Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Bridge

WAITING AT THE BRIDGE
Toto Tapscott January 2010

Jake Schell May 2008

Ruby Lever 9/6/2007

Teddy Sharkey January 2001

Lynn's wonderful pet pooches - Skippy, in 1974, Hank in 1988, Beau 25 Dec 2005

All waiting at the bridge for Susie:
Cookie 1982, Spencer, 1997, Sarah 2000, Cats: Princess 1985, Tigger 1999, Sly 2005, Emily 2006? Quite a group waiting for me at the Rainbow Bridge.

Our pets give us their un-questioning love and loyalty. All they ask of us is that we take care of them. That is why it is so terribly hard to lose one.

When their time comes we not only miss them and their companionship, we also feel a sense of guilt that somehow we could not do something to keep them with us.

We must realize that it is just nature having her way but that does not change the fact that it is so difficult. That is why it helps to believe in Rainbow Bridge.
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JUST THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN IS A PLACE CALLED RAINBOW BRIDGE.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.

There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.

There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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21 December 2009:WASHINGTON — Dave Sharpe was troubled by thoughts he couldn't share after he returned from serving in Iraq. "I found myself waking up in the middle of the night, punching holes in walls, kicking and beating the refrigerator door," he said.

Then one day, the former Air Force senior airman went with a friend to a local pit bull rescue and took home a puppy, Cheyenne. Next time he found himself kicking something, "I saw this puppy, cocking her head, looking up at me, like, what are you doing?"

Finally, Sharpe had someone he could open up to. "I froze, I put down my drink, I picked her up and laid with her in my bed," he said. "I cried and I told her the whole story. I didn't feel judged."

The experience inspired Sharpe, of Arlington, Va., to start Pets2Vets, a group that pairs veterans with homeless pets by arranging adoptions of shelter animals. It has made two or three matches a week since its start in October.

PIQUA, Ohio — An Ohio woman and her teenage son who escaped a house fire say they owe their lives to the family dog, who died in the blaze.
Glenda Moss of Piqua says she was sleeping in a recliner in the living room when Jeter, a 5-year-old Great Pyrenees, jumped in her face Thursday morning. Moss says she smelled smoke and ran down the hall to get her 19-year-old son.

All three fled the home, but Jeter ran back inside. Moss went back in to try to find the animal but had to come back out because of the smoke.

Assistant Fire Chief Mike Rindler said the family was lucky. He said the house didn't have smoke detectors, and the smoke likely would have been deadly if not for the dog alerting its owners.

A cause of the fire is under investigation.