Yes, you read that correctly. The Rainbow Bridge now has a DOUBLESTUFF ‘Oreo’.
Kingston (big white guy) joined Harmony (black girl) and Melody (black girl) on Saturday. When we first got Kingston and he was standing between the girls I told the hub-a-dub it was like looking at a Doublestuff Oreo. LOL!
Doublestuff (AKA Kingston) had a good life. At 12 years old and sporting a 90-lb body, we think he did well. He was definitely a big ‘ole pile of goofy fur. We always joked it was a good thing he was purdy ‘cause he didn’t have a lick of sense.
Still, we will miss him profoundly. I don’t think folks think about what an empty-nest is like when it starts to void of your fur-kids. It’s not like they’re getting married or going to college.
We are adjusting.
We’ve also made the hard decision to not adopt any more because of our own health/age circumstances. That difficult decision was made after our scare during the first of the year when we nearly lost the hub-a-dub. It certainly wasn’t fair to the puppers to be in the house as long as 12 hours a day while I ran back and forth to ICU daily for 2 weeks. And, doG forbid, I can’t even imagine what would happen to them if something happened to either of us. We have no children or family they can go live with. And we can’t bear the thought of any of them ending up homeless in a shelter.
We still have Meesha and Mariah who keep our hearts in check, thank goodness ’cause this year has been a real heart-jerker.
Love to you all !!
xoxoxo
Oh Kingston! I know you are reunited with your sissies now and that’s gotta be so fun. Still, everyone who knew you here on earth still misses you, and always will be thinking of you. Long live your spirit my furiend.
Pam that is too much grief in one short time, I’m so sorry you are going through this again.
I totally get what you mean about deciding not to bring in new animals. You get to a certain point in your life where that is just the reality, and I seriously commend you for taking that courageous step to make that decision. Lots of seniors don’t have that courage to admit when it’s time, and their poor fur kids end up without a home. I see it all the time with the rescue I volunteer for. So thank you for your decision. But (you probably knew this was coming!) what about fostering? You have soooo much experience with animals, and right now there is a terrible shelter overcrowding issue around the country (and consequently euthanasia of perfectly healthy animals). All rescues are desperate for good foster parents like you. The best part is the rescue pays for everything and you just get to do all the fun stuff! Just something to think about if and when you guys are ready.
You are always so very kind. Truth is, I don’t know if we have the will-power to be fur-less. We are the epitome of foster-fails so that’s completely not an option. It’ll have to be cold turkey for us. However, we are entertaining the idea of sponsoring to help keep these babies out of the shelters.
Right now our Meesha is also starting to decline. We don’t know how much time she has left. She’s such a happy girl.
Any-hoo, xoxoxo