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riqster

(13,986 posts)
25. I love cats and dogs.
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 11:56 AM
Sep 2014

But they leave different holes in our souls after they take their longest "nap".

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K&R liberal N proud Sep 2014 #1
Image posted despite the fact it's getting very dusty in here intaglio Sep 2014 #2
Thank you! riqster Sep 2014 #4
........ polly7 Sep 2014 #3
Totally crying. RiffRandell Sep 2014 #5
Yeah, I know. Dogs are special. riqster Sep 2014 #6
Wow, all my dogs -- from the very first -- woke up and wagged their tail while reading that. Hoyt Sep 2014 #7
Mine too. riqster Sep 2014 #8
Yes. Wow there are many in there! nt logosoco Sep 2014 #9
My 15 year old Jack russell mix is at the vet right now for her annual checkup Rowdyboy Sep 2014 #10
Good thing my great grandkids can't see me now tularetom Sep 2014 #11
Oh yeah. riqster Sep 2014 #22
About a month ago, I had to put down my 14-year-old Great Pyrennes Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #12
had 2 dogs in my life rurallib Sep 2014 #13
K/R and here's the text version of the brilliant composition NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #14
Thank you. riqster Sep 2014 #21
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2014 #15
I call them "fur persons". riqster Sep 2014 #20
Very Touching Piece, I feel closer now to my deceased golden of almost 14 this January, thanks... drynberg Sep 2014 #16
I love cats and dogs. riqster Sep 2014 #25
Very nice. brer cat Sep 2014 #17
This: riqster Sep 2014 #19
Wow! Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #18
While My Heart Gently Weeps wreq Sep 2014 #23
Yeah, a friend posted it to FB and I had to share it. riqster Sep 2014 #24
The dog that won't stop wagging in my heart is my Border Collie. He lived with me at the wrong time. jillan Sep 2014 #26
And thanks to you. riqster Sep 2014 #27
Lovely. reminds me of the poem "Beau" By the late Jimmy Stewart; A HERETIC I AM Sep 2014 #28
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