Tribute to my so missed dog...

[Dirk Vermeirre]

This is a tribute to my lovely dog ‘Minney’ that I lost end ‘99. He was my best friend and I had such a good relation with him and he even influences my life and thinking. He was so cute and clever. He understand so many words and I like to talk to him and he was always listening very concentrated. Everybody loved him, my children, my friends, my family, he was so popular and the friend of everybody. Some clients stay at the first floor to talk minutes long with him before they came to my office. If he asks me to go out and I said (there were 4 children at that time here in my home) ask it to Cathy, then he run around in the house to search Cathy and jumped to her leg while barking and then she says no why did my dad indicate me again and not one of the other children. He also understand if I said to him go to the kitchen or go to the garage, I was amazed how much he could understand. I treated him as an equal and respected him very much. What a pity that in the 15 years that he brings joy to my life there were not as good digital cameras as today, otherwise I would have hundreds or more pictures from him. He behaves like a real member of the family and when I was angry to one of the children he was assisting me and accentuate it with his barking. When he was asking to go out, he had is hours to do that and there was a phone call, then he shut up and wait but I don’t know how he could now it but each time on my last words on the phone he starts barking because he knows that it was the end of that call. He likes to receive presents and did now that word very good, if I say to him ‘I have a present for you’ then he jumped extremely high. With Christmas he also received a few presents for him and he was sitting there and waiting until we said and now a present for Minney and he wants to unpack it himself. At the end when everything was opened he starts looking in all the packaging papers to look after those from his presents to collect them and put them together with his presents. When he died, I knew that it’s gonna be a hard time for me but I never thought that it would be that hard. I was so sick for a period of more then 6 months and I even had to change my route in the supermarket as I could not see the dog food there or I have tears in my eyes. It’s even after about 2 years hard to write about him and I think every day on him. UnbelievÒable what a warmth and tenderness and joy a dog can bring in our lives. One day when I was on a terrace in town a woman was staring at our table all the time and I was wondering why, she didn’t look someone else and also her man was looking to us. She came to ask me if she may ask me something and I said yes, and she told me a story about her dog that was quite identical to my dog and that she missed him so and if I would not sold my dog, she would give me a bunch of money and she said that she has a double apartment in Spain and that he would receive his own apartment. I said sorry to this woman but I really can’t sold a friend. I told this to a good friend and he asks me if I wouldn’t sold him for a million and I said no, it’s impossible to sold a friend, I never could forgive myself such a thing and from that moment every time that he sees my dog he said Aha the dog of one million. I had the plan to publish an offset printed book about him as tribute to give to friends and family and I have collected or scanned all the images but until today, I tried several times, I couldn’t write the text, it was to hard. Maybe that after this post I can to courage to finish this project. I could write a book about my lovely ‘Minney’ that I miss so hard and I hope that I have not bored you with this explication.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/tributetomydog.htm

With kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[matt_x]

Thanks for sharing Dirk. Dogs and cats are amazing friends. I dread the day my Sadie is no longer around.



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[Sandra Jackson]

Thank you for sharing this story of your little pet. He sounds like such a wonderful little guy. You were both lucky to have each other. Pets are born to climb into our hearts, stay for as long as they can, and then break our hearts when we have to say goodbye to them. My Buddy died a year and a half ago, and I still cry when I think of him. He had been with me thru a marriage breakup, a lot of good times and a lot of bad/tough times. He knew when I needed cheering up, and was always at the back door when I came home from a long, exhausting day. The day I had to say goodbye to him, I took hundreds of pictures and I've got a great portrait of him, enlarged and hanging in my office here at home (and a few more scattered throughout the house).

Remember Minney with love, and remember all the good times that he made you smile. That's a lovely tribute picture you've created. Sandi

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[Martín Crespo]

Hi Dirk:

Emotional tribute. I thought you loved your friend when I saw a litlle photo mutating in him in your post "from 5 to 49..."
Nice and lovely image too and I like to see more when you finish a project.
With respect.

Matin

 

[Theresa Zittritsch]

Dirk, a wonderful tribute! The story is heart touching and the photo very well done. Very nice PS rainbow! Minney looks like he was a very cute friend and companion. And after reading about him I can understand your feeling of loss. Go and finish that book!

