Comments on: Creature Thoughts August 2010 http://www.gazehound.com/creature-thoughts-august-2010/ Gayle Nastasi, Animal Communication Consultant Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gayze http://www.gazehound.com/creature-thoughts-august-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Gayze Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:04:33 +0000 http://www.gazehound.com/?p=1684#comment-1231 The Exception, how cool that you raised guide dog puppies. What organization did they train with? I used to manage the kennel at Guiding Eyes for the Blind in New York! Small world. My thoughts with you over the loss of Maggie. It sounds like your daughter is a very wise young/old soul. I'm so glad to know she's grown up with the experience of sharing life with family members of other species. The Exception, how cool that you raised guide dog puppies. What organization did they train with? I used to manage the kennel at Guiding Eyes for the Blind in New York! Small world.

My thoughts with you over the loss of Maggie. It sounds like your daughter is a very wise young/old soul. I’m so glad to know she’s grown up with the experience of sharing life with family members of other species.

]]> By: The Exception http://www.gazehound.com/creature-thoughts-august-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 The Exception Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:10:53 +0000 http://www.gazehound.com/?p=1684#comment-1224 I grew up in a house with cats and dogs – the cats were mostly mine. In high school I started socializing Guide dog puppies before they went for formal training via the 4H – a wonderful program. Rarely have lived without a cat – and my daughter has never known her life without a cat – we had 4 until this past June. In June our 15 year old cat passed away. That cat and I had lived a lot of life together, including the raising of my daughter who is just 10. When she passed away, my daughter and I were both with her, surrounding her with all the love we could possibly give. Together we want to write a little book about the lessons learned from Maggie (the cat). I wasn’t sure if giving my daughter the choice to be there when she died was a good idea as my daughter is quite sensitive toward animals and nature – but I gave her the choice and she chose consistently to be there. She told me later that it is part of life – and she wanted Maggie to be surrounded by her family and love… and that she was. I know those who choose not to have pets because they die. I know others that protect their kids from the death of the pet to the extent possible. In our house, the love that surrounds our relationships with our pets is enriching – and that love includes their passing. We believe that they are with us always; the love continues even after the body is gone. My daughter wrote a letter to her “older self” after Maggie died. One of her statements is “have cats!” I grew up in a house with cats and dogs – the cats were mostly mine. In high school I started socializing Guide dog puppies before they went for formal training via the 4H – a wonderful program.
Rarely have lived without a cat – and my daughter has never known her life without a cat – we had 4 until this past June. In June our 15 year old cat passed away. That cat and I had lived a lot of life together, including the raising of my daughter who is just 10. When she passed away, my daughter and I were both with her, surrounding her with all the love we could possibly give. Together we want to write a little book about the lessons learned from Maggie (the cat). I wasn’t sure if giving my daughter the choice to be there when she died was a good idea as my daughter is quite sensitive toward animals and nature – but I gave her the choice and she chose consistently to be there. She told me later that it is part of life – and she wanted Maggie to be surrounded by her family and love… and that she was.
I know those who choose not to have pets because they die. I know others that protect their kids from the death of the pet to the extent possible. In our house, the love that surrounds our relationships with our pets is enriching – and that love includes their passing. We believe that they are with us always; the love continues even after the body is gone.
My daughter wrote a letter to her “older self” after Maggie died. One of her statements is “have cats!”

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