i only joined today, have have already posted comments and read some...till I came to here..I have cried..and laughed at some stories..and i dont normally do sentiment...But its made me want to share BUMPERS story..We got him at 8 weeks.. a parsons JR..and he was terrier through and through..we work ours as well as having them as pets..and boy did he love his life....then he started to loose weight.. the vet had no idea he had every test going....and he bit every vets assistant going (he never bit family!) but they asked us to keep trying to give him his meds for them, they didnt want him to loose his fight...and then I suddenly realised..he wasnt 'loosing the fight'.. he was on another journey that I had no right to stop him on .. he had no comprehension of diagnosis, or prognosis.. he only knew that he wasnt right and he wanted to go..so we brought him home on christmas eve... On christmas morning he ripped open everyones presents.. he had a great day..every one thought he had turned the corner.....At 11pm all the children had gone to bed, bumper was on my partners knee, at 11.50 he sat up...stretched and sighed....and went..just like that....that was two years ago..and Im crying as i write this...Bumper is buried in our garden, every morening when we let our dogs out the first place they run to is Bumpers corner..My partner believes they say good morning and pay respects to the boss...and thats a man Ive only ever seen cry once...when Bumper died.

Beautiful but sad story!

nothing is daft we lost our eldest ROLO in september this year ; he used to sing to coronation street music , the 2 dogs we have lost always get upset ;as you say paying respect to the master dog

What a lovely story. How nice that the dogs still carry out this ritual.

I too cry when I read the Rainbow Bridge posts. I hope my Skye and Smudge have met up with Bumper and are friends together. Such a touching story !

~A Warm welcome to CD Meekie~
And thanks for sharing, they dont half take a big piece of your heart with them dont they..... x