In Memory
Of...
Marley
December
29, 1998 --January 3, 2008
Marley
gave us 9 years of faithful friendship. He was by nature a healer and
everyone loved him. He was a big hearted dog with room in it for everyone.
We will all miss him family, friends, pets Dylan & Bones, Simba
& Nala. But some of his happy spirit stays with us forever.
Dusty Englund
July 21,1996 --September 5,2007
We
adopted Dusty from the sheltie rescue in June 2005 when he was 9 years
old. He was the most handsome sable and white sheltie we had ever seen
and fell in love with him the first time we saw him. He adjusted very
well to his new home and was very gentle and loving. I knew he would
make a great Pets on Wheels volunteer. We visited the Brightview facility
in White Marsh and everyone loved when he came in. Dusty was such a
kind, loving, silly boy. He loved laying on the deck, playing in the
yard with his sheltie brother Toby, and spending time with his family.
He brought us much happiness and we cherished every moment of the two
years and two months that we had him. We will always love our Dusty.
Caramel
Eanet
Went to the bridge August 13, 2007
Beloved friend of Alan Eanet

Leo Moynihan
June 1995-March 2007
Leo
has been my family- my best friend- my everything for almost 12 years.
He has been the brightest sparkle in the beautiful shining life of
which I live.
When I met Leo he was just a 9 pound little piglet of a pup. He was
the biggest and most hard headed baby in a litter of 9. I picked him
up in Connecticut from the Goldenjoy Kennel and made the trip back
to Maryland with him. He wreaked havoc the entire way...lesson #1
learned- Puppy MUST be contained! :)
I brought him home and did everything the book said to do. Lesson
#2 learned don't listen....when they bark and bark and bark for long
periods at night DO NOT IGNORE.... your golden could end up dark brown
and stink out the house at the first squeal!
As Leo got older I realized he was going to be an oversized golden....all
110 pounds of him at his full growth. I figured socialization in public
places was going to be very important so he accompanied me everywhere
until the manager at the bagel shop told me I could not carry in a
60 pound golden anymore- poor guy didn't have time to carry my food
every morning! Lesson number 3: Find walk up food stands!
Leo and I went to school- and more school- and yes, more school. What
can I say- I was a slow learner. We practiced constantly in hopes
of being in the Westminster- at least those were my hopes.... At the
first opportunity he bolted out of the ring and made for the door.
Lesson number 4: Dogs can quickly see when you are not cut out for
the big time!
I heard about Pets On Wheels when Leo and I took the Good Citizens
test. He passed with flying colors and the Pets On Wheels Volunteer
invited me to bring him for the screening so off we went to the department
of Aging in Baltimore County to proudly take our test. Leo- gave the
test.... All of him tried to climb into the Directors lap while he
was sitting in a folding chair. Lesson number 5: Help your dog to
understand that not everyone appreciates all 110 pounds of him in
their lap- though for the life of me I cannot imagine why.
We began visiting at the Villa in Towson... Leo's first order of business
was to secure as much of the snack on the rolling cart as possible
then to try and look like he didn't do it as cookie crumbs fell from
his overstuffed jaw. Lesson number 6- Always help people to see how
talented your dog is!
Leo became very beloved to all of the nuns at the Villa and he was
allowed to stroll around on his own from room to room. One day while
I was talking with one of the sisters I heard someone call from the
hall...."Help! Leo has my walker!" I ran down the hall in
horror to find the poor woman pushed against the wall with Leo attached
in frozen animation to the ball on the leg of the walker. Lesson number
7- There is a time and a place for everything!
After 6 1/2 years at the Villa we needed a break from nursing homes
since we had lost so many friends. I decide that since I worked at
Port Discovery, The Children's Museum in Baltimore- I would start
a circle time for small children there. We would call it Circle Time
with Leo The Library Dog. Well Leo didn't know too many tricks but
he was a bundle of fun so I decided that we would do tooth brushing
demonstrations and read books about oral health. It took off like
I never could have dreamed. He became a weekly event at the museum.
He would spend 8 hours every week meeting/ greeting/ and sharing his
beautiful liver or chicken flavored breath with all who were willing
to sample a whiff. One day I was in my office and Leo was working
with his public and I heard a visitor say to their child, "Look
at the nice doggie with a sandwich!" In horror I bolted out the
door to find him running around the room with a tuna sub sticking
out of his mouth like a cigar and he wasn't planning on giving it
up. Lesson number 8: The sweetest of em' are the sneakiest!
Two years ago Leo had surgery and a very large tumor and his spleen
had been removed. He was 10 at the time and older for such dramatic
surgery. I was a wreck but opted for the procedure. he made it through
and the vet told me in no uncertain terms that Leo would be able to
go home but he needed to stay away from going up stairs or jumping
up onto furniture since his incision was so large. That night I set
up camp in the living room with him and slept on the floor. I had
a rotation of neighbors who came in and out to check on him prepared
for the week. I blocked off the furniture w/ throw pillows and closed
off the stairs to the upstairs with a chair. I went to work and the
first visiting pet nurse from the neighborhood called frantic. They
came in and Leo was no where to be found and the chair on the landing
had been knocked down. Yes- they found him upstairs and safely planted
in my bed with the feather bead and quilt snugly around him. Lesson
number 9: You really cannot teach a dog new tricks- they will do what
they will do.
Yesterday
-after an extra two years of life- I had to say goodbye to my beautiful
friend. And in the end he taught me yet another lesson. That time
flies so quickly. Just a minute ago he was a baby and somehow now
almost 12 years had passed. As I have told many of you who have e-mailed
me such sweet and heartfelt e-mails Leo lived up to his name whole
heartedly- he was my Goldenjoy Leo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXSFkFH0ebY
(video memorial to Leo)
Berkeley
Mator
March 5, 1998 - March 4, 2007
Berkeley
was given to me as a birthday present from my parents when I turned 21.
He immediately became our first baby and went everywhere with my husband
and myself. Having been born in Florida, he learned to swim on the beach
and with his biological father, in the pool next door. After moving to
Pennsylvania, he continued his love for the outdoors. His hobbies included:
swimming, canoeing, hiking, camping, finding rocks in streams, chasing
squirrels and making snow angels. He had a great knack for retrieving
rocks from the bottom of streams, holding his breath for up to twenty
seconds. He had many friends and fathered 10 children. The runt of the
litter, Daisy, became the apple of his eye and would visit and play with
him often. Berkeley had many names that he would answer to: Berkeley,
Misters, Mr. Lees and had a variety of songs that were composed just for
him, mostly by his Dad. Although he had just begun volunteering with Pets
on Wheels, if able to continue, he would have brought joy to everyone
he met. Berkeley brought much happiness and love to our family and will
be greatly missed.
The Rainbow Bridge Story
Just
this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When
an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet
goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can
run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and
our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the
animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those
who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember
them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each
miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They
all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and
looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers.
Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass,
his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have
been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling
together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses
rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you
look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your
life but never absent from your heart.
Then
you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
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