Theresa

This is a tribute to my lovely dog ‘Minney’ that I lost end ‘99. He
was my best friend and I had such a good relation with him and he
even influences my life and thinking. He was so cute and clever. He
understand so many words and I like to talk to him and he was
always listening very concentrated. Everybody loved him, my
children, my friends, my family, he was so popular and the friend
of everybody. Some clients stay at the first floor to talk minutes
long with him before they came to my office. If he asks me to go
out and I said (there were 4 children at that time here in my home)
ask it to Cathy, then he run around in the house to search Cathy
and jumped to her leg while barking and then she says no why did my
dad indicate me again and not one of the other children. He also
understand if I said to him go to the kitchen or go to the garage,
I was amazed how much he could understand. I treated him as an
equal and respected him very much. What a pity that in the 15 years
that he brings joy to my life there were not as good digital
cameras as today, otherwise I would have hundreds or more pictures
from him. He behaves like a real member of the family and when I
was angry to one of the children he was assisting me and accentuate
it with his barking. When he was asking to go out, he had is hours
to do that and there was a phone call, then he shut up and wait but
I don’t know how he could now it but each time on my last words on
the phone he starts barking because he knows that it was the end of
that call. He likes to receive presents and did now that word very
good, if I say to him ‘I have a present for you’ then he jumped
extremely high. With Christmas he also received a few presents for
him and he was sitting there and waiting until we said and now a
present for Minney and he wants to unpack it himself. At the end
when everything was opened he starts looking in all the packaging
papers to look after those from his presents to collect them and
put them together with his presents. When he died, I knew that it’s
gonna be a hard time for me but I never thought that it would be
that hard. I was so sick for a period of more then 6 months and I
even had to change my route in the supermarket as I could not see
the dog food there or I have tears in my eyes. It’s even after
about 2 years hard to write about him and I think every day on him.
UnbelievÒable what a warmth and tenderness and joy a dog can bring
in our lives. One day when I was on a terrace in town a woman was
staring at our table all the time and I was wondering why, she
didn’t look someone else and also her man was looking to us. She
came to ask me if she may ask me something and I said yes, and she
told me a story about her dog that was quite identical to my dog
and that she missed him so and if I would not sold my dog, she
would give me a bunch of money and she said that she has a double
apartment in Spain and that he would receive his own apartment. I
said sorry to this woman but I really can’t sold a friend. I told
this to a good friend and he asks me if I wouldn’t sold him for a
million and I said no, it’s impossible to sold a friend, I never
could forgive myself such a thing and from that moment every time
that he sees my dog he said Aha the dog of one million. I had the
plan to publish an offset printed book about him as tribute to give
to friends and family and I have collected or scanned all the
images but until today, I tried several times, I couldn’t write the
text, it was to hard. Maybe that after this post I can to courage
to finish this project. I could write a book about my lovely
‘Minney’ that I miss so hard and I hope that I have not bored you
with this explication.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/tributetomydog.htm

With kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Patrick Martin]

Dirk,

Your post almost made me cry. Minney was very lucky to have someone who loved him as much as you did. I'm very sorry for your loss.

I remember when my dog "Lady" died. I was 4 years old when we got her, and she died when I was 15. I cried and cried for days.

Thank you for sharing such a personal story. For all that English is not your first or even your second language, you express yourself very well in it.

I think your picture is very beautiful and a fitting tribute to such a beautiful friend.

--
Patrick Martin
http://www.patrickmartin.com

 

[hugh]

This is a tribute to my lovely dog ‘Minney’ that I lost end ‘99.

Hello Dirk,

You were very fortunate to have such a good fiiend in your life. Thanks for sharing this story.

hugh

 

[kimr55760]

Wow, Dirk! I have tears in my eyes as I write this. My heart belongs to a little bundle of love, too. We call her Puppers and I thought of losing her as I read your story. Thanks for sharing this. Kim

