The Pet Fund

Memorials

The Pet Fund wishes to honor our friends who have passed on, and we appreciate your getting to know some of our best friends and family members. We can never love, cherish, or appreciate what our animal companions mean to our lives too much – and this is our way of continuing the memory and legacy of our special friends.

We understand how difficult it is to say goodbye to our friends, and below are some links and photos which may help you to appreciate the time we share with our animal companions.

The University of California at Davis has a pet loss hotline which is available to pet owners from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday. Hotline toll-free phone number: (800) 565-1526.

http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccah/petloss.cfm
Cornell University Pet Loss Support Hotline has a pet loss hotline as well as information on grief resources for adults and children. The hotline is available to pet owners from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday through Thursday. Hotline phone number: (607) 253-3932.

www.vet.cornell.edu/Org/PetLoss

Abby

She catches the scent
and slips into another world.
One no longer hers and mine,
but a simpler place
where all colors condense
to black and white,
where nothing exists
but the pure conflation
of dog and deer.

Abby freezes―
her body an unshot arrow―
crouches so low she could lock eyes
with a tumblebug,
then a redgold flash hurtles
through brambles, zigzags
across the long grass,
weightless
but for the certainty
that she could outrun time.

The deer levitates over the fence
and Abby ambles back
into another dimension―
a whisker away, yet far
from the lost quiver
of the wild―
back to where I, too, live.

-Lucy Aron

Buddy and his friend Baxter – we miss you Baxter!

To my best friend Otto – your companionship, your morning kisses, the wiggle of your tail as you greeted me, your nose in the rear to push me down the hall, your graceful jog along the river, the way you ran with head held high and legs outstretched as you chased a squirrel, the tilt of your head when trying to understand me, and your unconditional love will all be missed. So sorry you had to leave so soon. Your girlfriends Lucy, Rose, and Lilly miss you and so does your buddy Jack.

In memory of my three angels in heaven - I am so proud of you and I miss you! Skibo, Sheba, and Snowflake.

Skibo, I miss you!

And Snowflake.

Kissy Face

My Sweet Baby Girl Kissy Face went to heaven on Nov. 18, 2008 at 11:50 p.m. She is playing with Skibo, Sheba, Snowflake and Fat Boy and waiting for me. I miss them all and love them so much!

Teddie is one of the best dogs ever – and one of the most beautiful and loving. She is missed every minute, and will be forever.

This is Baxter, owned by Lars and Kimberlee Thorson. He is a lovely beagle, and missed by both his family and Buddy the Poodle.

Chiwi is missed very much by Val, Keesa, and her family.

Bogy is very much missed by Jo Wardle and family.

An Affliction of Foresight

cloudy eyes more smudge
than impediment
the rocking horse gait
a quirky concession to the years
now we sit on the sand
and watch
the waves

yesterday you were a dolphin
today, the cool hug of the water
somewhere between dreaming
and memory
your legs creaky, irascible
from the hurt and muddle
yet opening, somehow,
to the noble freedom
of no-effort

and later, if for a twinkling,
front paws out, rump up,
tail a reed in a gale
married to the moment
as I wish I could be
oblivious
to the misty nearness
of tomorrow

-Lucy Aron

Kaira is the beloved dog belonging to Janet and James Woods, and they miss her very much.

Mickey is the cherished companion of Genie Huff and family, and he is loved and missed every day.

Pugsly worked diligently as a Customer Care Representative at An Internet Store, the host of ThePetFund.com website. He will be missed by all his friends and family.

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