a Taj MuttHall Dog Diary: Dogs Remain, Sleeping, Comfortable

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Dogs Remain, Sleeping, Comfortable

SUMMARY: My memorial to my deceased beasts.
Source: Aug 5, 2025, email in response to an email from a friend about dog getting older and what to do when the time comes.

Here are all of my seven prior dogs or their mementos or both. 


Top shelf left to right: Sam my family's childhood dog the collie mix,Amber the shepherd/retriever mix, Shiba the husky, Remington the German Shepherd mix, Jake the sheltie mix;

Second shelf left to right: Tika the Australian Shepherd mix, Boost the border collie, and Chip yet another German Shepherd mix, and also a little about a friend's dog whom I had been fond of.

I also put little tiny picture frames – – 2 x 3" or thereabouts-- with face photos for each. Michaels sells some nice small ones but I wait until they do their two for one frame sale otherwise they're a bit expensive. But others I picked up at garage sales or flea markets or secondhand stores.

Then I also have maybe little trophies that they won or statues of dogs like them or other things with their names on them. The boxes have always come with a ceramic imprint of their paw and their name. So those are there also.

I also have picture frames to hang on the wall for each of them with a selection of photos. I haven't gotten around to that yet. I have just now (after three years) started to hang my art and photos on the walls.

I loved all my beasts and I somehow feel comfort that they are there still, still with me. Just sleeping. I don't really believe in an afterlife or ghosts, but still.

That's all for tonight.



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