For Those Whose Sheepies Recently Crossed Over
"I'll lend you for a little while, a Sheepdog pup," God said, "for you to love him while he lives and mourn for when he's dead. Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or only two or three, but will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?" "He'll bring his charms to gladden you and should his stay be brief, you'll always have his memories as solace for your grief. I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return, but there are lessons taught below I want this pup to learn." "I looked the whole world over in search of teachers true, and from the folk that crowd life's land, I have chosen you. Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labour vain, nor hate me when I come to take my bobtail back again?" I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, thy will be done. For all the joys this pup will bring, the risk of grief we'll run. We'll shelter him with tenderness. We'll love him while we may, and for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay." "But should you come to call him back much sooner than we've planned, we'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand. If by our love we've managed your wishes to achieve, in memory of him we loved, to help us while we grieve. When our shaggy, faithful bundle departs this world of strife, we'll have another tailess pup and we'll love him all his life." Author: Gill Harwood, founder of the Gill Harwood Old English Sheepdog Rescue and Welfare Fund in the UK. Watch for their website, coming soon! |
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| Shaggydog-
Thanks- that was really nice- I only allow myself to go to this portion of the site once a month- 'cause now I am balling and blowing my nose at my desk. Up. |
| Hi Shaggydog,
Thanks for sharing that with us. I'm dabbing my eyes as it was very beautiful and touching. I'm sure I will look back on this poem from time to time. Marianne |
| Thanks, I had to help my little fuzzy butt over the bridge on Saturday(12/11/04). I cannot begin to describe my anguish. This poem offers some desperatley needed comfort.
Thank you! Heidi |
| Heidi,
You have my sincerest condolences at this awful time. Even though you know that Bailey is happily romping in heaven waiting for you patiently, it doesn't make it any easier. Please take care of yourself and know that you are in my thoughts today. Henry sends his hugs too. |
| Very touching we just put our 13 1/2 year old down this Wednesday, he was the love of my life! |
| Thankyou for this.
I have tears rolling down my cheeks as I only lost Lucy yesterday. I'm not one usually to cry (I'm a Royal Marine in training) but losing Lucy is the hardest thing that has ever happened to me in my 25 years of life. She was my best friend. Always there to greet me whenever I was down. There has been times when I have cried before and she was there to lick my tears off my cheek. I will miss her so much. |
| Dave,
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. It is indeed the hardest thing to go through when we lose our babies. We lost our first sheepie in 1994, and to this day his last day on earth haunts me. My son is 23 and will go through this same thing when our Drez's time is done. A few years back when we had a health scare with her, his comment was, "One of these days, that dog is going to break my heart." An unusual statement from him, but very true - she will break our hearts. But you know what? Even though we know it will be a heartbreaker, we wouldn't change anything for all the money in the world. Take comfort in the memories you have of Lucy, and know that she knew how much you loved her. That's all they ask for. If they have that, then in their eyes, they have everything. Grieve fully and hold on to your memories. And when the time is right, another pup will come into your life to do this to you all over again! Chris |
| Time will help. For right now feel free to grieve; it's ok to cry, it's ok to be sad and to feel lonely. It's ok to have the feeling that your dog should be beside you. It's ok to imagine that you just heard Lucy, or that "Lucy would be doing this right now". It's ok to think "Boy, if I unwrapped a piece of food like this, Lucy would have been running to see me." It's just ok. I kept thinking that objects on the floor were my dog; a pillow, a blanket.
After we lost our Jakester, it took us 6 months to be ready to think about another dog, and we wound up with a dog in a Foster care situation for a few months. After that ended, it took us another 9 months to be ready for a permanent furbaby. That was 7 months ago, and we still miss our big boy, just not as intensely. We lost Jake in February, 2003. |
| We lost our darling O.E.S. Suzie last year. We miss her so much there's a great void within us & our home. We do look back on all the goood/funny times we had with her. We have some wonderful memories of her. Thank you so much for the comforting/wonderful poem. God bless |
| Just lost our Pooh Bear at 12 years old on June 25th. My heart still hurts. The house is so empty. I expect his ashes any day. Not sure how I will handle it. |
| Thanks for sharing those lovely words, brought the tears back in my eyes - o'course.  |
| We lost our beloved girl last December, and my heart still aches to this day. We have just recently decided that we are ready to get another one, but have not been able to find one anywhere in Australia!! It is so frustrating, we just want one really bad! |
| jules7 PM me and let me know what state you are in and will put you in contact with various OES breed state clubs around Oz. . Sorry for your loss  |
| Hello Shaggydog, Thank you for posting this beautiful poem. In 13 days, our Chloe will be gone from us for one year. It still seems like just yesterday  |
| That poem made me cry, again. I'm sitting here at work with the tears running down my face and my nose plugged. Having lost my Amazing Grace 6 weeks ago, I still loose it a lot. I just miss her so much. I am grateful I still have Abbey and Oliver but they do not replace my Gracie. I know even they are still grieving because Abbey keeps going to the spot where Gracie passed and Oliver constantly lays on her pillow. Thanks again for the beautiful poem. Nancy |
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