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Jj faithful dog Mojo passed this morning from cancer.

He asked me to post this image of him in memory.

My heart goes out to you Baby as I know how much Jo meant to you. :-1

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What a handsome little man. I'm sorry to hear of your loss, JJ.

I'm sorry, JJ. What a beautiful dog! I love his eyebrows!

Oh wow! That is sad news! Losing a beloved friend is hard. Condolences, mate. x

I'm sorry you lost such a friend.

We are thinking now of a Boxer,

whose coat was flame in the sunshine and who,

so far as we are aware,

never entertained a mean or unworthy thought.

This Boxer is buried beneath a cherry tree,

under four feet of garden loam,

and at its proper season the cherry tree

strews petals on the green lawn of his grave.

Beneath a cherry tree, or an apple,

or any flowering shrub of the garden,

is an excellent place to bury a dog.

Beneath such trees, such shrubs,

he slept in the drowsy summer,

or gnawed at a flavored bone,

or lifted his head to challenge

some strange intruder.

These are good places, in life or in death.

Yet it is a small matter,

and it touches sentiment

more than anything else.

For if the dog be well remembered,

if sometimes he leaps through

your dreams actual as in life,

eyes kindling, questing,

asking, laughing, begging,

it matters not at all where that

dog sleeps and at last.

On a hill where the wind is unrebuked,

and the trees are roaring,

or beside a stream he knew in puppyhood,

or somewhere in the flatness of a pasture land,

where most exhilarating cattle graze.

It is all one to the dog, and all one to you,

and nothing is gained, and nothing is lost -

if memory lives.

But there is one best place to bury a dog.

One place that is best of all.

T here is one best place

to bury a dog.

" If you bury him in this spot, he will

come to you when you call -

come to you over the grim, dim frontier

of death, and down the well-remembered

path, and to your side again.

" And though you call a dozen living

dogs to heel, they shall not growl at

him, nor resent his coming,

for he belongs there.

" People may scoff at you, who see

no lightest blade of grass bent by his

footfall, who hear no whimper, people

who may never really have had a dog.

Smile at them, for you shall know

something that is hidden from them,

and which is well worth the knowing.

" The one best place to bury a good

dog is in the heart of his master."

By Ben Hur Lampman

from the Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925

Lady J;1376852 wrote: Jj faithful dog Mojo passed this morning from cancer.

He asked me to post this image of him in memory.

My heart goes out to you Baby as I know how much Jo meant to you. :-1


Thanx so much for putting this up for me BooBoo. I buried Mister Jo outside my bedroom window a while ago. I can feel his presence ... he hasn't left yet.

SnoozeAgain;1376857 wrote: What a handsome little man. I'm sorry to hear of your loss, JJ.


Thanx so much Snooze.

tabby;1376858 wrote: I'm sorry, JJ. What a beautiful dog! I love his eyebrows!


Thank you Tabby. Yeah Mister Jo was a good looker!

Raven;1376861 wrote: Oh wow! That is sad news! Losing a beloved friend is hard. Condolences, mate. x


Thank you so much Raven ... He was a special friend.

LarsMac;1376864 wrote: I'm sorry you lost such a friend.


Thanx LarsMac. Yep Mojo was a great buddy to me.

oscar;1376879 wrote: We are thinking now of a Boxer,

whose coat was flame in the sunshine and who,

so far as we are aware,

never entertained a mean or unworthy thought.

This Boxer is buried beneath a cherry tree,

under four feet of garden loam,

and at its proper season the cherry tree

strews petals on the green lawn of his grave.

Beneath a cherry tree, or an apple,

or any flowering shrub of the garden,

is an excellent place to bury a dog.

Beneath such trees, such shrubs,

he slept in the drowsy summer,

or gnawed at a flavored bone,

or lifted his head to challenge

some strange intruder.

These are good places, in life or in death.

Yet it is a small matter,

and it touches sentiment

more than anything else.

For if the dog be well remembered,

if sometimes he leaps through

your dreams actual as in life,

eyes kindling, questing,

asking, laughing, begging,

it matters not at all where that

dog sleeps and at last.

On a hill where the wind is unrebuked,

and the trees are roaring,

or beside a stream he knew in puppyhood,

or somewhere in the flatness of a pasture land,

where most exhilarating cattle graze.

It is all one to the dog, and all one to you,

and nothing is gained, and nothing is lost -

if memory lives.

But there is one best place to bury a dog.

One place that is best of all.

T here is one best place

to bury a dog.

" If you bury him in this spot, he will

come to you when you call -

come to you over the grim, dim frontier

of death, and down the well-remembered

path, and to your side again.

" And though you call a dozen living

dogs to heel, they shall not growl at

him, nor resent his coming,

for he belongs there.

" People may scoff at you, who see

no lightest blade of grass bent by his

footfall, who hear no whimper, people

who may never really have had a dog.

Smile at them, for you shall know

something that is hidden from them,

and which is well worth the knowing.

" The one best place to bury a good

dog is in the heart of his master."

By Ben Hur Lampman

from the Portland Oregonian Sept. 11, 1925


Thanx Oscar. I buried him between two shrubs outside my bedroom window. He was very special.

JJ, i'm sorry to hear about your loss! How are you holding up?

Chloe_88;1376891 wrote: JJ, i'm sorry to hear about your loss! How are you holding up?


Hi Chloe ... Mister Jo passed quite peacefully and I just know he will be back cos people AND dogs get reincarnated. Thank you so much for your kind words.

I almost got into a slugfest with someone that insisted animals don't have souls. If I've got a soul, I'm positive all my pets have had one too.

SnoozeAgain;1376896 wrote: I almost got into a slugfest with someone that insisted animals don't have souls. If I've got a soul, I'm positive all my pets have had one too.


A soul is a life force and nothing can live without one.

jones jones;1376897 wrote: A soul is a life force and nothing can live without one.


I agree

I am sorry for the loss of your beloved friend. When you can, share some favorite memories you have of him, JJ.

along-for-the-ride;1376920 wrote: I am sorry for the loss of your beloved friend. When you can, share some favorite memories you have of him, JJ.


I surely will ... Thanx so much honey!

How old was he?

About nine years Snooze.

Large dogs don't live near long enough... I have a co-worker that has a Great Dane and it's unusual for them to live past 7.