This is Episode 9 of the podcast and the last of the Poodle haiku journey.
I do believe we are all beings of Spirit having a human experience. I believe we are the Universal Force and Source experiencing life on earth in the body and circumstances we choose. I believe when the physical, biological body dies the essence of us continues on.
I believe the Spirit of Poodle, the essence of him, was probably relieved to leave his old, tired and painful body.
And now it’s over
Bent spine unfurles and straightens
Run free in the Light
Sometimes we need to humanely help our animal companions transition from their physical bodies. Poodle had, for a long time not been able to lie down on his own. Whenever he needed to rest or sleep we would physically lie him down. His old tired body reached a point where he couldn’t get himself up from a lying position. For a while we would lift him up and lie him down. But we often found him lying in his own pee.
Our vet felt we had kept him going a little longer than we should have, but there came a day we knew it was time. We wept.
We think of him often. We love that we loved him through his difficult old age. We miss him.
We picture him how he would have been as a young dog – straight spine, running free in the Light. I hope he visits Middle Earth sometimes and sees his garden of remembrance.