Fadadomar
Boxer Pal
My dearest soulmate, who was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma on 4 September, suddenly began to deteriorate rapidly over the weekend of the beginning of December. After a lot of observing and asking myself and others, including Cody himself, I took the worst and hardest decision of my entire life: I sent him across the Rainbow Bridge on 4 December 2007. My daughter and her boy-friend were present. Cody fell asleep on my lap. My eyes are still filled with tears when I think about it. I am sure I made the right decision, but I can't tell you all how hard it was.
I had Cody cremated, his ashes are in my living-room in a beautiful container. I will divide his ashes in some parts. One part will be strewn on the beach where we spent so many wonderful hours, another part will be strewn in the woods, where he also loved to be, a small part will be put in a little heart, which I will always carry around my neck, other parts will be in small urns, one for me and one for my daughter.
As the Netherlands celebrates New Year with lots of fireworks and loud bangs, which usually start a couple of weeks before New Year's Eve, and Cody was always terrified of these horrible loud bangs, I can almost be glad he is not with us anymore. That is some sort of comfort.
During his illness, it was quite difficult to divide myself between Cody and Rui. Now I am happy that I still have Rui, who started to be more affectionate towards me, since he was allowed to sniff Cody at the crematorium.
Cody and Rui were never friends, but I had the feeling that Rui sort of missed his company, and wondered where Cody had gone, until sniffing his body and having been allowed to say good-bye to him. He seemed to understand what had happened, after that "ceremony"(on the 8th of December).
Rui is not a boxer (he is a Portuguese mix-breed hunting dog).
Cody will always be my number 1, my best buddy, my close friend, my soulmate. I hope he will have lots of toys and play across the bridge, and when my time comes, I will be able to join him and share eternity with him.
Bye bye, my dear clown, thank you so much for cheering up my life!
I had Cody cremated, his ashes are in my living-room in a beautiful container. I will divide his ashes in some parts. One part will be strewn on the beach where we spent so many wonderful hours, another part will be strewn in the woods, where he also loved to be, a small part will be put in a little heart, which I will always carry around my neck, other parts will be in small urns, one for me and one for my daughter.
As the Netherlands celebrates New Year with lots of fireworks and loud bangs, which usually start a couple of weeks before New Year's Eve, and Cody was always terrified of these horrible loud bangs, I can almost be glad he is not with us anymore. That is some sort of comfort.
During his illness, it was quite difficult to divide myself between Cody and Rui. Now I am happy that I still have Rui, who started to be more affectionate towards me, since he was allowed to sniff Cody at the crematorium.
Cody and Rui were never friends, but I had the feeling that Rui sort of missed his company, and wondered where Cody had gone, until sniffing his body and having been allowed to say good-bye to him. He seemed to understand what had happened, after that "ceremony"(on the 8th of December).
Rui is not a boxer (he is a Portuguese mix-breed hunting dog).
Cody will always be my number 1, my best buddy, my close friend, my soulmate. I hope he will have lots of toys and play across the bridge, and when my time comes, I will be able to join him and share eternity with him.
Bye bye, my dear clown, thank you so much for cheering up my life!
