IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO THAT MY HEART FELT THAT IT WOULD BREAK.  IT WAS A SICK FEELING WHEN I CALLED FOR MY BOYS AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.   MY YELLOW LAB, AND MY PIT WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND AS I LIVE IN SUCH A RURAL AREA, I COULD ONLY THINK THE WORST.  I WAS ALL BUT USELESS, MY DAUGHTER STEPPED IN AND MADE ALL THE CALLS, [ DOG POUNDS. ETC. ] WE DROVE UP AND DOWN THESE DIRT ROADS, CALLING FOR MY BOYS, TUFFY THE LAB AND EARL THE PIT,  THERE WAS NO SIGHT OF THEM. MY FEARS WERE GROWING, I WAS HAVING THOUGHTS THAT MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO SLEEP. I KNEW MY EARL WAS AFRAID OF THE DARK, AND THAT TUFFY WAS A MAMA'S BOY.  I KNOW THAT FIGHTING PITS IN BIG SPORT AROUND HERE AND I WAS JUST BESIDES MYSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT BOTH HAD BEEN FOUND BY THESE PEOPLE.  BUT I AM SO LUCKY, MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED, AND  WE IN OUR SEARCH FOR MY BOYS MET AND MADE SOME WONDERFUL FRIENDS.  WHEN WE FOUND MY TUFFY, HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD RETURNED FROM A WAR ZONE. HE WAS SO CUT UP, SO MANY HOLES IN HIS NECK, LEGS , AND UNDER BELLY,  BUT HE WAS HOME, AND ALIVE, I SHOT HIM UP WITH MEDS AND WASHED AND DRESSED HIS WOUNDS. I FELT LUCKY THAT I HAD ONE HOME BUT, WHERE WAS MY EARL?  ABOUT A WEEK LATER I HEAR THIS OH SO FAMILAR SCRATCH AT THE DOOR, AND THERE WAS EARL. HE WAS NOT IN AS BAD A SHAPE AS MY TUFFY,. I TOOK HIM TO MY VET AND NOW HE WILL NOT WANT TO ROAM.,   I AM SO GLAD, AND HAPPY THAT FOR ME THE PAIN IS GONE, AND I HAVE MY BOYS HOME ONCE AGAIN.  PROOF THAT GOD DOES HEAR US ABOUT OUR FOUR LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS. BONNIE

THANK YOU FOR WRITING ABOUT MY STORY. I WAS IN SUCH PAIN, WORRING ABOUT THEM, I QUESS THE FEAR IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME,  I DID DISCOVER THAT SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A CLUE WHEN IT COMES TO LOVING A PET.  I CAN NOT TELL HOW MANY TIMES I HEARD, " JUST GET ANOTHER ONE " I EVEN HEARD ONE PERSON SAY THAT I WAS ACTING LIKE I HAD LOST A CHILD, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT,  I HAVE ALREADY HAD MY EARL TO THE VET , AND TUFFY WILL BE CUT AS SOON AS HE IS WELL ENOUGH. I AM HOPING THAT WILL STOP ANY FUTURE WONDER LUST.  PLEASE HUG YOUR " KIDS " FOR ME.  BONNIE

  Glad you found your boys give them lots of hugs.

Helen & Lassie

To begin with my fur babies are my kids. And i would be devastated if They got lost. One time we had a female Dobie,Kelly, and her son,.Nugget. We were moving from one city to another. While I was moving some of our things, somebody got into our backyard and either let them out or stole them. Our yard had a 8 ft board fence around it. When I got home the gate was wide open and Kelly and Nugget were gone. Kelly was my constant companion. She went every where with me, even when she was a young puppy. i looked for her for months. I never found her. We did find Nugget at the dog pound. I asked them if another dog was with him when he was picked up. They said no. So I never saw Kelly again. She was spayed. So she couldn't have puppies. I always worried about her and cried because I didn't know , if she was stolen, was she being taken care of and loved like I loved her. I will never know. I prayed and prayed that she was in a good home and was being loved and not wandering around or run over by a car. Thank God  that you got your two guys back and they weren't hurt bad.

TO KITTUMS2GSHEPS2.    I AM SO SORRY YOU NEVER FOUND KELLY, MY HEART HURTS FOR YOU, I UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN.  I AM SO LUCKY THAT MY BOYS ARE BACK HOME WITH ME.  I CAN NOT HELP BUT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT MY LUCK WHEN I READ YOUR REPLY.  SO FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE LOVE WE CAN FEEL FOR OUR FURRY CHILDREN. I DO NOT MEAN TO IMPLY THAT IT IS THE SAME TO LOSE A HUMAN MEMBER, ONLY THAT PEOPLE TRY TO COMFORT US WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BUT WHEN WE LOSE A PET THE REPONSE CAN OFTEN MAKE THE HURT WORSE. " GET ANOTHER ONE"  FRAME OF MIND ONLY SHOWS THAT THE PERSON THAT SAID IT LACKS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEPTH OF OUR LOVE AND EMPTINESS WE FEEL AS WE TRY TO GO ON. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE GOTTEN SO INTO THIS WEB-SITE. IT ALLOWS US TO MEET PEOPLE OF LIKE MINDS. AS I SIT HERE AT MIDNIGHT, MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YOU, THE ONLY COMFORT I CAN OFFER IS THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE WE WILL MEET THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE. I HOPE SO, SO VERY MUCH, AS I AM WAITNG TO SEE A HORSE OF MINE THAT WAS SOLD TO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE, MANY YEARS AGO, THE PAIN IS AND WILL REMAIN FRESH, FOR ME.  I TELL YOU THIS, I WILL THINK OF YOU OFTEN, AND SEND HOPE FOR YOU IN MY THOUGHTS. BONNIE