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24 Jul 2005
A March Mourning,
( written for my mini schnauzer Bo, March 1994 - March 2005)
It was just another work day,
as usual my Bo would again stay,
alone in our house to wait,
and I would hurry home not wanting to be late,
because my Bo he was sick you see,
his little heart wasn't what it used to be,
I looked for him in the window in his usual place,
but I did not see his happy face,
I opened the door it was quiet inside,
I rounded the corner and saw where he had died,
my Bo was asleep no more would he greet me,
I cried out oh god please don't let this be,
My Bo is gone now and I mourn every day,
please god take care of him every night I pray,
18 May 2005
Bo
Its been just over two months now since I lost my best friend and companion Bo. I've posted here several times now and have always heard back from some of you with best wishes and supportive replies. Those are important for everyone of us.
There is no one at work I can really talk with about the continuing grief and my close friends I fear are tired of hearing my expressions of sorrow. So I come here, not as often as when I first lost Bo, but I still post just to hear from others like me who can't seem to get over the sadness as quickly as maybe we are led to believe we should.
I have read the posts where some of my friends have left LS for one reason or another. I miss seeing their replies to newcomers and others that needed a note of support just to feel someone is listening. I wish them all the best. And then I see new, or other LS members that fill the void and continue to provide that written reply that just helps us feel a little better.
Bo is still very much on my mind just as I know your pets are never far from yours. As we go on with our lives some of us will seek a new friend and others like me will just not quite be able to take that step thinking we may expect to much from a new companion. We have to do what our heart and mind tells us. Either way is the right way.
The old saying that "it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all" fits really well when we lose our four legged companions. I will always miss Bo as long as I live and will remember him daily as I live the remainder of my life. He truly was the blessing and gift of a lifetime.
My thoughts and prayers are with you,
Darrell
" Bo " Mini Schnauzer - March 1994 / March 2005
"He was such a good boy "
1 May 2005
Bo Penrod
Male Mini Schnauzer - Gray
Born March 1994 - Died March 2005

Bo was born a breeders reject. He was due to euthanized when my wife found him. He had been born with a birth defect, a small hole in his throat. This was unacceptable to the breeder. His chances of survival were 50/50.
The first time I saw Bo my 14 year old son was holding him and grinning from ear to ear. I didn't much care for dogs in the house, and the fact he was a little dog was especially upsetting. Thought they were just to dainty. Bo turned out to be the most fearless dog I had ever seen.
It happened slowly, the way he won my heart. I tried to resist, calling him a sissy with his haircut in the classic schnauzer cut, but he seemed to somehow know he looked special after a groom. He ended up going lots of places with our family.
He was never any trouble and was more human than some humans I have known.
He had a special ball that he would always seek out and play with, he learned tricks so fast he amazed me.
His 11 years passed so quickly. My wife and I went our separate ways. Bo went with her. Two years went by before I saw him again. He remembered me immediately, and came running to me. I took him home and he stayed with me the last two years of his life. I took him everywhere with me. We would walk to the mailbox every evening and walk to a pond near our rent home every morning before going to work. Bo loved to walk, he held his little head high and you would think he was on top of the world. Things were good.
Then over thanksgiving last year Bo fainted and everything changed. The doctor said he had congestive heart disease and he would probably get worse, but with the proper medication he should be around for awhile longer.
Bo lived another three months, he had good days and bad. I never accepted the fact that he would someday be gone. Hes been gone 2 months now and I grieve for him every day. A part of me died with Bo, I will never be the same again. He touched my life so sweetly and I loved him with all my heart. I know he loved me to, I could see it when I would come home from work, or after having been gone for a while. I have never had anything so sure as he was.
I will always remember my best friend and companion, I pray he and I will someday walk together again. I pray he is somewhere now in a place that you never grow old and the walks go on and on and on.
20 Apr 2005
it is said god made angels to watch over us,
a being that hovers close by,
a shadow that follows us everywhere,
to comfort us when we need to cry,
an angel that is ever faithful,
a companion, and a friend,
he may even be sometimes playful,
trust worthy and devoted to the end,
an angel that will always care,
will love you and always be there,
I had an angel by my side for awhile,
he shared my life and made me smile,
my angel went home not so long ago,
he was all these things,
and his name was Bo,
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18 Apr 2005
Bo
I want to thank everyone who has placed a reply to my past posts, and the words of encouragement LS members have given.
A special thanks to Jim who seems to have shared a journey with Little Man that was very similar to my time with Bo.
Today marks a month since I saw Bo for the last time as they placed the cover over his casket and I carried him to the grave site. It was hard taking him where I would never want him to go but I felt it was something I had to do.
I went to the cemetary yesterday and sat by his grave and just drifted off in to the memories I have of him. It is so hard. An older couple drove up while I was there and we talked about the loss of our pets and I think we took comfort in each others words. There are so many of us suffering the loss of beloved animals it is so sad. I keep telling myself to move forward and stop torturing myself with the grief. His food and water bowl is still on the cabinet where I placed it the night he passed away. I still have his little pillow bed next to the picture window where he loved to sit and watch the world go by while I was gone to work. His collar is hanging on the mirror in my truck and once in a while it makes the familiar jingling sounds it made when he wore it.
It seems so odd to grieve this much. I can't remember any other time in my life when a loss has affected me so much.
I had better stop now this post is getting awfully long.
I tried to attach a picture of Bo taken around Christmas last year. He needed a hair cut and I had planned to get him one once the weather warmed up this spring but .........................
Thanks for listening.
Darrell (& Bo)
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