Cody & Duchess Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Cody, my border, got date 5/17/08 died 12/09/15. Gracie, my fearful one, got date 2/10/10 died 3/27/15. Cancer has made 2015 hard. My beautiful BC Cody has passedthe rescue I got him from seems to be shut down. This is an open letter to SEBCRL and all amazing rescues. A Thank you to SEBCRL from Deland Florida: When we met with you in 2008....you said this was our dog, this dog would work well with the dog we already had....this was the first dog you showed us. Many hours later, after looking at other dogs, this is the dog that came home with us. He passed this week from inoperable lung cancer, with the tumor wrapped around his trachea. He was diagnosed in March, they guessed around two months to live. He made it nine months. You saved an Alabama stray that traveled the USA and hiked the Rockies. He was Mr Diplomat...loved all dogs and people. He became the protector of a fear based reactive dog (a dog I brought home from the shelter I volunteered at, they were putting Gracie down) - a dog basically afraid of other dogs. Cody kept dogs away from her, engaging them before they got to her. She learned to walk calmly on the leash because of him, she became an incredibly happy dog. They became best friends. Gracie and I spent hours playing Frisbee, with Cody always insisting that he help her carry back the Frisbee to me. How odd that she would die seventeen days after he got his cancer diagnosis. It was like she knew he had his own battles now. He became my bullet proof dog, give him a command and he always listened. His whole goal was to please. He would run the southern Rockies with me....knew the command...wait for me, I am old. He would stop, look over his shoulder with the kindest face....saying I will wait. He was intense, but calm around me. He could so quietly curl up behind my desk chair, that I started sitting on a exercise ball because I had to stop running over him when I stood up. When I suffered an awful injury, I would wake in the morning with his head draped across my kneesjust quietly waiting. He was my buddy, friend, constant companion for seven and a half years. He wasnt a perfect dog (ate palm trees when I first got him) but he was a perfect dog for me. I hope to someday get another dog from rescue, but I dont know if it is possible. How to you find another who almost read your mind? Just wanted you to know that with the great work you have done, you gave a dog a great life. He was loved, cherished and will be sorely missed. Thank you so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleLake Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Awww, crap. This is too much loss. I'm so sorry. Both Cody and Gracie sound like wonderful friends who couldn't live without each other. What a huge hole they've left. With sincere sympathy, roxanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvw Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I am so sorry for your loss. Yes 2015 has been a crappy year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 So very sorry for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach BCs Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloria Atwater Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 So, so very sorry for you. But thank you for sharing Cody and Gracie with us. Blessed may their memories be. Thank YOU for letting them live such full and beautiful lives with you.~ Gloria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald McCaig Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm sorry for your loss. It never gets easier. Anne says the first morning she wakes up without, she wishes she were dead too. Donald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody & Duchess Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Pic of them Playing frisbee, the silence is deafening now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geonni banner Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urge to herd Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 That pic shows Cody and Gracie so full of life and loving it. I'm sorry that these two wonderful companions are gone from your sight too soon. Ruth and Gibbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushdoggie Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I'm so sorry, they break our hearts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 So very sorry. He was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoresDog Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I'm very sorry you've had such a lot of loss this year. Thanks for sharing a bit about the relationship between Cody and Gracie. You must be missing them terribly. I'm glad you all found each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc1963 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 So sorry! The well-loved dogs leave such a hole in our hearts. You're in my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildFlower Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am so sorry for your losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am so sorry for your loss. Incidentally, I have never met a bad dog named Cody, and it sounds like yours upheld the tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody & Duchess Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thank you for the kind words. To lose two dogs in one year - two different types of cancer...incredible. We were a four dog family...Duchess, 11 yrs old, who has my husband wrapped around her paw. My Cody and Gracie- my heart dogs. And Boots, the everyone dog. A border, Great Pyrenees mix...she loved playing with Cody...she thought Gracie was strange. Hoping to get Miss Boots more connected with me, she is pretty independent though. All the dogs are second hand dogs. My DH would love if we would be a normal family with two dogs......I just really miss that loyal connection. I am really lucky that I can have my dogs with me 24/7...but it doubly makes it hard when they are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh, no. I'm so, so sorry. Run free, Cody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm sorry. They bring so much joy to our lives and always break our hears in the end. But I know you wouldn't want to avoid that heartbreak if it meant not knowing that love and joy. Godspeed Cody and Gracie. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Sorry, very hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 What terrible losses for you. I am very sad with you. You worked and played with them, you and your dogs had fun and suddenly - in and around the house is this rare and unusually quiet situation Cody and Gracie run free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisK Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Oh no..I'm so sorry to read this. We love them so much and they leave us much too soon. Run free at the bridge, Cody and Gracie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Beer Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I am very, very sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simba Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I'm sorry for your troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Festerling Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I have been gone from the boards for a while. It breaks my heart to read this. I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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