Alexandra Dior

This post is dedicated to my beloved companion Alexandra Dior. As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, I have owned Golden Retrivers for 35 years and I loved each and everyone of them, the ones I have lost and my Goldberg and Adin, that I still have with me now, but once in your life you experience that pet that you have a special bond, like no other and will unlikely ever feel again and that was my. Alexander Dior( Alex for short).
I met him in the Winter of 1994 through a mutual friend who boarded her horses at the same stable my ex-husband and I boarded ours. She asked us one day if we would mind taking her new Golden Retriever puppy out while she was working. At the time we owned our own business and didn't have to start working at a paticular time, so we told her we would be happy to help her out. Well it was love a first sight. After doing that for awhile, she decided it wasn't working out with the puppy, because he didn't like her cats. She wanted to know if I wanted to buy him and I jumped at the offer. That was the best day of my life and it was her loss.
He was the most awesome dog ever.He went everywhere with me. He traveled all the way to Bar Harbor,Maine, and Niagra Falls and you didn't even know he was in the back sit until we made our pit stops. He was more like a child to me than a dog. He was so smart that  he seemed to be tuned into my emotions. He was also very athletic, he climbed ladders, jumped hurdles and loved to go hiking , but his favorite sport was playing ball. It is really hard for me to explain why he was so special. He just was!
I loved him so much and when I lost him, I lost my best friend ever. I cried for months after he was gone. I got alot of support from my family and friends and my one friend gave me a poem. It was called Rainbow Bridge.They also have a website that you can visit that helps you deal with the grief of losing a special pet. That helped me get through it. That and time.I long for the day when I can see him running toward me  like it says in the poem.
If you are griefing from the loss of a pet, I suggest you check out the website:www.rainbowbridge.com.. It helped me alot.
Alex passed away Sept.12,2006 with a brain tumor, but his memory will be with me until we meet again.