Rowie-the-Pooh

Very nice song, Shar! :D I loved the part where she couldn't get out of bed, too! :lol: I love it when people "re-model" a song, so to speak. You know, change it and make it a whole different topic! It's really fun! :wink:

It's a pretty tough topic, because it really depends on the child's personality. My brother, mother and I can take death pretty well, while my grandmother cannot. I have a friend who recently went though ALOT, her uncle died, two days after that her little sister, and I just got news that last week her 20 year old cousin died of the same heart problem her little sister had (it runs in the family, genetic). How did my friend take this? Sure, she cried, more like teared, but God bless her soul, she didn't start screaming "why me?!?!?!" or anything. She really understands death, and most of all, accepts it. She always talks about her little sister as if she's still here on earth. Her display picture on MSN is always of her, her nicknames are dedicated to her. I think the reason is first of all, her mother is strong in the same exact way. Her mother is really religous (don't want to get into that though), and her kids are the same, she taught them early on about death, accepting it, understanding it....etc. So her kids are all strong, strong people. All accepted their family members death. On the other hand there is my grandma. She was raised in a strict, very reserved family. It's really hard for her to communicate with people, tell them how she feels. When her son (my uncle) passed away, she didn't accept it, didn't understand it. It's amazing how my friend, who is my age, understands death better than my grandmother, who is really old. We are very careful not to mention my uncle's name near her. She starts tearing immedietly. So, it really depends on the child's upbringing, beliefs...etc. But, he's 6 years old, way too young to have beliefs I guess. But still, if the child doesn't like to share, or is reserved, there are different methods. While a child who is really open, would have another method. I asked my bro how he would like me to tell him if Rowie ever died, and he said (him being the macho cover-up-his-feelings type :roll: ) "just tell me the dog died and that's it". I'm sure he wouldn't want it that way, though! Okay, I've been babbling and typing for the past half hour for no reason, my post doesn't really have a point (?). I love kids though, love talking about them, and I really hope I can be a child's therapist when I grow up (if I still didn't start Bahrain's first non-profit organization to help save the animals in Bahrain, though!). So, yeah, that's it! :lol: Tell us how it goes, R'N'P! :D

Good for you :wink: Hope everything goes well! :)

That's wonderful news! :D I hope his eye infection clears up soon! :wink: I remember Rowie had an ear infection the day we took her to get spayed. Our dogs are so alike! :)

Wow! Congratulations, Kat! You and Meg really are something! :bday: Both of you deserve to take part in Crufts! :D We don't have BBC or 2 but during that week I might be in the UK or somewhere else for my vacation so I really hope the telly will have BBC 1 and/or 2 wherever I am! Congrats again! :bday: You must have worked so hard! :wink: Way to go Meg and handler Kat! :D

Both poems gave me goosepumps...the good kind! Way to go you two! :wink: Shara, you really have a talent! :D

[quote name='kendalyn']I think it was Nadooshkinz... I'm not positive though.[/quote] Yup, but we live all the way here in small old Bahrain! More than 1000 miles away I'm afraid :(

I just checked the webite out: "View and Order Puppies Online" Ew... :x I've had enough of this subject... no use in typing so much...just gets me angry! I'm sure they'll be getting a VERY nice e-mail from someone soon...

[quote name='courtnek']Rowie had posted here once before that she wouldnt be around alot during the school year, her mom wont let her go online, so maybe that's why she hasnt come back. She drops in here from time to time, but not alot.[/quote] Right, Court! :wink: I miss Dogo and It's A Girl's Life ... I've posted on "Everything about dogs" if you wanna see! :D

:lol: :lol: :lol: Omd that's so adorable!!!

Hey! Rowie may never see the snow, it's not fair! :cry: Living in Bahrain, "winter" is rain and a couple of clouds....that's it! Actually, winter here would probably be Spring or Summer in European or North American countries! :o Maybe one day we'll be able to go on a looong vacation with Rowie and she'll get to see the snow....one can only hope! :D

[quote name='K'][size=7][color=red][b]THERE SHE IS!!!!!!![/b][/color][/size] :multi: [size=6][color=blue][b]OH MY DOG!!!![/b][/color][/size] :iloveyou: LOOKEE EVERYONE....how gorgeous is she???? :angel:[/quote] She's beautiful! :iloveyou: Wowee...what a dog! :o

Tomorrow is saturday... is that when your going to meet Baby, Anni's.mom? :D

From your posts I can tell Laurel and Freebee are good friends! :D Now you don't have to worry about losing Luarel...she'll always have Freebee! And I think it's wonderful you've "reached" her! :wink:

