Dixie's A Piper of Duntrune (major pointed) x Ch. Nuttree's Virginia
Snowball
whelped July 7, 1999
Astro and his family, the Suttons
On March 7, 2010, Astro's family helped him cross
the rainbow bridge 5 months before his eleventh birthday.
He had developed a cancerous tumor that was constructing
his aesophagus. Sleep softly sweet Astro.
Just this side of heaven is a place called the Rainbow
Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close
to someone here, that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special
friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine and our
friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored
to health and vigor, those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong
again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one
small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be
left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes
when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance.
His bright eyes are intent. His eager body
quivers.
Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying
over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You
have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you
cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands
again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting
eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your
heart.
