Vigil - For Rags by JaneEden
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As you know dogs are part of my life and I love them dearly and don't remember much of my life without them in it.
It is 4 years this month since my little boy dog Rags died. He is the great grand-father of Carina you see in the picture laying down on your right, and in fact she looks very much like Rags.
These are 3 of my pets who knew Rags, and in fact Mistapus had been in my life only 3 days when Rags died, and he played an enormous part in distracting me from the sadness in my heart.
The girls Madelena and Carina were just 2 years old when Rags became ill aged 13 years, he had gone deaf and eventually died due to kidney failure.
Each night Rags laid beside me in his bed at night, and the girls snuggled down the other side, as time grew closer to his passing to Rainbow Bridge.
Rags had gone deaf and as soon as the girls saw me rising in the mornings, they both would enthusiastically go to Rags' bed, but instead of their usual boisterous greeting, both would gently put a paw on him and kiss his nose. Then he would follow them out to the garden for their morning ablusions, every move they made showed how much those girls loved the old chap.
After Rags had died the girls were allowed to see him, so that they knew why he would not be back to see them. I was amazed what Carina did, and will never forget it.
She knew that Rags loved his nylabones to chew, he always had one every day by his side, and his other love was a beaten up old teddy. She sniffed Rags' eyes and knew he was gone, and then ran off somewhere coming back with his nylabone and laid it beside him. Then quietly she walked off and into the other room, and did not look back, isn't that amazing?
I could tell you so many stories of Rags and what he did during his lifetime, but know that your time is precious, so another day I will create a picture which features him. I hope you don't mind me being a bit indulgent with the one I present to you today as a tribute to a very dear friend.
I send you all good wishes, and thank you for taking the time to visit me today, and hope that you enjoy your stay. Thanks for all your support of my previous posts, and for all the many wonderful comments and faves, and thank you to those who think me worthy enough to be put on their fave artists list.
Love and hugs Jane xx
Finepix S5000 photos of the girls and Mistapus and 4 red roses for each year since Rags said goodbye.
Background by me. (I hope to be selling on Rendo store soon, so watch out for that)
All worked in Photoshop Elements 8
nathie http://nathie.deviantart.com/ stone texture brushes
spiritsighs http://spiritsighs.deviantart.com/
lantern light posts brushes
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©2010 JaneEden
Comments (126)
drifterlee
Wonderful image and dedication. Poor rags. I lost my old cat last December and I still miss him.
mininessie
aww...what a sweet story...i´m sorry for the loss of your dear Rag....i wish you the best too!
angelafair
gorgeous! Our animals are amazing, sorry for your loss, it's hard to loose a dear pet part of our family! wonderful image!
flaviok
Sensivel história e obra magnifica minha amiga, trabalho soberbo, aplausos (5)
fluffykatt
Awsome image & dedication.
Rainastorm
Its so sad when a family member passes away, animal or human...beautiful pets you have and wonderful tribute.
DarkStormCrow
Excellent image and dedication, well done..
sylki
What a lovely tribute to Rags, I know he loves it:-) It took me ten years befor I could speak about my Borzoi, Boris, without tears in my eyes. He died on his 10 birthday, he didn't come around after surgery for a twisted spleen.
kftate
What a beautiful image and wonderful tribute to Rags. Gorgeous work!!
prae
Beautiful image, and very touching
tryky5carla
WOWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SCENE, SUPERB TRIBUTE, EXCELLENT REALISATION !
zil2008
Oh Jane, what a nice story to remember your precious Rags. This is a beautiful dedication to him. Love the background you painted. Beautiful.
fredster66
Adorable as always. Love your new avatar and yes, its great to be back and see you here as well....
tennesseecowgirl
Wonderful dedication Jane... My daughter just brought home a new puppy her name is Lola and I am already very attached to her she is so sweet. We had to leave her home alone for a couple hours today to run errands and when we got home she was just shaking she was so scared.... poor little thing, but 5 minutes later she was happy and running and playing with me and Erin. Lovely work!!
flavia49
Wonderful tribute and a very touching story!! a very big hug!!
Faemike55
Very beautiful tribute to Rags. wonderful story of his passing and how the girls reacted to his death! Thank you for sharing this with us.
anitalee
Excellent
gloriatanta
Wonderful dedi! I always love your stories about your magnificent pets. Great work! Hug!
eekdog Online Now!
one of your most stunning images of all jane, wow! perfect beauty..
mistressotdark
fantastic work
brewgirlca
Beautiful story. Do you think they know of a hereafter?
goodoleboy
From Rags to Riches in this stunning concept, Miss Jane!
scifibabe
Such a sweet tribute to your pet. Really touching. I still remember one of my pets from 15 years ago... he was such a sweetie. Big hugs to you. Really wonderful work.
clbsmiley
That was sweet! and very well done! All dogs go to heaven! :)
MrsLubner
Oh what a magical place. I want to step into this world and experience it. You are amazing. Your skills are building, your imagination is increasing. I just love this.
shadownet
Very beautiful, you have such wonderful memories of Rags, I thank you for sharing.
theprojectionist
Superb piece Jane,and the yarn too.
npauling
A wonderful dedication to Rags and a beautiful story about him too. Our pets really get into our souls don't they and we do miss them. This image looks wonderful and the background a real work of art. Very well done and it is lovely to see a posting from you too.
jocko500
a magic place this is .cool looking and wonderful story
lucindawind
what a beautiful tribute for Rags xxx