Wow, she's such a pretty dog! :o I agree, when I saw her pics, the first thing I thought of was a sheperd/husky mix! I'm not sure about how to weed out people who might pretend to be her owners..... but have you checked for a microchip? I think your instincts will tell you who the real owners is. :wink: Maybe you could ask them questions only a real owner could answer (i.g "where does she like to be tickled?" "was she from a shelter?") stuff like that. You usually can tell if a person is lying! :wink: But really, wow! Your such an angel for helping the poor darling out! She doesn't really look scared, but I'm sure she was before you angels helped her out! :lilangel: Way to go and keep us updated ! :D

KathyM, I'm so sorry! What a horrible thing to happen. But remember... she will always be there for you. Sure, she's not there in body, but she is there in spirit. You won't be able to feel her, or touch her, but she is still there. She will be part of the earth again, she will be the sun, the stars, the air you breathe in, the soft green grass and the ocean. She will be all those other dogs around the world that need our help. She will be the energy around you. She will still follow at your heels wherever you go, she will watch you grow, your kids (if you have any) grow, and she will be there when it is your time to join the Earth. And she'll bark happily and you'll be able to see her again. And she'll jump around and take your hand and lead you to the rainbow bridge.... Treasure the moments you have with her. Just like you would with a child, act like nothing is wrong with her. Take loads of hugs, pics, and kisses. And when the time does come, remember she is not really gone. It's only the flesh around her that is gone, the spirit inside, the spirit you love, will always be there no matter what. We're all here for you if you ever get frustrated and need a shoulder to cry on! :cry:

What a lovely poem! :D Thanks for posting, Ickle!

*Crossing fingers and hoping everything goes well on Saturday and that Baby and Anni get along well together* :D I really hope everything goes well! Good Luck Elan and Anni's Mom! :D I've been watching this topic for so long... can't wait to see what will happen! Hooray for Marebear, Elan, Anni's mom, and of course jackiemaya! :D

BTW, I have a really good name for this pic. [img]http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog-res-21_small.jpg[/img] "Waiting to Die" :cry:

