I would also like a poem on this subject. I'm so sorry for you, Megan, and completely understand. My "baby" died unexpectedly in January and I'm still not emotionally ready to work on her memorial pages. I am collecting things for them, though, and would like a poem like you have requested. It's so hard to make people understand that they aren't just a dog, they're a child and their absence leaves a big hole in your heart and your life. I still miss my Lida Rose every single day. All my sympathy - hope that you are doing okay. ** Darci **

Oh Darci, its so good to meet someone else who understands! There are still some days I cry my eyes out, I just can't believe I'll never see him again (at least in this life). My heart goes out to you too, and I hope someone can come up with a beautiful poem in honor of our sweet babies!

So sorry to here about your pets. I lost my dog of 19 years a few years ago and I still miss her. I made a photo collage (scrapbook style) to hang on the wall. It helped me through it.
Try here at c&d forum there are a few places to go like rainbow bridge and a few people posted poems.
Hope you find something.

Here is a link that might be useful: sad day

It seems so strange, to hear just my feet.
And there at the doorway, there is no one to greet.
For so many years you were there by my side.
Ready to lay down, or just take a ride.
It never mattered to you, what it was we did.
You were always there for me, doing whatever I bid.
The touch of your fur, there upon my hand,
Or for hours at my feet, where you would stand.
You loved me forever, no matter my mood.
Loved me still on the days, that I forgot your food.
Dressed for success or in old blue jeans,
Worn out sweaters, that were torn at the seams.
How I was dressed never mattered to you,
Your only desire was to keep me from being blue
You've left me to go on, to that place in the sky.
Friends don't believe the tears that I've cried.
But while you're up there, remember you're no stray.
Cause I'll come looking for you, again someday.

Love Penny

Thanks Penny that was beautiful!

My favorite, and on the cover page of my "doggie album" is Fragile Circle, by Irving Townsend:

"We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached.
Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way.
We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan."

You can find more at http://www.petloss.com/poems/poems.htm and at www.rainbowbridge.com (be sure to read the Rainbow Bridge story if you haven't seen it before)

I just read Penny's poem. We lost our cat (with my husband for 16 years and with me for 10) a year ago. We took it very hard, especially my husband. The line about friends not knowing the tears I cried...is like a line written for my husband. I've been wanting to do a scrap collage for him with photos, now with some modifactions...with Penny's permission...this would make a wonderful father's day present for him. Thanks Penny! Karen

Glad you like the poem ladies, and Karen you know you are ALWAYS welcome to do whatever you want to one of my poems. Love Penny

Penny and Lindy: your poems were wonderful. Thank you so much - they will make an emotional addition to Lida's pages when I get the courage to work on them.

Megan: I have four other dogs, but without Lida everything just seems wrong. I still cry for her all the time and feel uncomfortable explaining that to people who think of their dog as just that: a dog. Lida was my baby and I miss her every single day. She wasn't even seven years old yet, and because she became ill so quickly I didn't get to say goodbye to her. I think that that there are many of us out there who feel this way, and hearing from someone else has made me feel not quite so alone. Thank you all for your stories, ideas and for letting us know you're out there. **Darci**

When this post first showed up I thought it was very nice but nothing I could use. How wrong I was. My beloved cat passed away very unexpectedly in the middle of the night Saturday. I miss her terribly. She was only 7 and had not been ill. Now when I read it I start crying all over again. I think I will save this for the future when I can bring myself to dedicate a page to her.

Penny your poem was beautiful im sitting here crying now. My buffy died a year ago June 1st he was a cocker spaniel that i had had for 14 years i still miss him daily he was my first baby. I even had to take 3 days off work due to death in the family when he died. He is buried in his favorite blanket and with a headstone on my inlaws property. i put flowers there on his birthday :) he was one of my babies in fact i had him longer than i had had my babies when he died. but there is a site called rainbow bridge that has wonderful pet poems and memorials on it check it out www.rainbowbridge .com