My little shih tzu, CoCo passed on 4/3/2010 from Cushings disease.  It hurt so bad it was almost unbearable.  He loved me and I loved him, but the love of his life was my wife.  We had 4 dogs and she doted on them as if they were babies but gave extra special attention to CoCo because he was sick.  She pampered him, tucked him in every night, cleaned his little rear end with baby wipes, put ointment on sores that Cushings caused.  They had a bond of love that is uunbreakable.  Anyway, last week she called me, crying her eyes out.  She was cooking breakfast, the other dogs were asleep on the couch.  The house was silent except for bacon frying in a pan.  CoCo had a really unique way of getting your attention, to let you know he was there.  If he thought you were not paying attention to him, he would snort loudly, and then say "harrrumph".  If we put him outside to wee-wee, he would do the same thing to get back inside.  It was comical sounding and very, very unique.  I had never heard a dog make that particular noise before.  Now, CoCo was an abused neglected little boy that my wife, talked my next door neighbor out of along with his little sister, Lex, a silky tzu.  The neighbor had them but left them outside on a 5x10 back deck in the rain, heat, cold, etc...My wife could not stand it and went to the neighbors house and came back with the dogs.  That was 5 years ago.  Anyway, the bacon was frying, the dogs were sleeping, and her thoughts were a thousand miles away.  All of a sudden she heard that familiar snort, and then came a loud, "harrrumph" right outside the back door.  Lexi, immediately woke up, started wagging her tail and ran to the back door the way she used to do when CoCo was living.  My wife yelled, "CoCo" and ran to the back door to let him in.  He was not there.  She started bawling her eyes out and called me asking me if she was going crazy.  I assured her that CoCo knows how deeply she is hurting without him, and that CoCo just wanted to let her know that he is still there.  He never left.  She started to regain a sense of happiness from that event, knowing that CoCo had to get her attention to let her know that he is still with her.  Now, I know CoCo loved her so much he just had to try and ease her suffering.  And, no, I do not think it was her imagination because Lexi woke up immediately and started wagging her tail and ran to the back door.  I think CoCo knew that Lexi was grieving as well because they had been together for so long.  I anxiously await him to come to me in that way or in my dreams.  Truth be known, I am just a wee bit envious.  I truly love and miss that little boy.  I truly believe that our love for him is what brings him back, just so he can ease our pain a little.  That little dog won over our hearts from the first day.  He taught me a lot about love, loyalty, patience and understanding.  I miss him

I'm so happy for everyone that has received a sign from there loved ones.It is another special memory to have.I am also sad.I wish i had a sign from my Nikki.Just let me know that whereever he is that he is ok.

On May 20th Lenny and D.o.G get together and give katie and myself what you would " DoubleTeaming"  We both got the same sign from our dogs.  Their collars with tags jingled....for katie she said it was loud enough to hear as she was singing in her car as she drove.  For me, D.o.G collar is on my nephew's stuffed dog which is right beside her ashes in the corner of the bunk. Her place.  It jingled and Get This..It ONLY has one tag on it...  This evening as we were tm each other, we both are having a bad day. As I drove down the highway a couple of clouds were ahead and as I rounded the curve, there it was. a short little rainbow that looked like it's end was on the road about a mile ahead of me.  Now it had NOT rained, it was dry... Katie tm that it was D.o.G showing that she was on the bridge, having fun with Lenny and all the others. 

I recently lost two dogs.  CoCo passed from Cushings disease on April 3rd and Taterbug passed from congestive heart failure on June 6th.  I have cried a million tears for those little dogs.  I loved them a lot and miss them immensley.  My wife had a visitation from CoCo that I recounted in a posting from earlier.  I, however, had not had a dream or anything about them.  I was just a tad bit jealous but did not say anything.  This is what gives me chills, even as I type this.  This morning, my alarm clock went off.  I hit the snooze button which gives me 9 more minutes of sleep.  I dozed back off and immediately, Taterbug came to me in a dream, squinting her eyes like she used to do when she would give me, "beautiful eyes".  Her little tail was wagging and she appeared different.  I bent to pick her up and realized, she was younger.  I started crying, in my sleep as I picked her up.  It was so real, I felt her in my hands again.  Then, the dang alarm went back off and I had to get up, tears still rolling down my face.  I recounted the dream to my wife and she said, "I just had the exact same dream, was she giving you "beautiful eyes"?  I said yes and she started crying saying that the dream she had was at the exact time and was exactly the same.  I was blown away that me and my wife could have the same dream at the same time.  We cried for 10 minutes about how pretty Taterbug was and that it had to be Taterbug visiting, letting us know that she is fine and not old and frail anymore.  I would not have believed it if I had not experienced it.  I now await CoCo.  I figure Taterbug will show him how to visit us.  It has given me a sense of peace that I have not had until now.  If CoCo comes to me, I think it would complete the circle and life would go on, not as beautiful as when they were alive but it will go on.

I was just sitting here reading a sad email from a friend -she just lost her 6 day old baby to sids....- and I swear I heard a dog bark and it sounded just like Foster.  It was one bark like when he wanted to come in and it sounded like it was right at the door.  There are dogs in the neighborhood but none with that deep a voice that would come from that area.

I have been waiting for a sign from our Sugar and it finally happened.  Last evening I let our other girl out the back door for potty and it was not quite dark outside.  I looked up in the sky and saw a very bright light.  There were no other stars - the sky was clear.  At first I thought it was a plane but it never moved closer.  I came back inside and went out about 10 minutes later and it was still in the exact spot as before.  I sat and watched it for a long time and it actually twinkled.  I know it is Sugar letting me know she is ok. 

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