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11/15/2018 at 10:58 pm #54146ModeratorModerator
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02/27/2023 at 11:56 am #91446ModeratorModerator
Our condolences to Kathy on Georgia’s transition.
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02/27/2023 at 1:08 pm #91452Lucia PotrePlatinum Member
My deepest sympathy and loooots of love to Kathy and Sweet Georgia!
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Kathy, please remember that when the time will be right you will meet again!
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02/28/2023 at 7:14 am #91476Nita MukherjeePlatinum Member
So sorry for your loss Kathy….may Georgia RIP and may you find courage and solace at this difficult time.
Love and blessings
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03/08/2023 at 2:14 pm #91545Kathy SimmsGold Member
thank you ladies. I’m sorry that I am just now logging on and reading these messages. I am SO grateful that Georgia told me to take her to the dr and gave me a weeks head up to process this and begin to prepare myself for her leaving.
You know that I can no longer “hear” them talking to me so she had to find another way. On Wed evening
a week before she passed I took her thru the front yard to go for a walk and she immediately went to the driveway and to the car. I said no, we are going for a walk. She went to the edge of the yard and pottied and that was it so went back. Later I don’t remember why I had her in the front yard again. but again she went to the car. This time I understood and said, “no, we can’t go to the dr now, they are closed. I will take you tomorrow.
Next morning came and I pondered which dr to take her to; the chiropractor or the regular vet. I opted for the chiropractor as it is easier to get in there and they usually do more good than other vet. I had to go to eork but my old roommate was visiting and said he would take her.He took her, dr adjusted her and he took her back home. After a while he called me and said he couldn’t get her out of the car. I told him to bring her up to me, that she probably wanted to come and be with me a quite often she came to work with me. He brought her up and I went out to help her out of the van..Then I told him the reason she was not getting out was because she couldn’t. I finally got her on her feet and she immediately collasped. I came in and called her reg vet and they said to bring her in. they carried her in and dr said he would xray her spine, as thats all he ever thought about – that it was arthritis. I told him to also xray her stomach as I had been trying for a long time to get him to examine her stomach. So…seems she had a large mass on her spleen that filled her entire stomach cavity and was pushing her organs back which was making it difficult to walk. It was the beginning of the end. The ultrasound the next day confirmed the worse and that dr wanted to put her down that day but as you all know I didn’t as I didn’t think she was ready and Val talked to her the next day on our Q & A call where she confirmed she was not ready. Val recommended I schedule an appt with one of her associates which I did, in those few days Georgia went down quickly and I knew she was not going to make it much longer. Dr. Stephanie was great and Georgia told her that she did not want to go but her body was giving out and she did not want to suffer (like the vet said she would if I waited too long) I told Georgia I did not want her to suffer either and mde arrangements for dr to come to the house the next morning.
At this point I don’t remember if it was Val or Stephanie that she told she didn’t want me to find out that way but that I had to know. I am so grateful that she found a way to get me to take her to the right dr. so I would know what was going on. She said that she was trying to hang on for Sabrina and that she wouls still be with her and teach her and would work her thru this reactivity thing and that she WILL be alright.
One of the saddest parts was to hear Sabrina bark, howl and cry telling the dr to get away from Georgia to leave her alone.
It has been difficult for both of us. I have been doing a lot with Sabrina but it breaks my heart seeing her laying outside by herself when she goes out as she always would lay down right beside Georgia.
Sorry this is so long.
I appreciate your kind words.
Thank you.
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03/08/2023 at 3:22 pm #91548Lucia PotrePlatinum Member
Hi Kathy!
I deeply appreciate your courage to come back and speak up!
Though maybe still fresh memories may turn inside you, and not feel like reading now, I still want to transmit to you the following words from my heart.
Imagine that Georgia is young and healthy again and FREE!
LOVE crosses any barrier: of time, of realms and/or any other obstacle beyond imagination.
Your love for her, and her love for you are everlasting!
Love has no boundaries so you can still love her, for the time she has spent with you, for all the lessons she gave you, for all that she was in this lifetime in the form of the lovely dog Georgia.You went through almost similar situation like I did, with Motzu, and I thank him very much for his contribution to make me what I am today.
I planted for him, a rose in my garden which is called Peace, as when I read the name of the rose, I had an instant realization that this is how I would define him.
Georgia deserves her flower or tree too, so maybe you can get Sabrina to plant together something for Georgia.
This way you could easier talk with Georgia any time you would feel like.Kathy, you should be proud of what you did for Georgia, and still do for Sabrina!
You are a wonderful person, a reliable friend and a strong partner in life for them, and they know it!You are already stronger because you came back, and though hard, you have written the message above!
I think all your communication abilities will return, once you will settle your heart, once you make peace with yourself.
With looooots of love, and big hugs,
Lucia
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03/09/2023 at 8:17 am #91555Kathy SimmsGold Member
Thank you, Lucia.
