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From: Christi and Rick
Email: kiefer101@aol.com
Date: 03 Aug 2005
Dear JD, Yesterday was your last horrible, miserable day in this uncaring world that you came to know. You are now getting all the love and attention that you should have gotten here. What an ultimate love you are receiving...more love than I or anyone else could have given you. To all those who read this tribute. JD was a dog that I came to know over the last few months.....JD lived up at a company that I clean for a few times a week. He came to live there because his original owner was going to shoot him and happened to mention it in the company of another who said "Don't shoot him....bring him up here and he can live here" although it was very nice of this person to want to save JD's life....little did he know how sad JD would be and how tragically his life would end. JD never understood why he couldn't go home with his original owner and he was the saddest dog I have ever seen. He was only a year old, but to look at him you would have thought he was old, because he always moped around so sad and so slow. The only time he showed any excitement is when I and my husband showed up to clean....he knew we would love on him....but it wasn't enough. Last Tuesday JD was hit by a car and although he lived, he suffered damage....no one bothered to take him to vet until yesterday...nearly a whole week later and that was at my insistance that if they didn't do it .... I was going to. Well it turns out JD's back was broken from the accident and they had to put him to sleep. My heart aches so much right now for him, why couldn't he have experienced a life of love....why did he never know what it was like to have someone love him? The only comfort I have now is knowing that he is no longer in pain and that he is with God. Now he is experiencing the ultimate unfailing love. I was working on trying to find him a home when all this happened and I feel as though I failed him. But to you JD please know that Rick and I loved you when no one else cared, and we still love you and miss you so much .... many tears have been shed for you. Take care sweet baby and know that we will see you again someday...but for now, take comfort with Jesus and knowing you are there with Riley, Noah, Candy, Ted and Friday and many other sweet babies loved and lost is very comforting to us. Love you so much baby....Love Christi =(