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Message: [QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 2258150, member: 57"] Let me start by saying that I am not a particularly spiritual person, but that there has been some unusual symbolism or co-incidences that have surrounded the loss of my Abby and Kip. [IMG]https://syracusefan.com/attachments/100_1108-jpg.9675/[/IMG] The picture shown is my Abby, my first dog ever, my soulmate, and hiking companion. My second dog is my Rooyen (Roo), still with me after 13.5 years. [IMG]https://syracusefan.com/attachments/dscf1390-jpg.9665/[/IMG] Abby and Roo were truly the best of friends. As my Abby aged, if we went to a dog park, heaven help any dog that even looked cross-eyed at her. Roo is my avatar boy. So anyways, I lost my Abby 5 years ago to lymphoma. After we lost her we did not plan on getting a new dog anytime soon. However, Roo was truly saddened by her loss, so we thought of getting him a companion. We found out that there was a local breeder that had a ridgeback litter down. The weird things were: 1, On the breeder's website there were pics of prior litters. In the previous litter two of the dogs were named Abby and Rou. 2. The litter was born the day my Abby was dianosed with her lymphoma. 3. In checking the lineage, it turned out that Roo's father was the great, great, great, great grandfather of this litter. Obviously, we had to have a pup, so along came Adia. Was Abby sending a new best friend to Roo ????? [IMG]https://syracusefan.com/attachments/dscf1352-jpg.9663/[/IMG] Just a few posts above, I posted about the loss of Kip. I mentioned in that post the oddity of seeing a rainbow @ 5AM in the morning on his last day. There was another oddity that occurred that day, that i did not mention. That oddity was seeing a large gopher (4 to 5 feet long) snake on our lawn. Great snakes to have around, they eat what you don't want. It was the first time we saw a gopher snake this year on our property. Because snakes shed and re-grow their skin they are often thought of as symbolic of new life. Anyways, a few days ago, I go to pick up Kip's ashes. That evening, I had left a sliding glass door open and the snake comes into my family room. It look awhile, but eventually I was able to catch it by it's tail and carry it outside crocodile hunter style. I have not seen the snake since. Very weird, that we saw it on Kip's last day and also on the day we picked up his remains. Anyways, I can't help, but wonder about the symbolism - co-incidences only or something more ????? [/QUOTE]

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