God looked around his garden and found an empty place, He then looked down upon the earth And saw your tired face. He put his arms around you And lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering. He knew that you were in pain. He knew that you would never Get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb. So he closed your weary eyelids And whispered, 'Peace be Thine'. It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn't go alone, For part of us went with you the day God called you home.
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| Faith | Teddy | Ethel | Lilly | Nicky | Zoey |
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| Lucky | Sonny | Jr. | Ginger | Dixie | Sheena |
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| Feather | Lucy (Maloos) | Bailey |
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Sheena All who knew and loved sweet SHEENA miss her very much. She will always be in our hearts. |
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DIXIE, OUR BELOVED FIRST FORGOTTEN FRIEND. She was the inspiration for our organization and will always remain in our hearts. |
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All of us at Forgotten Friends still shed a tear when we think about our senior friend, Sonny. We rescued him from an industrial area where he had been found starving and tied up to a fence for days and days. His chain collar was so deeply embedded in his neck that his tender skin had begun to grow all around the chain. FF had the chain surgically removed but the infected wound took months to heal. Sonny was left with many emotional scars as well. But he eventually found peace and security with Oakley, a gentleman who became his “DAD” and who revived Sonny’s quiet and gentle spirit. Although Sonny passed away a few months later, he died with dignity and surrounded by all who loved him. |
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It is with a very sad heart that we must tell you all that ETHEL has past away today. Dr. Wolfurst took her to the OR to explore her abdomen and unfortunately her gall bladder had ruptured and there was scar tissue all around her liver and pus everywhere. This dog was suffering horribly and there was no way to help her. She was put to sleep once her diagnosis was known. Please pray for ETHEL and know that at least she is out of pain and that she definitely would have suffered so much longer if she was still in the shelter. We all are very sad but we are comfortable knowing that we did the very best we could. |
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We are deeply saddened to inform you that one of our recent rescues, Zoey, had to be euthanized this past weekend. She was a senior terrier mix who was found as a stray and brought to the municipal shelter. She was mostly blind, and upon examination with our vet, it was discovered that she was going into renal failure. Zoey was admitted to the hospital where she was making a hopeful recovery. Unfortunately, the recovery didn't last too long and after all that could be done was done, we had to release this precious girl of her suffering. |
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Sadly, sometimes the kindest course to take is to let go of a precious life. FFLI was notified by a local shelter of Faith's desperate circumstances. Metastatic cancer had all but destroyed her orbital bone and there was metastasis to her sinus cavity and spine as well. A large tumor protruded from her eye and it was evident that the dog has been severely neglected by owners. In fact, she was dropped off at a local vet as a "stray", the owners claiming the dog was not theirs, and cruelly abandoned to her fate. Turned over to the shelter, she faced as lonely and sad a death as her life had probably been. Unfortunately, the most FFLI could do for poor Faith was to take her to their own vet and. after ascertaining that her condition was indeed grave, hold her and love her while relinquishing her precious life to a peaceful sleep. If only for the space of a few hours, Faith experienced the respect and love deserved by every living creature and FFLI was blessed to be able to provide her this final dignity. Faith was buried at the Bide A Wee cemetery. |