It is with great sadness that I tell you our dear Bullet has gone to Dog Heaven. He battled his illness well but alas the medication could not control the disease. After 3 long months he was exhausted. He has been a dear friend and companion. He has brought joy to all that met him and deserves the rest that he sorely needs. To you, my dear friends, I thank you for welcoming Bullet into your lives, giving him treats and treating him like one of your own. We will miss him greatly but know this was the loving thing to do.
In memory of Bullet:
"Dog Heaven" written and illustrated by Cynthia Rylant
"Dog Heaven" written and illustrated by Cynthia Rylant
He gives them fields. Fields and fields and fields.
Dog Heaven has clear, wide lakes filled with geese who honk and flap and tease. The dogs love this. They run beside the water and bark and bark and GOD watches them from behind a tree and smiles.
God knows that dogs love children more than anything else in the world, so He fills Dog Heaven with plenty of them. There are children on bikes and children on sleds. There are children throwing red rubber balls and children pulling kites through the clouds. The dogs are there, and the children love them dearly.And, oh, the dog treats. Treats and treats as far as the eye can see. God has a sense of humor, so He makes His treats in funny shapes for His dogs. There are kitty-cat treats and squirrel treats. Ice cream treats and ham-sandwich treats.
Every angel who passes by has a treat for a dog.
And, of course, all God's dogs sit when the angels say "sit".
Every dog becomes a good dog in Dog Heaven.
God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy bed for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and eating ham-sandwich treats, the dogs each find a cloud bed for sleeping. They turn around and around in the cloud...until it feels just right, and then they curl up ...and they sleep.
Dogs in Dog Heaven have almost always belonged to somebody on Earth and of course, the dogs remember this. Heaven is full of memories. So sometimes an angel will walk a dog back to Earth for a little visit and quietly, invisibly, the dog will sniff about his old backyard, will investigate the cat next door, will follow the child to school, will sit on the front porch and wait for the mail. When he is satisfied that all is well the dog will return to Heaven with the angel.It is where dogs belong, near God who made them.
Dogs in Dog Heaven may stay as long as they like and this can mean forever. They will be there when old friends show up. They will be there at the door.
Angel Dogs
