chant. Thanks for listening to my grief.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Religion
KEYWORDS: dogs; grief; loss; pets
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I am so very sorry, prayers for you & Lola.


81 posted on 08/07/2010 10:56:33 PM PDT by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn..........^..........)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Remember you sharing with you in the ‘24’ live threads how you and your pup would set up to watch Jack Bauer each week. Maybe she is watching Jack in a kind of ‘heavenly’ 24 right now.


82 posted on 08/07/2010 11:16:07 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I am so sorry. The loss of pets is always hard. God bless you for all of the wonderful years you gave her.


83 posted on 08/08/2010 6:55:12 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I’m so sorry. What a dog.


84 posted on 08/08/2010 6:58:35 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie


Heaven is a little brighter. So sorry for your loss.

With deepest sympathy...
85 posted on 08/08/2010 12:59:16 PM PDT by green pastures (Cynicism-- it's not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: green pastures

How beautiful...

I will look for Lola tonight among the stars.
thank YOu.


86 posted on 08/08/2010 2:05:27 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

So sorry Recovering Ex-hippie (((((Hugs)))))


87 posted on 08/08/2010 2:15:24 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I sent a prayer for you both. So sorry for your loss, but so admiring of your love and dedication to a wonderful doggie FRiend.


88 posted on 08/09/2010 8:00:19 AM PDT by llandres
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To: Borax Queen

Thank you for lighting the candle and your kind words.


89 posted on 08/09/2010 5:23:02 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: smokingfrog

Thank you for your kind thoughts, yes, I was so glad I could be there and not have to go through with “the action I was prepared for to avoid her suffering if needed.”


90 posted on 08/09/2010 5:27:03 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: ozark hilljilly

thank you for your kind words. You can’t imagine how much these posts have meant to me.


91 posted on 08/09/2010 5:29:30 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: etabeta

thank you so much.


92 posted on 08/09/2010 5:31:19 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Sending more hugs, my friend :((


93 posted on 08/09/2010 6:20:33 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: mojo114
Understand the feelings you have as we have had many times wondered what to do next after the loss of a pet. Our choice was to get another and that has always worked for us as the next dog seemed different

The last two we lost, we gained two more each time! The first time from the Humane Society. And the last time, our beloved 19 year old Siamese sent two strays to our backdoor, before she left us.

No wonder we are crazy cat people, can't deal with the grief and keep getting more :0) (our house doesn't smell and we're not really *that* crazy)

94 posted on 08/09/2010 6:28:04 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: mojo114

Thank you for these tender thoughts and your prayers.

I have the ambivalent feelings of such sadness and emptiness that her “being “ is not present...I think after some time I will feel her ‘prescence” more ...in the spiritual sensing.

Yet, the ambivalence is the memories of her personality and such joy to share life with Lola..that I think how empty it would be to never have another..so i will walk through this.

I have often left posts to those who have lost their Persons In a Fur Coat..and now what comfort and healing these comments are. My friends who are not Freepers are Amazed at the outpouring of support.

And thank you for calling her ‘beautiful dear Lola”.


95 posted on 08/09/2010 7:21:52 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Borax Queen

thank you again for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers.

These Furry Sweethearts are so gentle and so compassionate...how much they teach us to be gentle and kind.


96 posted on 08/09/2010 7:24:03 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

What a lucky lady she was to have a life so meaningful. You gave her this.


97 posted on 08/09/2010 7:27:27 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

It’s unbelievable how sweet they are. I still think I see our Shanxi (the 19 year old) wandering/skittering through our halls, almost a year later. I know all of mine have spoken to me from heaven, they’ve left various signs.

One of the ones she “sent us” before she passed was completely feral and wild. Well, he must have domesticated at some point in his harsh life, he’s 6 and has FIV, as we found out. Anyway, now he’s the sweetest 14 pound love monster and lap kitty you could ever imagine.... He never gave up on us and didn’t want Animal Control to take him (they tried), so here he lives :0)

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread, my heart starts to break for you and I have to share stories about ours...


98 posted on 08/10/2010 9:48:00 AM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I wonder how it got to there?<<<

Don’t know the answer, I went to check out the link and there it was.


99 posted on 08/12/2010 2:43:47 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; apackof2; Shannon; arbooz; ...

Ok...at the risk of overdoing it...I have now pinged the “doggie ping list”...which I just found at screen page of Joe Six Pak.........................

Please forgive me if you already received my thread on Lola.


100 posted on 08/14/2010 7:18:49 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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