Guest Gingergrey Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Hello everyone! I have been on GT since the end of last December and have been posting in the various forums. You all know me as GINGERGREY. The time has finally come to write my tribute to my girl GINGER. Ginger was the perfect grey. She was a large light fawn female who was beautiful and smart. She was so lovable and such a good dog, great with my children, and affectionate to the entire family. She was particularly close to my oldest daughter Emily. They had a very strong bond and Ginger slept with her every night. She was the heart and soul of our lives. She would love to go for car rides and play outdoors with the kids. She would love to run around my daughter in circles while being held on the leash. She used to greet my daughter every day when she returned home from school, she looked forward to being at the door a certain time every day and would get very excited and happy. Ginger was very popular at our Vet's office and showed everyone how wonderful greyhounds are. She put a smile on everyone's face. For our family, she was one of us. We loved her as much as she loved us. You could do anything to her. The kids used to dress her up in their clothes and put holiday hats on her to which she never objected. She was a good sport who went along with anything you wanted to do. She had no problems doing the steps in our house, and she never complained about anything. In October of last year she began to not eat so well. She was never a great big eater anyway so initially we were not so concerned, but we ended up taking her to the vet and it took a while to rule out several different diseases. We even ruled out cancer which he thought was a possibility. We were happy about that. But it turned out that she has other processes going on in her body which was totally unexpected. She previously had been very healthy, which made this even more scarey. As time went by she got weaker and lost a lot of weight. It turned out that she had something called Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA). There were so many emotional ups and downs over the course of the last few months she was on this earth. It was tearing us apart to watch her go downhill. We gave her every chance possible to try to survive this illness, even a blood transfusion. But fate had other plans. On December 6th, 2008 we made the decision to help her make a smoother transition to the bridge. She was five years old-approx. two months short of her 6th birthday. She was with us only 4 days short of two years. Needless to say, our holidays were miserable, we were so unhappy, and cried all of the time. We still cry. But there is a lesson to be learned here. When we first adopted her we thought we would have her for many years and she would live to old age. We now learned we can never make that assumption and we have to cherish each day, for every day is a gift. So now we live with the hope that someday we all will see our beloved girl again and look forward to that happy reunion. Dear GINGER, We love you and miss you terribly. Your empty crate, a symbol of our great loss. We look at your pictures all the time. Your pretty pink collar sits on your girl's dresser with your picture. We know you are watching over your family and smiling. We hope you are having a wonderful time at the rainbow bridge dear girl. I could just imagine you on your Magic Carpet flying through the breeze. RUN LIKE THE WIND sweet GINGER...Time will bring us together again-I promise! LOVE, VICKY and the other Brinkmanns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4greyhounds Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I am so very sorry!!!!!!! :grouphug That is a Beautiful Tribute of memories! We can never lose them until we meet them again one day.... Run Free Beautiful Girl! Quote Darlene Mom to: Aladdin, Sophie ,Pongo, Jasmine, Relic Forever in our Hearts Champ at the Rainbow Bridge. Let a greyhound race into your heart Adopt Bay Area Greyhound Adoptions INC. Naples/ Fort Myers Chapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyPoopon Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'm so sorry. She was much too young. Godspeed Ginger. Quote Standard Poodle Daisy (12/13) Missing Cora (RL Nevada 5/99-10/09), Piper (Cee Bar Easy 2/99-1/10), Tally (Thunder La La 9/99-3/10), Edie (Daring Reva 9/99-10/12), Dixie (Kiowa Secret Sue 11/01-1/13), Jessie (P's Real Time 11/98-3/13), token boy Graham (Zydeco Dancer 9/00-5/13), Cal (Back Already 12/99-11/13), Betsy (Back Kick Beth 11/98-12/13), Standard Poodles Minnie (1/99-1/14) + Perry (9/98-2/14), Annie (Do Marcia 9/03-10/14), Pink (Miss Pinky Baker 1/02-6/15), Poppy (Cmon Err Not 8/05-1/16), Kat (Jax Candy 5/05-5/17), Ivy (Jax Isis 10/07-7/21), Hildy (Braska Hildy 7/10-12/22), Opal (Jax Opal 7/08-4/23). Toodles (BL Toodles 7/09-4/24) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ss556 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I am so sorry. What a beautiful girl you had and she had to know how lucky she was. Run free sweetie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest redreed Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 That was a beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl!! I'm so sorry for your loss, I had a "good-sport" too and they are amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytful4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Another beautiful angel at the bridge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest argolola Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'm so sorry for the loss of your precious angel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest houndstooth4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 That was a beautiful tribute to