[quote name='HazelNutMeg']Okay... here we go. I've seen it time and time again, all of the torture given to animals by humans, and it just makes me sick sick sick. I'm glad Coal's in bed right now, nesseled in his blankies warm and loved, and not here seeing this awful stuff, or worse, there. :o :cry: Has anyone else seen that one comercial? Were it shows a bunch of images of animals, and then shows a person, and in it, it says how people are the most inteligent species, and how the reason we're here, is so we can help the rest of the planet, and keep it safe and stuff. That's one of my most favourist comercials. That site was so disturbing, I had to quickly shuffle through it, and not look closely. I closed it when it got too bad. It never fails, just when I meet ONE person, or hear of ONE good story about humans and animals, and I think maybe there's hope yet, I read something like this, or worse, a lot of things like this, that outweigh the good indefenitly (sp?). :cry: I begin to wonder, why try? Why even try anymore to make a difference. Well, because when you look into the eyes of those pleeding animals, you know that to them it's worth it. To save just one, is a step closer to saving them all. [img]http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog-res-21_small.jpg[/img] I'm not saying it's right what others do to cattle, or chicken, or goats ect. I'm not saying it's right in anyway. One of the biggest problems about being human is we have compassion, and great passion, and whether we'd like to admit it or not, are all (about anyway) capible of great love, which is our greatest strength, and our greatest weakness. In the wild, if you see a pack of wolves take down a moose, it is both amazing, and revolting. They usually run it half to death, and tear out it's ligamints in it's legs, so it can't run, and tear it up pretty bad. Which by any human, would be known as torture, but done by wolves it is pure nature. This may be our fault, or gift... depending how you look at it. Our fault, because we need meat to survive really... we CAN get the same stuff from other things, as vegitarians have proven, but we do eat meat, and always have, and probably always will. It would be like trying to change a wolf, get it to not eat meat, it's just not natural. BUT, we also have compassion, and understand pain and (most of us) how other animals can suffer pain just the same. It is very hard for us to give the world all the meat it needs to survive, and treat it humanely, if it was "humane" we wouldn't be killing them, it would be way too hard to get the same produce we do now, and kill them all "humanly". Now, since the begining dogs have been known as "Man's Best Friend". We gave them food, and in return, they gave us protection, and eventually, unconditional love and trust as well. To us who know of this unconditional love, protection, and trust, we can't even imagine that people out there would think of them as mere livestock. It seem inhumane. But like other's said, some people, depending on the culture, would think it's inhumane and cruel to eat a cow. I agree, if it's there's no way to get around it, such as in third world contries, and it's part of their customes, as much as I hate to even think about it, they should at least do it "humanely", and as the "two headed dog" shows, not try to play god while they do it. What REALLY ticks me off, what boils my blood thick and black is the fact that many of us sit in our fancy homes, in our fancy places, with all this money... now some of us have worked really hard to get where we are, and really do deserve it... but these people in these third world contries work just as hard, if not twice as hard, and are reduced to still having to eat dogs and cats. To still not have propper birth control methods, of propper medical care. There are places like Disney Land, all those amusement parks, Food Industries like Micky Dees (which my sister just got a job at actually :-? ), KFC, ect. ect. and they rake in the millions of dollars, all these things that we pay for, or the government pays for... meaning basicly, we pay for and for what? Just so we can drive the newest car, eat at the most popular place, or be entertained at the dizzying amusement parks. What I truly, no matter how hard I try, and how many times it is explained to me, don't understand how so much money can be p*** away, while people of our OWN RACE. OF THE HUMAN RACE, are dying, starving, disease ridden, overpopulated, eating crap food, and owning animals merely for food, and not for the compassion, love, and protection each have the abilities to diliver. It just breaks me up, and what breaks me up more, is there's just about NOTHING I can do about it. NOTHING. It's re-god-d***-diculous! :evil: :evil: :cry: :cry: :cry: Okay, I'm done my rant. Because basiclly, there's nothing more I can say that will make a difference anyway...[/quote] Wow Shara, excellent moving post. I could tell it came from the heart! My throat is all tight now... :cry: Maybe you should publish a book about dogs and humans and th relationships between them? Or something like that? I knowhow much you love to write Shara :wink: Just to make a point about 3rd world countries. I live in one, and Bahrain has adopted the "Ameriacn Lifestyle". I have NO IDEA why it is third world because actually, it seems like a second world kind place. The only reason it is third world is because it doesn't make it's own merchandise and stuff like that. Although they do export alimiuim and petrol. :-? Anyway, I'm sure when you hear "3rd world" you'll all think of us in tents with stray dogs and garbage everywhere, but the thing is, Bahrain is exactly like the USA (except hotter :wink:). The dogs here are very well cared for, and very seldom do I hear abuse stories...etc. Another thing. Since Bahrain is an Islamic Country they kill their animals by what is called "halal" (hard to prouncounce, it has a hard "h"). They do this by saying one of the "souras" from their Holy Book the "Quraan" and then swiftly chop the head off. It may seem brutal, but actually is the best method of killing because it cuts the jegular vein in the neck and the animal has a very quick and virtually painless death. Muslims here will not eat meat that isn't killed that way because they believe it is not fair on the animals. So all McDonald's here have meat that is brought in from Saudi Arabia were (believe it or not :wink:) the cows, sheep, and chicken are taken well care of and are killed by the quick and painless "halal" method. It's safe I guess to eat meat here, since the chickens, sheep, and cows don't really suffer. Another thing about bahrain that I love is their love for animals. Actually it's in all the Middle East. I guess it's time I got my point across or whatever but this is something I have noticed. Arabs have been for so long misunderstood. Because in Islam dogs are not allowed to enter their houses, lots of people misunderstand and think that Muslims do not like dogs/other animals. This is the opposite. I have lived here for almost all of my life. Lots of Arabs allow their dogs inside the house and/or have a special little room built just outside of the house with Air Condintioning and everything (they treat their dogs like their children!). The main thing is just not to allow the dog near the praying area. Mostly those areas up on the upstairs level of the house so the dogs are allowed inside. I know sometimes it seems from my posts or from anywhere else that Arabs might not love their animals, but really, it's not true. This is coming from a person who has lived here since she was a baby. :wink: Actually, the Arabs favorite animal is the Arabian Horse (you should see the king's stables :o ) and then the Saluki. I'm not accusing anyone on this board of thinking that way about arabs. :o Us Doglovers don't believe in that stuff. :wink: I just wanted to make my point (you never know who may be cruising the site? :wink:). Come on, you don't expect that after all these years living here I wouldn't have developed a love for these people. lol :D I know it has very little to do with the topic. Please no one start about politics (something that really hurts my head lol). I just wanted to show you what it's like in my little nook of the world. :D

WELCOME BACK KIGER! :D Long time no see/chat/write, we missed ya! It's good to see you again, and your gorgeous Kato! :iloveyou: He's soooo handsom! Come on... what's your secret? He can't be a REAL dog? :o The aliens that abducted you might have given you an alien dog instead :lol: . Nice to see yah again, better stick around this time! :wink:

Yep, it's true! :D Dogo, from now on you won't need to beg me for pics, because I, as of today, FINALLY have a digital camera! :lol: I've already taken a few pics (plus a new ava :wink: ), check out the picture section soon! :D

I'm never going to eat McDonalds or Veal again... :o Guest, wonderful and extremely informative post! [quote]PS...Sorry Rowie ...I really cant look at those pics again...Elric is right here beside me...you know? :( [/quote] I understand K :wink:

Boundry Training sounds like a good idea. Also, sctty_lvrs advice was good. Fence a small portion of it. Please don't tie your dog up, it will just lead to more behaviour problems. :-? Sorry, don't have any more advice. :(

[img]http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog-res-26_small.jpg[/img] "[b]Researchers grafted the head of one dog onto another dog just to demonstrate that they have the power to do so. Such an experiment is absolutely ungodly.[/b]" :o