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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:46pm PT
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I've been out of touch for over a week and just saw this. I'm really really sorry for you Nature. She's a great pup and always will be.
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Miwok
Trad climber
Mi Wuk Village
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Aug 11, 2009 - 01:29pm PT
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Doug
So sorry to hear about your loss. I'll never forget Summit in JT in the winter of 98. God that dog could jump. She was a great companion to you and the JT crew that winter. My wife always asks about the jumping dog called Summit.
T
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Aug 11, 2009 - 02:35pm PT
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Oh Doug. I'm so sorry for your loss. She was lucky to have such a loving friend in this life.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 02:52pm PT
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I would just like to thank everyone for sharing their thoughts and condolences. This is one of the most difficult days of my life. My house is empty. My heart feels empty. I feel alone. It's difficult to function right now.
But I want you all to know I find great comfort in your words, thoughts, prayers, poems. The poem that guido posted made me cry but it also made me realize something. I don't want to forget her and I don't want to put it out of my memory. Not now - not ever.
I am burning a candle for her on my puja. A new friend from my Anusara Immersion brought me flowers yesterday - white roses. I took one from the vase and laid it on the floor where Summit passed. I had stashed her collar but after reading guido's post I found it again and also laid that on my puja.
the reverend started a thread about gathering the tribe. Please.... let's make this happen. Let's make it happen to honor all that we've let go of. But let's make it happen to try to remember the promise of a new day.
please...
love,
~nature
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:07pm PT
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sorry dude.
work was bad the last few days and i missed this thread.
very, very tough
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Abend
Social climber
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Aug 11, 2009 - 03:23pm PT
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I never had the joy of meeting Summit but from what has been posted I can get a feeling of what a special soul she has. I am so sorry for your loss.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Aug 11, 2009 - 04:58pm PT
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Doug, sorry for your loss.
I had a great dog years ago called" Maya Papaya." Every time we sang "Banks of the Ohio" she would howl. Really funny when we gave her a tennis ball and she would still howl with the ball in her mouth. Why this song out of millions? Her secret.
Here is a photo Steck gave me years ago that says it all. John Salathe and his best friend.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 05:24pm PT
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"Nature, come. Nature, sit. Sit, sit.... good nature", said Summit.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Aug 11, 2009 - 05:35pm PT
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Condolences Doug, may Summit rest in peace.
Having grown up with a number of dogs and cats, I know how tough it is to have to let a pet go.
If I may be allowed here is a story...
My last dog Ci (border collie & lab mix) was 10-1/2 and showed no signs of age – no greying, hyper, good sight and hearing – but somehow what he did develop was a very rear disease – sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis - that my two vets in Dun Laoghaire as well as all the vets at UCD’s veterinary college had never seen, bar one professor, Chris Bellenger, who said that it was only the third case he had seen in over 35 years working in Australia, the US and Ireland.
They had a team of five surgeons working on Ci but Professor Bellenger said he should stay asleep as there was nothing that could be done and he had been suffering, so I went in to the operating theater where there were two vets left and as he lay on the surgical table I kissed him and then gave the word, he stopped breathing in ten seconds and his EKG flatlined within 15 seconds.
That was May 11 2001 and he was my little boy, I buried him up in the Wicklow mountains at my editor’s (Nick) family cottage overlooking fields and forests very similar to where he was born in north Wales. Nick's dad John and his jack russell Bonnie came along as I was finishing the grave and as John said, "This is a good spot for a dog's spirit to roam".
Ci (pronounced ‘key’, it’s Welsh for dog) was born October 2 1990 in a Welsh village (near Tregarth) that’s name is too long to spell, and I got him when he was five weeks old. He went from Wales to London to California to Ireland with me.
Professor Bellenger gave me a paper from North Carolina’s vet school that featured five case studies of the disease (four dogs and a cat). Interestingly it is most common in adolescent girls of Polynesian heritage. Weird eh?
Again my condolences about Summit.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
a buttery white sand beach... I wish!
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Aug 11, 2009 - 05:45pm PT
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What a beautiful life... thanks for sharing a bit of Summit's with us. Her spirit will stick around as long as she is needed. My mother-in-law had a lab/cocker spaniel mix, Sophie, who was just the dearest thing. Even the vet cried when he put her down! I'm sure Summit will be keeping an eye out for you too.
The wheel keeps turning, the cycle continues... all is as it should be.
Peace and blessings to you Doug.
Eric
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atchafalaya
climber
Babylon
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Aug 11, 2009 - 05:57pm PT
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Doug, so sorry to hear about Summit. Man, what a lucky friend to have found you... I remember after my Wolf/Malemute mix passed, I could not go to my house, too quiet, too empty.
Its too tough for me to even read the great responses in this thread, and there are some great ones. My 10 year old german shepard is fighting the losing battle of degenerative myelopathy right now, and my eyes fill with tears over the loss of another good friend. F$%#
Thanks for being so cool with our four legged friends Nature. Do it for another when the time is right. And thanks for all the Summit/Nature TRs. Best, Robert
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Aug 11, 2009 - 06:00pm PT
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I could not go to my house, too quiet, too empty.
Robert, I hear you on that one, I hated going home for a while after Ci passed away.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 07:30pm PT
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reposting....
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up2top
Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Aug 11, 2009 - 07:35pm PT
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Nothing makes it any easier. The comfort of good friends is about the best you can hope for. I'm sorry you're going through this, and I know may of us understand the loss and grief you're experiencing. Grieving sucks. I wish I had some words of wisdom, but I don't. My heart goes out to you, bro.
Ed
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 11, 2009 - 07:39pm PT
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Aug 11, 2009 - 07:41pm PT
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Peace be with you Doug. I know how hard this time is.
She left you with so many memories- those alone will make you smile.
We love our damn dogs so much- they just don't live long enough.
I'm so sad bro, but my memories of her make me happy again.
rest in peace old gal
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Aug 11, 2009 - 07:50pm PT
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much love to you doug...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Aug 11, 2009 - 08:36pm PT
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I'm very sorry to read this, brings tears to my eyes. For a dog I never had the pleasure of meeting.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Aug 11, 2009 - 08:43pm PT
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Sorry Doug, I had to put Emma (Border Collie , cattle dawg mix) Down 3 weeks ago (Pancreatic cancer). Knott much hurts as bad as losing your best friend. Take care Bro, time (albeit slowly) heals all wounds, I'm walkin and talkin proof.
Since then I've rescued another aussie from Nor cal Aussie rescue and am starting her on obedience training this Thursday.
"Burning Barn rules".....or is that San Demis high football I get them confused.
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10b4me
Gym climber
Happy Boulders
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Aug 12, 2009 - 01:04am PT
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Nature, so sorry for your loss.
my dog is getting up in age also, and is starting to have some problems.
letting go is very hard to do.
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