Today is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day when we remember those furry ones we have lost over the years. We are focusing on dogs since we are dogs but Mom has also lost a lot of cats. We remember the felines, Fluffy, Mom’s first cat, Spaz, Muffy, Penelope, Skippy, the college acquired cats in the “preppy” era, Boo, Biene and Tom the German cats, and then Bert and Sophie.
Trine was Mom’s first day and the first dog she lost. She was adopted from the Humane society at just over a year old. Being a lab/newfie mix, she loved winter and snow.
At five years old, she moved with Mom to Germany and when she was nine, Katie the Kuvasz came to live with her. Katie was the first pure bred dog for Mom. The two of them got along great and enjoyed the field outside their home in southern Germany. Trine passed away from pancreatic cancer on October 21st, 2003
Katie liked water but she loved the snow. When she was five, a coincidence with Trine’s life, she moved to the USA. She was a gorgeous big fluffy lady. We lost Katie on June 17th, 2016.
The well known Emma, founder of My GBGV Life and the one who got Mom hooked on our breed was born in England, moved to Germany for eight months and then landed in the USA at ten months old. She was a special girl.
Having spent most of her first year of life on the North Sea beaches, she loved water. Minnesota, land of ten thousand plus lakes gave her plenty of places to keep on swimming when she had the chance. We lost Emma on October 30th, 2018.
Still really to painful to accept, we lost our Madison not yet one year ago. She was the smallest one but had the biggest personality and love of life of any of Mom’s dogs. Madison was always happy, and loved her people. Her tail wagged so much Mom said it might fall off one day!
As a puppy she got to experience a cold and snowy Minnesota winter and loved it. As short as she was, she always started blazing snow trails for the rest of us after we got snow. Sadly we lost her way too soon and before we had time to really process what was happening on October 8th, 2024.
All four of these amazing dogs have helped Mom learn how to make life better for us all and we thank them for all they did in their time with our family. Trine, Katie, Emma, Madison, you are all gone but you are always in our hearts, on our minds and your photos are all over our home.
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