This is a tribute to my lovely dog ‘Minney’ that I lost end ‘99. He
was my best friend and I had such a good relation with him and he
even influences my life and thinking. He was so cute and clever. He
understand so many words and I like to talk to him and he was
always listening very concentrated. Everybody loved him, my
children, my friends, my family, he was so popular and the friend
of everybody. Some clients stay at the first floor to talk minutes
long with him before they came to my office. If he asks me to go
out and I said (there were 4 children at that time here in my home)
ask it to Cathy, then he run around in the house to search Cathy
and jumped to her leg while barking and then she says no why did my
dad indicate me again and not one of the other children. He also
understand if I said to him go to the kitchen or go to the garage,
I was amazed how much he could understand. I treated him as an
equal and respected him very much. What a pity that in the 15 years
that he brings joy to my life there were not as good digital
cameras as today, otherwise I would have hundreds or more pictures
from him. He behaves like a real member of the family and when I
was angry to one of the children he was assisting me and accentuate
it with his barking. When he was asking to go out, he had is hours
to do that and there was a phone call, then he shut up and wait but
I don’t know how he could now it but each time on my last words on
the phone he starts barking because he knows that it was the end of
that call. He likes to receive presents and did now that word very
good, if I say to him ‘I have a present for you’ then he jumped
extremely high. With Christmas he also received a few presents for
him and he was sitting there and waiting until we said and now a
present for Minney and he wants to unpack it himself. At the end
when everything was opened he starts looking in all the packaging
papers to look after those from his presents to collect them and
put them together with his presents. When he died, I knew that it’s
gonna be a hard time for me but I never thought that it would be
that hard. I was so sick for a period of more then 6 months and I
even had to change my route in the supermarket as I could not see
the dog food there or I have tears in my eyes. It’s even after
about 2 years hard to write about him and I think every day on him.
UnbelievÒable what a warmth and tenderness and joy a dog can bring
in our lives. One day when I was on a terrace in town a woman was
staring at our table all the time and I was wondering why, she
didn’t look someone else and also her man was looking to us. She
came to ask me if she may ask me something and I said yes, and she
told me a story about her dog that was quite identical to my dog
and that she missed him so and if I would not sold my dog, she
would give me a bunch of money and she said that she has a double
apartment in Spain and that he would receive his own apartment. I
said sorry to this woman but I really can’t sold a friend. I told
this to a good friend and he asks me if I wouldn’t sold him for a
million and I said no, it’s impossible to sold a friend, I never
could forgive myself such a thing and from that moment every time
that he sees my dog he said Aha the dog of one million. I had the
plan to publish an offset printed book about him as tribute to give
to friends and family and I have collected or scanned all the
images but until today, I tried several times, I couldn’t write the
text, it was to hard. Maybe that after this post I can to courage
to finish this project. I could write a book about my lovely
‘Minney’ that I miss so hard and I hope that I have not bored you
with this explication.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/tributetomydog.htm

With kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Ruud Peters]

Very impressive story Dirk. I already starting to love her myself. You can make thousends of pics but just one could say enough. I think your tribute does that very well.

Gegroet, Ruud

 

[Fotomania]

Such a very touching story! I know how you feel, I have had and lost one dog, one cat, one bird and two guinea pigs. Of course the worst was to miss my dog, as you know if you have a good relationship with a dog you grow together. When the dog gets older you don't have to tell him/her to do things, they know. Many times I thought about it when we walked in the forrest, we were just like an old couple, sometimes Simba walked 25 meters before me or 50 meters beside me and then suddenly she was by my side. The only thing she was bad at was guarding. She was hopeless at that as she loved everyone. She could turn the most hardened young gangster-wannabe to the boy he really was just by wagging her tail and seeking for hugs. She was impossible to resist.

Simba was a beagle and I had her for 12 years. She died peacefully in her sleep at home, which was a relief as I didn't have to make the decision that it's time for her to go. Now I have a dutch breed, a kooikerhondje, she looks a bit like a longhaired beagle. But she's not at all like a beagle inside, she does not love everyone, she's a bit cautious to strangers. But when you have won her heart she'll do anything for you. Fanny is still quite young, she'll be 3 this Saturday.

When I read your post something tells me you are in deep need for a new dog. But I don't think you should choose the same breed as before. You'll only compare it to your old, beloved dog and that isn't fair to it.

Remember the words of Charles M Schulz (who I had the pleasure to spend almost a day with in San Fransisco)
"Happiness is a warm puppy"

so true, so true
You need some happiness...

Eva

 

[adrienne]

Oh, Dirk, your story is so touching. I well understand the bond that can develop with a beloved pet, and it does credit to you and Minney that you still feel so strongly about him. Both your words and your beautiful photograph are a wonderful tribute to him.

