This ‘N That Thursday

Today we are joining 2 Brown Dawgs & co-host Ruckus the Eskie  for their This ‘N That Thursday’s blog hop!

This is what they have to say about the hop,

A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

“This ‘N That Thursday is for anything you want!  Maybe you want to post about unrelated topics, or each topic isn’t quite long enough to make up a whole post, or you have awards to share, or you have one long post…anything goes!  So grab the button and join the hop!”

I wanted to share more photos from our photo shoot last week.

 This day will forever be etched into my heart. This was the last outing I had with my soulmate. I am so glad I had these pictures taken.

I don’t even know where to begin or what to say. Yesterday I joined in the new blog hop by Jacky and Peggy which was Give Cancer The Paw. I wrote that post last week, last week when Norman was doing alright. He was still limping and I could see the bone cancer was getting a little bigger but he was still managing to get around alright. I still didn’t know when the right time was going to be. I was hoping for another milestone with Norman but that all came to a end Tuesday night when I got home. I go out of town every Monday and come back Tuesday night, when I came back home Norman greeted me limping more than before, I saw that the tumor on his shoulder doubled in size. He was more unstable when he walked. John and I talked and our promise to Norman when he was diagnosed last June was that we would not let him suffer. He gave us 13 years of great memories and there was no way we would let him suffer in the end. He was going to leave this world in dignity and so Wednesday morning we took the final truck ride with breath in his lungs. When Norman’s soul went up to heaven and all that was left was his body we took another trip to the crematorium. I laid Norman to rest, a few hours later he was back by my side. I will write more about my experience doing priority cremation later. We will continue to Give Cancer The Paw as cancer will not win!

We submit our loved one into your loving hands, heavenly father.
Take care of him and love him dearly as we did.
Dress him in his heavenly body with renewed health and vigor
Once again to breath freely of sweetened air.Take care of him and love him dearly as we did.
Let our hearts be lifted and not saddened
As we commit his earthly body back,
Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust.He will live on in our memories and our hearts,
As surely as you have received our prayers.
We know that he will watch over us from heaven.We now submit our loved one into your heavenly hands.

Stancer, Norman J

HRCH Sand Spring Norm Of Caroway MH call name “Norman”, Sand Spring Chesapeakes foundation stud age 13, (96 in doggy years) of Cambria, WI., born to eternal life November 6 2013 from osteosarcoma. He was born November 3, 2000, his parents were HRCH UH CH Cursans Plan-O-Bud SH and Caroways Tasha WD. He trained and competed in AKC & UKC hunt tests. He received is AKC Junior Hunter title at age 10 months. He went on to receive his AKC Senior Hunter title when he was 3.75 years old. After that he went on to receive his UKC HRCH title at age 6 and AKC Master Hunter title at age 7. During this time he continued to be a treasured family companion, dedicated hunter of waterfowl, upland birds and an occasional crane while hunting in Saskatchewan which he participated in 3 snow geese hunts with our good friend Mike F. He also hunted many pheasant farms. When not hunting or training you would find him curled up next to his mother JoAnn on the couch. That was his spot, to guard and protect her. He was always looking for someone to throw something for him, he had many tricks to get people to throw something just so he could retrieve, he loved to retrieve. He was always wagging his tail and putting a smile on the face of all. He is survived by his Mother JoAnn, Father John, Daughter Nellie, Son Gambler and Granddaughter Glory whom all resign at their home in Cambria. He is also survived by his other 14 children along with 22 grandchildren whom resign all over the US and the UK. Norman will live on… when you go to the Chesapeake breed profile page on the Westminster Kennel Club website you will be greeted by the most handsomest guy. Norman will be missed by all whom have met him as he left paw prints on their hearts. In lieu of flowers, give your pet a hug and their favorite treat and tell them you love them. If you would like to do more, make a donation to your local Humane Society or to the Morris Animal Foundation.

A little of that:

Who wouldn’t want to see a cute little MK during all this sadness?

So that wraps it up for today, why don’t you hop on over to 2 Brown Dawgs & co-host Ruckus the Eskie see what their up to and grab the badge and join the hopping fun!

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