Loyal dog returns to owner's funeral (Clarksville, Tennessee)

[EveningStar]

WKRN
April 11 (?), 2008

Ever since Sam was a puppy, he rarely left his owner's side.

When owner Teddy Crockarell lost his battle with cancer last Monday, his wife Marcene believes Sam must have sensed something was wrong...
More, with video (http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8138831)

[DoctorDoom]

Dogs are far more faithful than humans. Hopefully they'll one day be reunited.

[DesertFox]

Yep. Dogs truly are man's best friend. Better friends than the large majority of other men.

[EveningStar]

And if the dog gets to heaven first...


A Little Dog Angel
by Norah M. Holland



High up in the courts of heaven today
a little dog angel waits;
with the other angels he will not play,
but he sits alone at the gates.
"For I know my master will come" says he,
"and when he comes he will call for me."

The other angels pass him by
As they hurry toward the throne,
And he watches them with a wistful eye
as he sits at the gates alone.
"But I know if I just wait patiently
that someday my master will call for me."

And his master, down on earth below,
as he sits in his easy chair,
forgets sometimes, and whispers low
to the dog who is not there.
And the little dog angel cocks his ears
and dreams that his master's voice he hears.

And when at last his master waits
outside in the dark and cold,
for the hand of death to open the door,
that leads to those courts of gold,
he will hear a sound through the gathering dark,
a little dog angel's bark.

[Longhorn_Platinum]

:unsmile: This reminds me of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story broadcast about Jim & Bob. They loved each other a lot, & after Jim died, Bob refused to leave his gravesite. He kept vigil for years, & refused repeated offers to go stay in the homes of other people. Of course, the rest of the story was that Bob was a skye terrier. After he died, a statue was erected in Bob's honor.

[EveningStar]

THE BEST TRIBUTE TO MAN'S BEST FRIEND

Part1 (http://www.trivia-library.com/a/dogs-best-tribute-to-mans-best-friend-part-1.htm) Part2 (http://www.trivia-library.com/a/dogs-best-tribute-to-mans-best-friend-part-2.htm) Part3 (http://www.trivia-library.com/a/dogs-best-tribute-to-mans-best-friend-part-3.htm)

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

Really, I did not want to click on this thread, because I knew it would cause me to do just what I'm doing now, crying my eyes out. And as I sat here trying to type this post, my OWN dog heard me crying, walked up to me sitting at the desk, and began to gently nudge my arm for me to pet him because he knows how to cheer me up.

Sometimes I think it's no accident their name is the backward spelling of the One Who Gives Unconditional Love. It's like having just a little sampling if what such a love really feels like.

[DoctorDoom]

It's said that a dog's love is a reflection of God's love, and an example how we should love Him.

[Kathy30]

Tiny Bailey was a toy pomeranian. She might have weighed four pounds but that was wet after a bath. A friend of mine was Bailey's groomer. Bailey belonged to women who died of cancer. A long line of them. When Bailey was a puppy her owner was diagnosed with breast cancer. Bailey was by her side when she passed away. Then Bailey went to another owner, and another, and another, all of them died of cancer. I was a bit afraid of Bailey. Everyone who owned the little dog died. My friend told me that Bailey's mission in life was to care for the sick in their last days.

When I met Bailey she was owned by Nancy. Nancy had brain cancer but clearly was Bailey's favorite owner. They were inseparable. Nancy passed away and the next day, Bailey was found dead on Nancy's pillow where she curled up in lonliness.

[DoctorDoom]

Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by the graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

-- George Graham Vest - c. 1855

[DeclinetoState]

This is why I hate it when awful women are referred to as bitches. It's an insult to the canine species to equate loyal animals to hateful humans.