I hope you do find the heart to compile your book -- I know your family and friends will love it, and it will bring joy to you, too.

adrienne

This is a tribute to my lovely dog ‘Minney’ that I lost end ‘99. He
was my best friend and I had such a good relation with him and he
even influences my life and thinking. He was so cute and clever. He
understand so many words and I like to talk to him and he was
always listening very concentrated. Everybody loved him, my
children, my friends, my family, he was so popular and the friend
of everybody. Some clients stay at the first floor to talk minutes
long with him before they came to my office. If he asks me to go
out and I said (there were 4 children at that time here in my home)
ask it to Cathy, then he run around in the house to search Cathy
and jumped to her leg while barking and then she says no why did my
dad indicate me again and not one of the other children. He also
understand if I said to him go to the kitchen or go to the garage,
I was amazed how much he could understand. I treated him as an
equal and respected him very much. What a pity that in the 15 years
that he brings joy to my life there were not as good digital
cameras as today, otherwise I would have hundreds or more pictures
from him. He behaves like a real member of the family and when I
was angry to one of the children he was assisting me and accentuate
it with his barking. When he was asking to go out, he had is hours
to do that and there was a phone call, then he shut up and wait but
I don’t know how he could now it but each time on my last words on
the phone he starts barking because he knows that it was the end of
that call. He likes to receive presents and did now that word very
good, if I say to him ‘I have a present for you’ then he jumped
extremely high. With Christmas he also received a few presents for
him and he was sitting there and waiting until we said and now a
present for Minney and he wants to unpack it himself. At the end
when everything was opened he starts looking in all the packaging
papers to look after those from his presents to collect them and
put them together with his presents. When he died, I knew that it’s
gonna be a hard time for me but I never thought that it would be
that hard. I was so sick for a period of more then 6 months and I
even had to change my route in the supermarket as I could not see
the dog food there or I have tears in my eyes. It’s even after
about 2 years hard to write about him and I think every day on him.
UnbelievÒable what a warmth and tenderness and joy a dog can bring
in our lives. One day when I was on a terrace in town a woman was
staring at our table all the time and I was wondering why, she
didn’t look someone else and also her man was looking to us. She
came to ask me if she may ask me something and I said yes, and she
told me a story about her dog that was quite identical to my dog
and that she missed him so and if I would not sold my dog, she
would give me a bunch of money and she said that she has a double
apartment in Spain and that he would receive his own apartment. I
said sorry to this woman but I really can’t sold a friend. I told
this to a good friend and he asks me if I wouldn’t sold him for a
million and I said no, it’s impossible to sold a friend, I never
could forgive myself such a thing and from that moment every time
that he sees my dog he said Aha the dog of one million. I had the
plan to publish an offset printed book about him as tribute to give
to friends and family and I have collected or scanned all the
images but until today, I tried several times, I couldn’t write the
text, it was to hard. Maybe that after this post I can to courage
to finish this project. I could write a book about my lovely
‘Minney’ that I miss so hard and I hope that I have not bored you
with this explication.

http://users.skynet.be/blueprint/tributetomydog.htm

With kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Joel41093]

Bonjour Dirk,

Quelle histoire touchante. I also have a dog, we have had her now for 8 months and its incredible the bond that devellops with those little four legged friends. I'm glad you shared this story with us and this picture, You where both lucky to have each other.

Porte toi bien et continu à partager tes excéllentes photos

--
Joel
http://www.pbase.com/joels/galleries

'A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.'

 

[Jody35476]

Oh Dirk.. You so made me cry. We lost our nine year old Golden Retriever at about that time as well. He had a terrible disease and we tried everything possible to save him. It was so devastating to everyone in the family since he was truly an important member. We have since gotten another Golden. We thought at first that we wouldn't get another since we didn't want to risk comparing the two but they are still different personalities just like people. There was no replacing the love that we had for him, we just added someone else to love.

Thank you for the very touching story and wonderful photograph. Isn't it amazing the wonderful impact they have on our lives?

Jody

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Thanks for sharing Dirk. Dogs and cats are amazing friends. I
dread the day my Sadie is no longer around.

Matt

Hi Matt,

Thanks very much and I agree, really amazing. Hope that you may enjoy the friendship of your very nice and cute Sadie as long as possible.

