Comments on: Gus: A Special Dog Like No Other http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/ the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/#comment-62540 Lisbeth Mønsted Larsen Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:30:21 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2181#comment-62540 When love is a legacy to be shared. In janurary 2005 I lost my nine month old whippet puppy he had been diagnosed with an inoperabel cerebral tumor and haemophelia both painful and lethal conditions. I loved Alex so very much the love we shared was soft and warm and saw me through laughter and tears. The day I had to let him go with love was devestating yet a relief as I knew it was the only thing I could do for him let him go with love. I was shattered for a long while having my other whippet to consider this helped us through the worst of times a few weeks passed and an idea took shape if I shared the uniqe love that we shared with Alex with a hound who had never known love or the comfort of a home that love would grow and honour the legacy from Alex. Hence Connor came into our lives he was supposed to be a galgo from Spain but turned out to be a young ex-racing greyhound born of Irish exports in Spain where he had raced on the mobile tracks most likely stolen by gypsies and found starving to death in front of the maingates of the royal palace in Madrid either dumped for being too hot or maybe he got away. However he has been here with us since March 2005 and get this found in Janurary 2005 the same month Alex breathed his last maybe dogs too have a guardian angel as it turns out Connor is related to my very first greyhound life came full circel love shared bonds uniqe tied now this legacy from Alex is shared with two more deserving greyhounds I have been fortunate and blessed to have them in my life these three ex-racing greyhounds and my whippet with whom I have shared it all my Mike is now seven years old and so deeply loved the others are familymembers like him and Alex we share the legacy from Alex the plight of the racing greyhounds is ours for every life that crosses our path has value every life matters and is the most precious we have life and our fourlegged family members. When love is a legacy to be shared. In janurary 2005 I lost my nine month old whippet puppy he had been diagnosed with an inoperabel cerebral tumor and haemophelia both painful and lethal conditions. I loved Alex so very much the love we shared was soft and warm and saw me through laughter and tears. The day I had to let him go with love was devestating yet a relief as I knew it was the only thing I could do for him let him go with love. I was shattered for a long while having my other whippet to consider this helped us through the worst of times a few weeks passed and an idea took shape if I shared the uniqe love that we shared with Alex with a hound who had never known love or the comfort of a home that love would grow and honour the legacy from Alex. Hence Connor came into our lives he was supposed to be a galgo from Spain but turned out to be a young ex-racing greyhound born of Irish exports in Spain where he had raced on the mobile tracks most likely stolen by gypsies and found starving to death in front of the maingates of the royal palace in Madrid either dumped for being too hot or maybe he got away. However he has been here with us since March 2005 and get this found in Janurary 2005 the same month Alex breathed his last maybe dogs too have a guardian angel as it turns out Connor is related to my very first greyhound life came full circel love shared bonds uniqe tied now this legacy from Alex is shared with two more deserving greyhounds I have been fortunate and blessed to have them in my life these three ex-racing greyhounds and my whippet with whom I have shared it all my Mike is now seven years old and so deeply loved the others are familymembers like him and Alex we share the legacy from Alex the plight of the racing greyhounds is ours for every life that crosses our path has value every life matters and is the most precious we have life and our fourlegged family members.

]]> By: leslie http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/#comment-34886 leslie Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:05:02 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2181#comment-34886 oh goodness.. that's so sweet. all pet lovers dread when the time comes. special note to helen: my pug passed away in 2004. it was so hard to get over her loss. i understand. leslie oh goodness.. that's so sweet. all pet lovers dread when the time comes.

special note to helen: my pug passed away in 2004. it was so hard to get over her loss. i understand.

leslie

]]> By: Helen http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/#comment-34827 Helen Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:53:39 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2181#comment-34827 Reading this as far away as Denmark, I too cried... holding my old griffon born in 1995 close in my arms Reading this as far away as Denmark, I too cried… holding my old griffon born in 1995 close in my arms

]]> By: joanne http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/#comment-34824 joanne Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:18:22 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2181#comment-34824 that story had me crying my eyes out. I also know how hard it is to loose a much loved pet.Although i did not have the option to say good bye, or do all the little things i had imagined i would do when the time came to put him to sleep.My little pug died last october at the young age of 4.He showed no signs of illness,and was never ill.We used to joke that he would live forever, as he was the complete opposit to my other pug(george from pedigree dogs exposed)Sadly that fateful saturday night my little rupert bear had a massive fit which he could not come out of.We rushed him to the vets who put him under sedation to relax his body and brain,but in the morning when all the sedation had worn off,rupert was still in a coma like trance and his breathing was erratic.The vet said that we will keep him like this and see what happens, and my little boy hung on till the evening when he passed away.We never got to say goodbye or take him for that one last walk or special treat.The shock and pain you feel is nothing like i expected.I will never forget my little pug and i dread going throgh this again with my other pug. that story had me crying my eyes out. I also know how hard it is to loose a much loved pet.Although i did not have the option to say good bye, or do all the little things i had imagined i would do when the time came to put him to sleep.My little pug died last october at the young age of 4.He showed no signs of illness,and was never ill.We used to joke that he would live forever, as he was the complete opposit to my other pug(george from pedigree dogs exposed)Sadly that fateful saturday night my little rupert bear had a massive fit which he could not come out of.We rushed him to the vets who put him under sedation to relax his body and brain,but in the morning when all the sedation had worn off,rupert was still in a coma like trance and his breathing was erratic.The vet said that we will keep him like this and see what happens, and my little boy hung on till the evening when he passed away.We never got to say goodbye or take him for that one last walk or special treat.The shock and pain you feel is nothing like i expected.I will never forget my little pug and i dread going throgh this again with my other pug.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/2181/gus-a-special-dog-like-no-other/#comment-34808 Vicki Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:46:23 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/?p=2181#comment-34808 What a great story......I cried while reading it. I too, love dogs.....Pomeranians to be specific. It always amazes me that a human and an animal can have such a strong, loving bond.....it touches my heart. Thank you for posting this story. What a great story……I cried while reading it. I too, love dogs…..Pomeranians to be specific. It always amazes me that a human and an animal can have such a strong, loving bond…..it touches my heart. Thank you for posting this story.

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