your girl! I am sorry for your loss! It's never easy no matter when it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoogieDown Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I am so very sorry that you lost your sweet girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokealong Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Sweet Ginger run free. Wonderful memories, thank you for sharing with all of us. I am very sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcR Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 A beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl. Thank you for sharing with us. Run free, Ginger. Quote Marc and Myun plus Starbuck (the cat)Pinky my AWOL girl, wherever you are, I miss you.Angels Honey (6/30/99-11/3/11) Nadia (5/11/99-6/4/12) Kara (6/5/99-7/17/12) Cleo (4/13/2000-4/19/2014) Antnee (12/1/2002=2/20/17) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinw Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I'm so sorry for the loss of your Ginger. She was very special Quote Xavi the galgo and Peter the cat. Missing Iker the galgo ?-Feb.9/19, Treasure (USS Treasure) April 12/01-May 6/13, Phoenix (Hallo Top Son) Dec.14/99-June 4/11 and Loca (Reko Swahili) Oct.9/95 - June 1/09, Allen the boss cat, died late November, 2021, age 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 What a lovely tribute for your Ginger. Godspeed sweet Ginger. And I too hope that we will one day see all our beloved pets who have gone before us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyGreys Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I am so very sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytpups Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 What a beautiful tribute. I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Jan with precious pups Emmy (Stormin J Flag) and Simon (Nitro Si) and Abbey Field. Missing my angels: Bailey Buffetbobleclair 11/11/98-17/12/09; Ben Task Rapid Wave 5/5/02-2/11/15; Brooke Glo's Destroyer 7/09/06-21/06/16 and Katie Crazykatiebug 12/11/06 -21/08/21. My blog about grief The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to. ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan41 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 I am so sorry your time together was so short. Ginger must have been on a mission, because it sounds like she took every opportunity to create a memory for you. Beautiful tribute. Quote Linda, Mom to Fuzz, Barkley, and the felines Miss Kitty, Simon and Joseph.Waiting at The Bridge: Alex, Josh, Harley, Nikki, Beemer, Anna, Frank, Rachel, my heart & soul, Suze and the best boy ever, Dalton.<p> ....for all those hounds that are sick, hurt, lost or waiting for their forever homes. SENIORS ROCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliggie Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Quote My Photojournal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandysMom Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 What a beautiful tribute. Godspeed Ginger. Quote Beverly. Missing my happy toy-flinging boy Sammy (Where's Mandrill), (8/12/2009-9/30-2021) Desperately missing my angel Mandy (BB's Luv) [7/1/2000 - 9/18/2012]. Always missing Meg the Dalmatian and Ralph Malph the Pekeapoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona3 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 What a lovely tribute to Ginger. I am so sorry you lost your beautiful girl so young. She sounds like she was happy and loved and experienced everything life could offer during her life with you. May all the sweet memories of Ginger in time bring you and your family comfort. :f_pink Quote Hobbes - April 2, 1994 to April 9, 2008-----Tasha - May 23, 2000 to March 31, 2013 Fiona - Aug 29, 2001 to May 5, 2014-----Bailey - March 22, 2001 to Jan 20, 2015 Zeke - June 1, 2004 - Jan 26, 2016----Callie - July 14, 2006 to July 27, 2019 Forever in my heart: Chooch, Molly, Dylan & Lucy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crazygang Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 So very sorry........beautiful tribute to your special girl Quote Run free our beloved Sir Snowy, Pip, Queenie, Sadie, Tess & Rosie until we meet again......I would rather feel the thorn than to never see the rose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieAndRexsMom Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Way too young. Ginger must have had very important work to do on the other side. My condolences for the loss of your beautiful girl. Quote Tonya, mom to May, and my angels Vinnie, Rex, Red, Chase, and Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TurnerMiller01 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 THANK YOU so much for sharing this touching tribute of your beautiful girl, ginger!! I'm so sorry for your loss, may the sweet memories of your beloved Ginger help to ease this pain. many hugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies_Dad Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 What a sweet sounding girl and lost far too young. I am sorry for you and your family that she had to be taken from you so soon. Run free Ginger, run free... Quote Kyle with Stewie ('Super C Ledoux, Super C Sampson x Sing It Blondie) and forever missing my three angels, Jack ('Roy Jack', Greys Flambeau x Miss Cobblepot) and Charlie ('CTR Midas Touch', Leo's Midas x Hallo Argentina) and Shelby ('Shari's Hooty', Flying Viper x Shari Carusi) running free across the bridge. Gus an coinnich sinn a'rithist my boys and little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patclara Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Rest gently, sweet Ginger. I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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