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The House Dog’s Grave 

I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment,
You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you’d soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the night through
I lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read–and I fear often grieving for me–
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope than when you are lying

Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dear, that’s too much hope: you are not so well cared for
As I have been.

And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided. . . .
But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,

I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.

Robinson Jeffers, 1941

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My sincerest condolences to you and your husband on the loss of your beloved pet. The picture brought tears to my eyes and are now running down my face (I guess I hadn't realized how much I missed her; she was truly a sweet dog/she was a rescue). Thank-you for sharing it. I lost my sweet girl right before Yule '20, also born in 2005.  I still miss her.

Edited: We were in the same position as you. Our pet had ceased to drink, etc. It was all we could do for her. I miss her still because she was such a part of my life. But I know she's out of pain and is still here in the house. So I'm greatly comforted by that.

 

 

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