Yes I do intend to plant something for Georgia, actually I have planned and been wanting to create a “Briard Garden” for all my briards that I have had, howeer it will have to wait. Sabrina STILL digs up, eats everything planted and anything in a pot, no matter how big, she drags the pot across the yard emptying it as she goes and once emptied she then carries the empty pot or else lies down and proceeds to chew it up. I am talking not just small pots but ones that are so big nd heavy I can barely move them. This girl is something else.
The first few days I spent all my time doing activities with her, walks, training, taking her places, playing tug and fetch. Between that and working and my emotional state I am exhausted. I feel bad for her, but I cannot be outside with her all the time nor even play with her in the house. I know she is bored and lonesome but there is only so much I can do. So I feel guilty.
Yes I have many happy memories of Georgia. Georgia was never a problem and she and her mom were the best. What a team. The three of us did everything together. Walked all over town together, thru parks, went everywhere for training. They both loved scentwork and rally and both were entered in trials together.
Sabrina has been a different can of worms and has required so much work and never got to the point where I could take them out together as she was too hard to handle. But one of Georgia’s last words was that Sabrina IS supposed to be here although she (Georgia) knew that sometimes I didn’t think so , and that she WILL be alright. So we will get there, but yesterday was a bad day for me, some are good some are bad; but because she went to work with me so often, I miss her there.
Thank you for your words. It is just going to take time and I know the void she left will never be filled as I still miss every one of my dogs, but the pain will lessen.If anyone could maybe check in with Sabrina and see what she has to say that would bwe nice.
Thanks and love back.
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03/10/2023 at 7:45 pm #91574ModeratorModerator
The richness of this community and its support of each other brings tears to my eyes.
Our hearts thoughts and prayers are with you, Kathy.
While missing Georgia sn physical from hurts, as Lucia mentioned, you can still communicate and she will help you heal and guide you and Sabrina. There are many bits in this, including from Sabrina, though some have come in, well, crappy wrapping paper. Know that there are gifts and they await you when you are ready to receive.
Our heats to you. BarbModerator
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03/11/2023 at 9:49 pm #91587Kathy SimmsGold Member
Thanks Barb,
Guess I am a long way from receiving them yet.
I have been so blessed with all the dogs I have had; and then along comes Sabrina. She is a trial in every. Would not have been so bad when I was younger, but now I just don’t have the energy or patience or even strength to deal with her. She is 15 months old now, and while she knows all the commands, and even does some of the rally moves and has learned some tricks, she heels perfectly in the yard and is not too bad on our daily walks, if we go someplace new she will pull me all over the place. She is so excited to go see this and that. I have to dig my heels in to stay in place and actually bend my knees and get lower to the ground to stop her, then she will come back and sort of flip into place. By the time e return home I am exhausted. She has also reverted back to puppyhood since Georgia has been gone
and has begun to get into things again and tear things up. And then one day when I came home from work
and unlocked the door, she came and just sat in front of me instead of racing out racing back and standing up and wrapping her front legs around my neck. sigh…I just never know what is next.🙂
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03/12/2023 at 10:39 am #91591Lucia PotrePlatinum Member
Reading your reply to Barb, even though I may somehow repeat myself, your Sabrina, is very much similar to my dog Estella. I find we share some similarities 😊.
Your descripion of Sabrina’s personality is so much similar with Estella’s. 😊
But, I have come to the conclusion that Sabrina has appeared in your life for her specific role to drag you out of the mud!😉
She will not let you dwell in the muddy waters of sadness, but she will help you grow out of it, purified, like the lotus flower!If she would be just sad and depressed, and laying still for hours, than you both would be getting sick or who knows what else!
But, as Georgia has revealed to you, to me it seems as well that Sabrina is exactly where she has to be, at the exact time.Maybe one of the communicators could just tell her not dig up the plants, or trees for your briards garden. 😀
They can also bribe her by saying that when the apple tree (for example) will have it’s first fruit you will share it with her. 😃 Or whatever else edible you are planning to have 😀.I have come to see over the hurdles to have a junior dog, that for us, Estella is actually a Guardian Angel. She takes excellent care of Bebe, our senior dog who will turn 12 years old this year, which was haunted with severe noise and thunderstorm phobia.
She is 17 months old, and coming of a giant shepherd dog mix.
If there is a loud noise, she is grabbing his collar, and drags him inside, and stays in front of him to protect him with her body! And he loves her company, not running away, crying and trying to dig his way out or jumping over the fences anymore as he used to do.
Last summer was the first time in 11 years that I saw Bebe playing in the rain!I feel Sabrina is your Guardian Angel but she needs to mature to reach to show you her pure pupose with you!😃
You will have your briards garden, and Sabrina will have the purpose to guard it, as a truly guard dog she is!
Have patience!
When Sabrina will do something naughty, call her to you and tell her you love her very much, but it breaks your heart when she is pulling your hands for example.
Speak with her more by whispering than loud voice. I have come to notice that when dogs do something they shouldn’t and I give them a verbal lesson, they tend to pay more attention if I whisper.😃I am sure she will understand too. 😃
It was lovely to read about her specific personality. When she does something else please share!
