I have uploaded some pictures of Callaway... wasn't he beautiful? I miss him so much! Callaway is the big Lab/Husky Mix... the other dog is my 14 1/2 year old Jack Russell Brando.

Oh Rhapsedy he is so beautiful and love your darling Brando too. Bless them so much.
Callaway reminds me of my sammies especially in the puppy pic. The same black eyes and smiley mouth. Love labradors too. Such lovely temperaments like the sammies/huskies.
So glad we have got to see him now. Love and hugs to you and Brando and your darling Angel Fur baby Callaway.

Thinking of you.
Jan and my Angels xx

Oh Rhapsedy he is so beautiful and love your darling Brando too. Bless them so much.
Callaway reminds me of my sammies especially in the puppy pic. The same black eyes and smiley mouth. Love labradors too. Such lovely temperaments like the sammies/huskies.
So glad we have got to see him now. Love and hugs to you and Brando and your darling Angel Fur baby Callaway.

Thinking of you.
Jan and my Angels xx

I thought the same thing about the puppy pictures too... they do look very similar. Question: how do you upload a picture to show on all of your posts?

Hi Rhapsedy
On the tool bar where it says your logged in as: Rhapsedy go to the right and click on the My Controls
Then you have lots of options. To add a pic on all your postings you need to click on 'edit avatar settings'. You can also add profile pics etc. Took me ages to find it too. Good luck.

Jan xx

Rhapsedy...Callaway is gorgeous! And Brando kinda looks like a mini Callaway! Thanks for sharing...the puppy pic I really like...and what a great pic of the whole family.

I have a rat terrier and Brutus was a lab....I think you and I are very alike..lol...at least we like the same kind of dogs...of course, I love all creatures.

Thanks again for sharing, hoping you are having a good day.

Hugs to you and your furangel Callaway,
Brutus' Mom

Rhapsedy...Callaway is gorgeous! And Brando kinda looks like a mini Callaway! Thanks for sharing...the puppy pic I really like...and what a great pic of the whole family.

I have a rat terrier and Brutus was a lab....I think you and I are very alike..lol...at least we like the same kind of dogs...of course, I love all creatures.

Thanks again for sharing, hoping you are having a good day.

Hugs to you and your furangel Callaway,
Brutus' Mom

I had several people over the years ask me if Brando was Callaway's puppy.

And now I have my mom's black lab who looks a lot like Brutus. He has the same graying around the muzzle like Brutus has in the picture. He really is a good dog, his name is Shadow. I have three dogs, Shadow, Barney a JRT mix, and Brando who is 14 1/2 and isn't doing so well. Brando has a heart murmur, an enlarged heart, and is having problems walking. It is so hard to see your once lively animals decline.

I am trying to take the loss of Callaway day by day. As you know, it is so hard.

How are you doing?

It's definately a day by day process....my emotions are so screwed up...I don't have good days/bad days...I have both all in the same day! One moment I will be feeling pretty good and 10 mins later I will be so sad I can't function. I do think my good times are getting more and more. Sometimes I feel like I have split personalities...lol. Take your time, your emotions will run their course...again and again...just when you think you've got everything under control you crash again. I'm glad you have found the forum...it will help, it has helped me alot.

Hugs to you, Callaway, Shadow and Barney...and of course Brando...special prayers coming his way.
Brutus' Mom

Hi Rhapsedy I tried to open your pics and I am un able to. I am not the brightest bulb on the tree when it comes to computers. I will send you my email in a pm so you can send me a picture i would love to see youe Callaway.

Anna

Anna..it's a word document, I too had trouble opening it...I used word pad...I tried to get it out of word pad and put it to photobucket so I could post them here but wasn't able...maybe someone with more computer savy can do it. Everyone send prayers for Rhapsedy's Brando.

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This is the best I could do to upload pics. Hope it works ok. Had to do them as one pic and not individually.
Love Jan x

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Dear Rhapsedy
Hope you didn't mind me putting your lovely pics on the previous posting for you.
Tried to make the pic of Callaway that you have on your profile a bit bigger, but can't seem to do it. But at least he's here in a posting for everyone to see and love. Sending prayers for Brando too, Callaway will be watching over him for you.
Love Jan x

So great you got the pics to work Jan...you are going to have to tell me how you did that someday..Love the pic of Callaway on the deck too.

Hugs Rhapsedy...hang in there we are all here for you and Brando too.

Brutus' Mom

Hi Jan,

Can you tell me how you uploaded the pictures to show on the post? Thanks!

