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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