The Rainbow Bridge

Dedicated to those faithful companions who are no longer with us.

Readers of these pages may submit their own tribute to a beloved pet of any spieces or breed, they don't have to be Dalmatians. To have your memorial posted, please email your text and photos to our webmaster. Memorials are posted as a courtesy to you, but if you would like to make a donation to Dalmatian Rescue of Colorado in memory of your beloved pet, we would most certainly be appreciative.

Many times our friends ask what they can do when they learn of our loss. How about recommending a memorial donation to Dalmatian Rescue, in your pets honor, so that we may continue to help the next Dalmatian in need.

"There is a cycle of love and death that shapes the lives of those who choose to travel in the company of animals. It is a cycle unlike any other. To those who have never lived through its turnings or walked its rocky path, our willingness to give our hearts with full knowledge that they will be broken seems incomprehensible. Only we know how small a price we pay for what we receive; our grief, no matter how powerful it may be, is an insufficient measure of the joy we have been given."
--Suzanne Clothier

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Sometimes we have Dals who never make it out of foster... but they lived their last days, however many or few, knowing the kindness of humanity, unbridled love and compassion. They are forever loved and live in our hearts at Dalmatian Rescue.

Each dog lives, is loved and then must journey on... without their human companion. They wait at the bridge in the grassy meadow along the stream until they are once again rejoined as a team and finally cross over The Rainbow Bridge.

They will not go quietly, the dogs who've shared our lives.
In subtle ways they let us know their spirit still survives.
Old habits still make us think we hear a barking at the door.
Or step back when we drop a tasty morsel on the floor.
Our feet still go around the place the food dish used to be.
And, sometimes, coming home at night we miss them terribly.
And although time may bring new friends and a new food dish to fill,
That one place in our hearts belongs to them ...and always will.

- Hallmark Greeting Card

Forever Fosters
Sometimes we have Dals who never make it out of foster... but they lived their last days, however many or few, knowing the kindness of humanity, unbridled love and compassion. They are forever loved and live in our hearts at Dalmatian Rescue.


Memorials
Each dog lives, is loved and then must journey on... without their human companion. They wait at the bridge in the grassy meadow along the stream until they are once again rejoined as a team and finally cross over The Rainbow Bridge.


The reputation of Eugene O'Neill as the American Shakespeare was established even before his death in 1953. O'Neill's output was formidable - more than 30 plays, including the posthumously produced classic, Long Day's Journey Into Night. He was a Nobel Prize winner. Reflecting his own tempestuous emotional background - be came from a yeasty but tragic Irish-American family - his plays are rarely engaging. So his epitaph to his dog is a rarity among O'Neill documents - sentimental, even whimsical, close in spirit to his one major comedy, Ah Wilderness! The dog was acquired at a relatively peaceful period of O'Neil's life. He and his protective third wife, the beautiful actress Carlotta Monterey, looked upon it as their 'child.' O'Neill wrote Blemie's will as a comfort to Carlotta just before the dog died in its old age in December 1940. Blemie's Last Will & Testament

They will not go quietly, the dogs who've shared our lives. In subtle ways they let us know their spirit still survives. Old habits still make us think we hear a barking at the door. Or step back when we drop a tasty morsel on the floor. Our feet still go around the place the food dish used to be. And, sometimes, coming home at night we miss them terribly. And although time may bring new friends and a new food dish to fill, That one place in our hearts belongs to them ...and always will. - Hallmark Greeting Card