This is the best I could do to upload pics. Hope it works ok. Had to do them as one pic and not individually.
Love Jan x
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Hi Rhapsedy

To upload the ones that you posted earlier as a 'word' file. I opened them in 'word' then I e-mailed them to myself. Then I saved them in 'My Pictures' in the 'My Documents' folder on Windows. I then went into your posting and 'add reply', then uploaded the pics from my hard drive (my Pictures) on Windows.To do this Click on the 'Browse' tab by the UPLOAD button . When you find the right picture click on iy and the when the file appears in the tab to left of browse button, click on UPLOAD. It should upload ok if file is not over 400k. Then it shows in manage current attachments, click on it and then add it to the post. It shows you where to click , in the box.
Some of the other pics from sites such as 'facebook' or 'myspace 'that I have posted for people on here, I right click on the image and then it gives you the option to 'save as'. I chose the' my pictures 'folder again and then give it a name or number. Then I have them saved and can upload them onto the postings here .
Hope that makes sense. Often 'right' clicking on images gives you all sorts of options. If all else fails e-mail them to yourself and then the format can be changed or downsized so that it is ok to upload on here.
Ooh think I've confused myself with that. Sorry can' make it sound easier. Not very good at this techno stuff, just trial and error and sometimes things actually work, then I'm amazed, LOL.
Hope you are feeling ok today> Did you manage to sleep ? How is your Brando?
Love and hugs from
Jan and my angels xx

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the directions. I will try to post some pictures.

I'm doing OK today, well at the moment, I never know when I'm going to be overcome with sadness, it can be so overwhelming as you know. Today it will have been 14 weeks that I put Callaway down.

Brando is doing ok. He really doesn't have any quality of life anymore but I don't know if I should put him down. He just sleeps all the time but he isn't in any pain. He also pees and poops without getting up. I hope I'm not putting off what I should do just because of the loss of Callaway. I just don't know how I can do it again.

How are you doing? I think you had to put your baby down around the same time I did, correct?

Jan, thanks so much for uploading the photos. My PC won't do it for some reason.

Rhapsedy, they are both so very beautiful!!! Please try to hang in there, Dear One.

Many Comforting Hugs to you and your Fur Kid Angel Callaway!!!

I Wish You Peace!



Always,
Dottie xoxoxox

Hi Rhapsedy
It's 16 weeks today since Noushka left me. We had taken her to the vets for tests the previous night as she had been off her food and very lethargic. They said they had to keep her in for the night to run some tests and x-rays.The vet called the next morning at 8.30 and said 'I'm afraid Noushka didn't make it through the night.' I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. I was led to believe that she would be put on an anti- biotic drip, but the condition(pneumonia) was treatable. I never thought that when I kissed my baby goodnight, that, that would be the last time I would see her. What was so bad for me to come to terms with was the fact that I wasn't with her , when she left this 'life'. I hugged her while we waited for the nurse to take her to the clinic kennel. She went very calmly, which was very unusual for Noushka, as she hated being at the vets.
She was 13/14 not sure exactly as she was a rescue dog. She had been with us for almost 13 years.
No way did I think that things were so bad. She had been playing,being walked, albeit very slowly, yapping excitedly when visitors came right up to a few days before.
I try to think, well my darling didn't suffer for too long, but oh it is so hard to come to terms with what happened so suddenly.
We have to remember that it was 'time'. Completely beyond our control, even if it means that the final decision is down to us, as in our hearts we know when the suffering is too much for our darlings to endure. That decision was taken from me with my precious Noushka. I did have to make that decision with my darling Tasha as her life was becoming too hard for her. It would have been selfish for me to let her carry on any longer, bless her. I may have let her carry on longer than she should, but as we all know it is such a terrible thing to have to decide. I hope she forgives my selfishness in keeping her with me longer than I should have maybe. That was almost 4 years ago. Noushka and I missed her so much. We helped each other through that terrible time.
Now she has gone to join Tasha and I feel comfort in knowing that they are together again. The pain is unbearable for me at times as my life feels so empty now they are no longer a 'physical' presence. I feel that they are always near me in 'spirit', through 'signs' and also the fact that I dream about them so much, in a comforting way.
I feel that I am starting to 'heal' a little as I can think of them both most of the time without sobbing my heart out now. I do cry at some time most days, but I am also smiling more and even laughing when I think of some of their funny little ways.
I do hope that we can all heal, in our own time. It is different for everyone, but I do know that everyone on here has had something wonderful in their life, and that is the love of a beloved fur or feather child.
Thinking of you, and all our friends on here, and all our Angel babies and fur and feather friends.
Lots of love
Jan and my Angels xx

Rhapsedy, You and your Callaway will be in my thoughts tommorow. I know it is going to be a tuff day for all of us here. I would say happy holidays but there isnt to much happiness with out our babies.

Thinking Of You
Anna

Thinking of you Rhapsedy and your furangel Callaway.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas filled with peace and good memories.

Hugs,
Brutus' Mom