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I lost a very good friend today... 18 Years, 2 Months ago
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I finally decided it was time for old FeatherRiverSam, Sammie my golden, to move on to the Big Sky Water. I'm sure going to miss her. If you've met me more than likely you've met Sammie. She gave it a good fight and out lived by eight months what time the vet's had given her. She was hands down the best fishing / hunting / boating partner I've ever had. Give your dog a hug for me, they're here for far too short a period of time.
Pete
That final act of kindness is the toughest but out of love it has to be done.
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Sonny, the black lab, ran ahead to make sure there were no gophers or jackrabbits in the way. If you don't give a dog a specific job, he'll improvise one for himself and it will invariably be fun. There's a lesson there.
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Pete,
Sorry for your loss pal. It's hard to describe the impact they have on our lives. My thoughts are with you.
Ladd
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Buzz (Admin)
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Sorry to hear that Pete. It always amazes me how deeply a dog infiltrates our hearts.
My thoughts are with you,
Buzz
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Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek
when the tribe did not really need fish.
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You know how I feel Pete. We know where Sammie is. See you soon buddy.
FTIR
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brians (User)
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Very Sorry For Your Loss Pete no/msg 18 Years, 2 Months ago
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no/msg
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I can visualize Sammy, Carpy's Jake, my Jake and others just up there having a blast, marking territory, fetching and swimming and..........good thoughts to you Pete.
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Jet (User)
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Sorry for you loss Pete! 18 Years, 2 Months ago
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We lost our yellow lab about six months ago so Sam will not be alone. Just remember when you visit all those special places you have been to Sam will be there to with you in spirit.
Jet
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"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope" - unknown author
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My sincere condolences. no/msg 18 Years, 2 Months ago
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no/msg
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"Rivers course through my dreams, rivers cold and fast, rivers well-known and rivers nameless, rivers that seem like ribbons of blue water twisting through wide valleys, narrow rivers folded in layers of darkening shadow, rivers that have eroded down deep in a mountain's belly, sculpted the land, peeled back the planet's history exposing the texture of time itself."
— Harry Middleton (Rivers of Memory)
"Each night as I haul myself onto the back of county garbage truck no. 2, there is a familiar wind, some thread of moonglow or starlight, a splatter of dark rain on my skin, something that stirs my memory, and again, if even for a brief moment, I am on some mountain river, some stretch of bright water, full of possibilities, including the possibility of trout, perhaps one that, when hooked, will haul me in and out of time, in and out of life's mysterious and frightening, wondrous and incomprehensible continuum, even to the edges of the universe." -- Harry Middleton
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Grady (User)
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Sorry to hear that Pete.
That's never an easy thing to do.
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I fish....therefore I am.
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Carpy (Moderator)
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I know how you feel... 18 Years, 2 Months ago
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and it's the such a emotional turmoil...knowing you did what was right, and the empty feeling with the lost of a great friend.
take care
Paul
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If stupidity got us into this mess,
why can't it get us out of it? - Will Rodgers
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John S (User)
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Sorry for your loss. It's too bad our dogs don't live as long as we do. I know in the near future I will have eto face that last act of kindness and that thought haunts me.
JohnS
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Pete,
I am sorry for your loss. I met Sammie, and she was a sweetheart. Please accept my condolences.
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Tight Lines,
Ed K
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