This page is dedicated to my deceased dogs

Tervuerense herder   Ajax-Kimm    vd. Peelparels   12-03-1986 / 18-12-1989	Border Collie     Benji     07-11-1982 / 01-05-1999

x Shi Tzu     Sprietzie     1986 / 08-03-2002	Tervuerense herder   Erica's Dizzle v.    Maupertuus GG II   23-12-1990 / 12-04-2004	Tervuerense herder   Elan's Kimm~Ava    de la Gamine GG1   06-02-1989/ 21-08-2004

There is a very special place where beloved pets go after they die.
This is only a temporary location.
But there are trees and grass and lakes, and everything they love.
Here they can play and eat and sleep, even better than they did, before they died.
Now, there are no aches or worries or dangers of any kind to trouble or threaten them.
The only joy missing is their beloved human companion, you.......!!!

All health is restored completely, and all injuries are healed.
Dogs and cats play with each other like youngsters, and they do not have time to feel lonely for you.
They miss you, and with the special wisdom that animals have,
they trust that this condition will get better.
And they confidently wait as they frolic.

A wonderful day will come for each of them,

when in the middle of playing they will suddenly feel something is different.
And all their senses will be at the height of excitement and exuberance.
They will sniff the air and look off in the distance

where they recognize that dearly loved special presence.
Then they will call out in elation, and with eyes shining and tail going wild,

tear off at a full gallop, almost flying over the green grass.

Your expected arrival has been sensed,

and now there is nothing that can keep the two of you apart, ever again.
As you run toward each other the tears flow from your eyes.
Your pet leaps into your arms, and you cling together in jubilant reunion.
The joyous kisses are all over your face, and you kiss back, just as ecstatically.
Your hands so lovingly caress once more the beloved fur,

the head and neck and body you knew so well.
And you look into each other’s loving eyes,

and all those old, wonderful shared feelings are back, again.

And then something will call the both of you on,
to a different field of warmth and nurture,

where all the love you knew now comes to fruition.
With your pet, you leave that special waiting area,

walk into the main part of heaven, and begin a new existence there, together.

If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them,

then the logic is clear and cannot be denied.
If you believe that there is a heaven for people,
then they must be there, waiting for us, when we cross over.
Heaven is love, and pets always share that with us.

Kimm and Benji where very special to me,
both in a different way,

I have very nice and sad memories about them.
They where my best friends,
and they allways will be.
and I know that some day .................!?

Sprietzie was also very special to me but in a different way.
He was so many years with us,

he was a little dog but so brave in the beginning.
He got cancer but he enjoy live to the last day,

when he couldn't walk any more and I know the day was come,

that I must let him go to Benji and Kimm.
He loved those two dogs and now they are together again.

The little poem below has helped me make the decision

If It Should Be
If it should be that I grow weak,
And pain should keep me from my sleep,
Then you must do what must be done,
For this last battle cannot be won

You will be sad, I understand,
Don't let grief then stay your hand,                             
For this day more than all the rest,
Your love for me must stand the test.

We've had so many happy years,
What is to come can hold no fears,
You'd not want me to suffer so,
The time has come, please let me go,

Take me where my need they'll tend,
And please stay with me until the end,
I know in time that you will see,
The kindness that you did for me,
Although my tail its last has waved,
From pain and suffering I've been saved.

Please do not grieve, it must be you
Who had this painful thing to do,
We've been so close, we two these years,
Don't let your heart hold back it's tears.

Dizzle the most precious dog in my life,

She gives me all wat she could give.

She was a great friend and loves to work for me.

She was my first dog who did obedience in the highest classes.

My first dog who loved fly ball so much that we started a competition.

My first dog who gives me great puppies, all with a great character.

She was the one who was very good in surprising everyone

The first one who beaded cancer in the pancreas and gallbladder.

She is the one I've shared so much with.

She was my miracle.

There is no dog who can ever come up with you.

Dear Dizzle.... I will always love you, and I know that at one day we will be together.

Wait for me, and till that day I carry you with me, that's a promise !!! 

Elan our "king", our friend, our boy where it all has started.

He became father of two great litters,

He was a dog with a very strong personality,

Not the most easiest dog you can imagining,

But after a lot of hard working a very sweet dog,

He was a good watch dog and I had never be afraid,

if we walked late or on dark places,

I know he protected me against all.

He was also the leader of our bunch,

all the others know exactly watt they could or couldn't do

when Elan was around,

he didn't accept barking or fighting for no reason.

I know you are with Dizzle again,

the time the two off you where separated was very hard on you.

I only can hope that the two of you are happy,

With the lost of you... we lost a great dog, a great personality.

Last Update: 06-04-2005