I love reading adorable dog moments, like embracing you with her big legs!😊Lots of love ❤️!
Lucia
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03/14/2023 at 7:52 am #91614Kathy SimmsGold Member
Hi Lucia
Your Estella sounds great. Yes, I have known for some time that this was one of Sabrina’s purpose was to be here with her exhuberance to drag me out of the doldrums when Georgia passed. I have always known that this would be Georgia’s last year, was just hoping it would be toward the end of the year not the beginning. And yes, Sabrina’s joie de vie is what I’ve most loved about her and never want her to lose it. And I do and have always believed in the whisper rather than yell tactic, but when I back hurts as much as it has been lately and the sciatia kicks in, it is hard to remain calm and patient. I have dealt with back pain for 40 years , sometimes it is better sometimes it is worse It is the main reason I had to stop working as a dog trainer. But Sabrina has done such a number on it, it is the worse it has been for years. But she is very very smart and we will come thru this.
The most difficult part is the dog reactivity which resulted from the two shepherds trying to get her when she was 3 months ols ( worked thru that one) and then when she was 8 or 9 months old a mastiff went after her 3 times and the last time as i was trying to get her out of there on the way to the car a grungy guard dog locked eyes on her and tried to get out of its fenced area to get her…she saw it and started screaming and tried to bolt and didn’t calm down till we were halfway home . Hae been working on that eer since. So it keeps me from being to tae her lots od places and doing a lot of other things and she misses the company of other dogs. So we both are dealing with a lot right now.Keep us in y our prayers, especially her. I pray for guidance everyday. And that is what Georgia was referring to when she said she was hanging on for Sabrina and she would still be here to help her and work her thru this
Thanks for your comments
Kathy
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03/14/2023 at 10:21 am #91616Lucia PotrePlatinum Member
Hi Kathy!
Have you tried EFT with Sabrina?
Maybe you are luckier than myself to find someone who can do it for you, someone experienced.Since I’ve heard about it, and we also had a Masterclass here, I have tried it on 2 dogs and one cat and I was in awe of the change happening under my eyes… and I have just tapped into this. 😄
I mean who knows what I did well, and what I didn’t, but combined with intention and lots of love, it worked.Maybe you can think about it, and give it a try on Sabrina, to shake off the fears (that almost seem phobias) of other dogs.
If you try it, I’m curious about your results.
Looots of love, and for sure I will keep you in my prayers! 🤗
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03/15/2023 at 10:12 am #91626Kathy SimmsGold Member
Yes I’ve done some before and wasn’t impressed with it and then read something abt it, don’t remember what now, but that made me stop. Glad it is working for you tho.
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03/18/2023 at 2:15 pm #91701Mary HillPlatinum Member
Hello everyone. I need some Help with my rescue dog Layla. I posted in the face book group but thought I would mention it here as well. My Layla is from Egypt and was found on the street. Before coming to Canada they gave her a lot of vaccinations and she got very sick. She is still not 100% and I was able to get an appointment with a holistic vet who at the time was not taking new patients but I was able to get her one(divine intervention ). The problem is she will not go into any buildings. Val says I break her trust forcing her. Could someone speak to her and explain that this new vet is gentle and I will protect her and be with her. They use music and aromatherapy to sooth the animals. Nothing bad will happen. The vet is a kind and gentle man who believes in natural healing. He will help with her diet issues. I would be very appreciative if someone could help. I am still learning yet and cannot ask her. Thank you from Layla and Mary.
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03/18/2023 at 2:23 pm #91702Mary HillPlatinum Member
Hello Kathy, I was sorry to hear about your Georgia. My girl died last year with a mass on her spleen and it ruptured. I know how much you must be hurting. I hear from my girl through barking in the house and I felt her paw in my hand while meditating. She even squeaked her ball a few days after she left. I was told they are always walking beside us, talk to her, ask for a visit. The pain will ease in due time, don’t rush it. Your other girl is probably missing her companion. Maybe put one of Georgia’s blankets in the garden where they used to lay together. I am sending you many hugs and I will pray for you.
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04/01/2023 at 7:30 pm #91874Kathy SimmsGold Member
Thanks Mary. Sorry I am just now seeing this. On top of Georgia leaving us, my ex, my children’s dad passed at abt the same time so it has been double whammy and finally the military service was confirmed and had to make plans to go out of state and find a place for Sabrina to stay etc etc so has been a very emotional time. I got home last night and finally feel like I can take a deep breath and start my life again.
Yes, I thought Sabrina would like the smell of Georgia and be comforted but instead she sniffs and if was a place where Georgia would lay, her crate or one of her beds Sabrina avoids it. NOt sure what that is all about. Yes we had to make sure we let Georgia go before this did rupture and it was difficult knowing just when to do it as she did want to stay longer but she kept saying I don’t want to suffer don’t let me suffer as she heard what the doctor had said. She also said she could handle the pain but her body was getting weaker and she knew it was time.I hope you have gotten some help by now with Layla. I will be sending some healing energy to her.
Kathy
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