harley Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 So sorry for your loss, run free Piper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsdogs Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 That is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful dog. RIP beautiful Piper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Rusty Bucket Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 An amazing and gorgeous dog. So sorry she's gone too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 What a beautiful and incredible dog, so sorry for your loss but glad she had a wonderful life with you right until the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Thanks everyone. The house still feels very empty Been thinking of some of her funny quirks. She was very much a one person dog, she worked at a few pet expos and would sit for pats etc but always looking at me and only because I told her to. If I didn't tell her to she would side step away from them, not shy - just totally focussed on me. She didn't like other dogs in her space and I put it down to the fact that in her mind if she was out with me she was "working" - as a youngster it only happened on lead. Once we started agility the circle in which she would tell a dog to rack off grew to 10 or 15 meters - the same sort of distance that she would take commands at. Then we introduced herding, and well she could be over 100m away from me and take a command and the circle of reacting grew even more. She didn't want a fight and preferred to get out of the way, she just wanted to be left alone to continue focussing on me. My husband and I have been together well over half of her life and yet right to the end if he got home before me she would not even enter the house until I got home. No matter how hot, cold or wet it was she would remain by the backdoor. I was oblivious to this for a long time as she would always greet me at the front door having come inside when she heard my car. The same happened if I went out without her and he stayed home - she would take herself outside and stay by the backdoor until I returned. Right now I am missing sitting here with the laptop and dropping my arm to feel her head right next to my chair and in my reach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffles Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I'm so sorry for your loss. She sounds like an absolutely incredible dog, and best friend. RIP Piper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esky the husky Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 So sorry for your loss. Run free piper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benshiva Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Oh Kristen I didn't see this before now Gentle hugs to you from someone who understands the loss all too well. Safe journey Piper, you have some very good company up there sweet girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Thanks Mel. Last week sucked and I hate Lymphoma, that is 2 from different lines i have lost to it now. It just isn't fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Not a day goes by where I don't think of you. Today was especially hard. Today I had Jazz entered in advanced on ducks at the trial for the first time. You are the only other dog in the state to have been there. Today Jazz got your herding champ for you - I didn't think she was ready but she was runner up high in trial with that last pass over 85 that you needed. Brought me to tears when I saw what she had scored. That 1 was for you Piper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 (edited) Some days are just so bitter/sweet & very heart wrenching when you have lost something so very dear to you Edited June 16, 2013 by BC Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandybrush Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 awww sounds like she was a beautiful girl/friend/competitor good on Jazz for getting that title for her :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted October 23, 2013 Author Share Posted October 23, 2013 They say it gets easier with time. I'm still waiting. Sitting on the coffee table next to me is the catalogue from the herding state champs held in August. There is a page in there dedicated to you, written by a friend. I still haven't ever opened the catalogue, I just can't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 1 year ago today you told us that it was time to say good bye. The night before you were a little quiet but I had no idea that 12 hours later we would need to say good bye. I think of you all the time and it still hurts to say your name. Everywhere I go, everything I do with Jazz and Cinna I think about you and what you would have done, how you would have reacted how awesome you were. Cinna takes after you in so many ways, there is no reason she should but she does. Sometimes I look at her and think it is you and the pain is there when I realise it isn't you. Not enough time has passed for the wounds to be healed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikira Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 In some ways I think the first anniversary is almost as hard as the first few weeks after. I was so numb for months after Tip passed, and I see now was depressed. When it came to the first anniversary it all hit me really har, and that is the experience I hear so often Take the time to grieve all over again, hug your dogs a lot, and try to remember some of the better days when Piper was healthy and energetic.Be kind to yourself as you go through this. Di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaMomma Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Thank you Piper, 12 years you wereeverything I could have wanted the most loyal dog in the world. Those ears are just beautiful. They express her special look. Your tribute is lovely. Expresses your bond so nicely. I hope all the sheep at The Rainbow Bridge are in awe of you, Piper. They should be. Be free, dear Piper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clover Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 A year already . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Crazy Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Where has that year gone.... I always have thought the first is the most difficult to get through... Thought are with you Piper, very difficult time when you love something you've lost so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWoofter Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Sorry for your loss - a year already. She was a beautiful girl. Edited May 12, 2014 by MadWoofter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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