With very kind regards

Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Thank you for sharing this story of your little pet. He sounds
like such a wonderful little guy. You were both lucky to have each
other. Pets are born to climb into our hearts, stay for as long as
they can, and then break our hearts when we have to say goodbye to
them. My Buddy died a year and a half ago, and I still cry when I
think of him. He had been with me thru a marriage breakup, a lot
of good times and a lot of bad/tough times. He knew when I needed
cheering up, and was always at the back door when I came home from
a long, exhausting day. The day I had to say goodbye to him, I
took hundreds of pictures and I've got a great portrait of him,
enlarged and hanging in my office here at home (and a few more
scattered throughout the house).
Remember Minney with love, and remember all the good times that he
made you smile. That's a lovely tribute picture you've created.
Sandi

Hi Sandi,

Thank you very much for your kind words and I'm glad that your Buddy helped you trough the bad and tough times, dogs are great in giving support to humans and stand on their side. I also have a very nice portrait of him on my desk and will always remember how friendly he was.

With very kind regards,

Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Hi Dirk:
Emotional tribute. I thought you loved your friend when I saw a
litlle photo mutating in him in your post "from 5 to 49..."
Nice and lovely image too and I like to see more when you finish a
project.
With respect.

Matin

Hi Martin,

Thanks very much for your understanding and good from you that you have seen that he was in the portraitpost to. I hope I will find the courage to finish this project as I know and feel that it's still very hard to see those pictures and video. I planned to make a box with an offset printed book and a CD Rom in it with a montage from pieces that I will put toghether that I have on digital video and make a multimedia cd from it, but certainly the video images are so hard to see as I see him running there I still can't work on it and must stop as I feel to sad. I think I have to wait longer.

Con gran respeto,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk, a wonderful tribute! The story is heart touching and the
photo very well done. Very nice PS rainbow! Minney looks like
he was a very cute friend and companion. And after reading about
him I can understand your feeling of loss. Go and finish that
book!

Theresa

Hi Theresa,

Thank you very much for your kind words and understanding. As I want to make a very fine tribute with that book and I also would at a Multimedia CD Rom with video fragments that I will mount together, and let's make a beautifull box for fitting them in, I think I have to wait some more time, because it's still to hard now to look for a longer time at the video fragments where I can see him running and playing around. But one day I surely will finish this tribute project.

With very kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre

 

[stana]

Hi Dirk,

I can empathize with your loss. We had a westie for almost 7 years before we had to put her to sleep as a result of cancer. She was practically my daughter's baby. She slept in my daughter's bed every night and was a wonderful member of our family. We miss her very much and I can understand how much you miss your pal.
Here is a photo of my beloved whitey the westie



Stan

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Dirk,

Your post almost made me cry. Minney was very lucky to have someone
who loved him as much as you did. I'm very sorry for your loss.

I remember when my dog "Lady" died. I was 4 years old when we got
her, and she died when I was 15. I cried and cried for days.

Thank you for sharing such a personal story. For all that English
is not your first or even your second language, you express
yourself very well in it.

I think your picture is very beautiful and a fitting tribute to
such a beautiful friend.

--
Patrick Martin

Thank you very much for your very kind words Patrick and I feel sorry if it made you a bit sad and I can very good understand how you feeled about the loss of 'Lady'. People who doesn't have dogs have it hard to understand what the loss of such a good friend can be.

One of the bosses of a company that's a client from me told me that he almost never cried in his live and never could understood how sad people could feel wit the loss of an animal untill he and his wife buyed a young dog one day and after seven days as they have to leave unexpected to a foreign country they sold the dog back again and he said, I couldn't believe it but I was really crying. By having a dog even for such a short period he could feel how attached humans can be to animals and it changed his vision on this completely.

Short after Minney died a good friend would give me a new dog as a present and he phoned my girlfriend to ask her what kind of dog that I would like and she knows me very well and said that he must not do that at all because he would make it very difficult for me as I would never refuse that dog but I can't replace a friend by buying or receiving immediately a new one. Also I will see an animal and I will that I can feel if we understand each other and if it clicks immediately. English is indeed my third language and I'm trying to do my best and I think that being on this forum helps a lot to enhance my English.

With very kind regards,

Dirk Vermeirre

 

[Dirk Vermeirre]

Hello Dirk,

You were very fortunate to have such a good fiiend in your life.
Thanks for sharing this story.

hugh

Hi Hugh,

Thank you very much for your kind and understanding words. Yes I was very fortunate with such a very good friend and I was always very lucky in live starting with receiving very much love from both my lovely parents, and later from my two lovely daughters and my girlfriend and my 2 dogs and also much friendship from several very good friends. I was always receiving tons of friendship and love and that makes life so beautifull.

With very kind regards,
Dirk Vermeirre