Death of a PET
( In Memory of Winston )
( 1991-1998 )
Our Beloved Cocker Spaniel and Faithful Companion
Where to Bury A Dog
A subsciber of the Ontario Argus has written to the editor
asking,
"Where shall I bury my dog ?"
We would say to the Ontario man that there are various places in
which
a dog may be buried. We are thinking now of a setter, whose coat
was
flame in the sunshine, and who, so far as we are aware, never entertained
a mean or an unworthy thought. This setter is buried beneath a
cherry tree,
under four feet of garden loam, and at its proper season the cherry
strews
petals on the green lawn of his grave. Beneath a cherry tree, or
an apple,
or any flowering shrub is an excellent place to bury a dog. Beneath
such trees,
such shrubs, he slept in the drowsy summer, or gnawed at a flavorous
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, for if the dog be
well remembered,
if sometimes he leaps through your dreams actual as in life, eyes
kindling,
laughing, begging, it matters not at all where that dog sleeps.
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 lane where
most
exhilarating cattle grazed, is all one to the dog, and all one
to you - and nothing
is gained, nothing is lost - if memory lives. But there is one
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 frontiers 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 never really 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.
Answers to Questions
For children and animal lovers of all ages
This page dedicated 2/22/98, in Loving Memory of Winston
( Reprinted with permission of the Ontario Argus - Observer
through Guideline Publications.)
P.O. Box 1141
Madison, AL 35758
1-800-552-1076
DEATH of a PET
copyright 1991
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