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rycezmom

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    I know that we can never know the true number of hounds that we have lost to Osteo Sarcoma. I cannot fathom the number. However, I will not cry when I see these pictures of loved hounds, adored hounds, hounds that have blessed our lives, hounds who have held our hearts in theirs, only to be taken by this disease. I will celebrate them for the joy they have given us, the love they have returned and the mark that they have made on our hearts. Please continue to post your pictures so that we may remember them and to remind us of why the Miss Nellie Auction is so important to all of us and all of our hounds.

     

     

     

     

  2. I hope Miss Isabella and the Duchess are sharing some rabbit etouffee.

     

    The hounds are all beautiful.

    I'm sure they are Marc. Isabella was a big fan of shrimp, so I can see a Po' Boy on the side! Miss Isabella would have been a New Orleans VooDoo Queen if I had allowed it. As it was, she ruled the Miami Hound House with all her 48 lbs of attitude and pushed all 85lbs of Gustopher P around the block on a regular basis. I do see her learning at the knee of The Duchess of Blackwood and GPJ bowing and scraping to the both of them. He always was a sucker for a beautiful girl !!

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  3. Miss Millie (Northern Divide) was very much the senior when she came to the Miami Hound House. She had already dealt with one form of cancer only to be taken by Osteo. She was with us such a short time but made her mark on our hearts....

     

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  4. The Miss Nellie Auction 2014.

     

    The research into Osteosarcoma and other cancers that affects our hounds is such an important endeavor that touches all of us.

     

    Remember your hounds, past, present and future. :wub:

     

     

    Jetstar Dazzler - Gustopher P Jones (Pimpmaster G)

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  5. Miss Skye and Miss Star are missing Miss Isabella today.

     

    There is a time for everything in this life and Miss Isabella's time to return to the Universe was today. My heart will hurt and my life will be bereft of the happy little girl who filled my life with her unbridled joy which enveloped my entire world.

     

    My decision to take her, sight unseen, at the request of her trainer, Debbie Smith, turned out to be one of the greatest gifts in my life and a treasure I have cherished unlike any other. She was a tiny girl with a huge personality, unending attitude, unequaled and unlimited mischief and a smile that made her whole face disappear in a barrage of chattering, clacking teeth. She kept us off balance with her antics and answered to the name Isabellaknockitoff, knowing she had crossed the silliness line at times. She stepped into our lives and made her mark upon her new family, both human and hound. Gustopher P became her champion and protector at the expense of his manliness, allowing her to run his life and torment him when she chose. He loved her all the more for it.

     

    Miss Isabella and I have grown older and grey over the last eleven years and we have both tried to do it with grace and dignity. She managed it much better than I did. She has shared my bed for many years and had consistently taken her half out of the middle. She always met me at the door with her teeth clacking furiously, chopper tailed and dancing on her toes to the beat of her own internal exuberance and happiness at my return from anywhere, even from simply taking out the garbage. Her love for her family was written all over her face whenever she looked at you. She accepted any new hound into the house with a loving gentleness but always made sure to quietly let them know she was boss. Over the last few years, she attached herself to Miss Skye and they stayed glued to one another, always sleeping on the couch, draped over one another in a tangle of long legs, toes and tails. Her relationship with Miss Star was one of understanding that they were both getting older and their play was more gentle and subdued so as not to damage one another. There was a mutual respect and love between them that was palpable and sweet to watch.

     

    I have given her back to the Universe from which she came and I will never regret my decision. My life and my world have tilted a bit and will right itself with time and the healing of my heart. For now, I will remind myself of the joy my little magnolia, Miss Isabella, has brought to me for so many years. I have been blessed by the love of this pretty little girl who turned my life upside down the minute we met. I will miss you Baby Girl.

     

    I hate osteo...

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  6. A most dignified and much loved gentleman hound, adored by so very many of us. The world has tilted just a bit and will never be quite as interesting. I am blessed to have Joseph, as well as Zema, on the 2007 Race The Wind Quilt. His stories have made my heart laugh, his theft of Grammys sofa pillows have always made me giggle, but his great love for his Grammy stole my heart.. Thank you Jey, for sharing Joseph with us and making him a part of our lives too..

     

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  7. Two years have gone by. Where did the time go? Did it sneak past when I wasn't looking like a thief in the night? Were they lost in the every day dealings of being human and alive? It has been two years since we said goodbye to him. Two years ago that I last wrapped my arms around his big strong neck, held him close and gave him back to the Universe. It feels like yesterday and it seems so long ago. He is gone from my hands, my line of sight, my range of hearing and my physical life. But he is not gone really....He is still here in this house. He is still in the yard patroling the fence line of his area of operation. He still fills the places here that were his. He has colored my house, my life and my way of thinking and being. He has brought me together with friends that I will always keep and cherish. He has filled my life with himself in so many small ways. I know that its the years that are gone but that he is not. He will never be gone. He will always be home with me or where ever I may be. He is home, forever and always home in my heart. I miss you so very much Gustopher P Jones (Pimpmaster G).

     

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  8. When people dismiss dogs as nothing more than dogs, we know better. Our hounds prove it to us every day. They become a part of us and our lives and settle there comfortably in our hearts. Patrick is a part of you and will always be the best part of your heart and your life with hounds. May your heart heal well and and laugh with the memories of Patrick.

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