I will miss you until we meet again.

Wow what a beauty...Sorry for your loss !!

Dang sorry to hear this Sam.

You will meet again.

Sorry Sam..... I dread the day I lose my dog.....

Old puppy pics I haven't looked at in years.

Whitey was a great friend.

So bad, so good the threads about a good friend leaving us behind. Rest in peace faithful pardner.

Sucks. Sorry for your loss.

They always are great friend, and leave much to soon. Sorry for your loss. My BRT is getting up there as well. It's going to be hard.

Darned sand started blowing here...eyes misted up

Varmity-eyed dogs like that come along too few times. My sincere condolences.

Sorry to hear of his passing. The stories you have shared of your exploits ensure he will be remembered.

Schit Sam.........sorry!
I hate seeing these threads pop up.

I cried once or twice...


Looking at the pics makes me tear up a little.



But here's to nothing but good memories.

So sad to hear. I think it was Whitey in the video rounding up cattle not too long ago. Impressive working dog.

Just Damn Sam! Sorry to hear that. Always enjoyed seeing him in your pictures.

I swear there's something special about red heelers. Sorry for your loss.

Good looking pup, sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss Sam. It's never easy loosing a dog.

Hard to lose a friend.

Sorry for your loss. Almost 4 and a half years later I still miss my good girl, Remmie.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

I,m sorry to hear that Sam. I lost my lab in September he was 15.5 years old.

Safe travels Whitey!

Ahhhh hell. Sorry Sam.

Just went thru this again...sorry for how that feels...hope you bounce back quickly and feel better. You gave him a good life and he made yours better too. You owe each other nothing more and he is without pain now.

Sorry to hear this Sam.
The only mistake when God made dogs, was that they don’t live long enough.

Sorry Sam
BTDT
Still hurts and its been 3 years. But Beau was ready. We weren't.

Sorry to hear that , I dread the day I lose one of my boys .

Bummer Sam. Looks like a great dog! I remember each and every one of my dogs and there place in time with our family. Pics provide sadness at their loss and joy from those times.

Rob

Condolences Sam.

Technically he was my dad's dog....


But Whitey and I were co-workers nearly everyday for the last 7 years.



We shared a love/hate relationship.......grin

Pretty much all love though!

Not a good day when that happens no matter what, so sorry Sam. Still not over the loss of mine in dec. sure sucks the big one. Bill out 🐾👣🐾👣🐾👣🐾👣🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

Very sorry for you loss Sam



Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.

I’m sorry buddy. Dogs are the good ones.

It seems just yesterday he was a pup.

RIP Whitey.

Sam send me your address again, I'll send some spirits up.

There is the time for missing the friend, and then the time to find the new pup. It only reflects the affection for the gone for now faithful partner.

My condolences. It's damn hard to lose them.

Good company is hard to find. Sorry about Whitey.

So sorry Sammo!

Sorry about your loss Sam. We too have one headed for the exit, and its a tough deal.

Real sorry to hear that
Fug your pics just won't be the same without Whitey in half of them. Here's to you and all you touched Whitey. My best to you and your peeps Sam.

Looks the flinty-eyed little rascal. And from here looks Whitey enjoyed a terrific life. R.I.P little friend. Sorry, Sam.

Not much to say except you have my sympathy. I know what it's like.

Man.......
Im sorry ta hear about your dog .

That picture of him looking out the truck.

Fugging allergies.........

Dogs are the schitt!!!!!

Damn....Sorry

This pic makes me smile.


Bird dogs.....yeah right....grin

These are the saddest threads of all on the forum.

I am so sorry you lost a good one, but you still have memories and some fine photos that will have to do for now and until you meet at the rainbow bridge.

Best of luck going forward.

Sam Olson;
Good evening to you my cyber friend, I'm sorry to read of this on top of everything else you're attempting to navigate these days.

Hopefully the weather for calving hasn't been too, too bad in your area and the calves are healthy as well as the mother cows.

Again I'm sorry to read of this Sam and hope you folks all stay well in these trying times.

Dwayne

Dwayne, weather couldn't be better, dad and I haven't killed each other yet... Life is good.....grin

He will be missed. Always looked to me like he had the perfect life for a Cow Dog.

Sorry to hear about your buddy Sam. It looks like you gave him a great life. RIP Whitey.

Sorry to hear, Sam...

Good boy Whitey, good boy.

2014.

SPECTACULAR Photo Sam!

Lot's of personality in that one!

Sorry you lost your dog

Great pics Sam, fine tribute to a great dog.

Sorry he’s gone.

We never ever forget any of our dogs. No matter how many a man owns.

I love dogs more than (most)people.

Well Sam I don’t post here much because of a lot of the bullshit that goes on isn’t worth responding to. I feel your pain as I went through five dogs back to back and that’s the reason I don’t have one now. Three Llewellin Setters and Two Labs and that hurt my Soul. For the first time in my 56 years I’m without a Dog. I hope you are stronger than I and find another that will heal your soul.

Nestucca, if I was you....get a pup.



I feel for my dad, Whitey was his dog.


Me and Whitey were along on the ride together.
(we lost a bit of the glue...)

Sorry for your loss. Lost 2 Heelers in the last 2 years. Can't bring myself to get a pup just yet. Not sure I'd be able to handle it in 10 years or so. Best dang dogs I've ever owned.

Schitty deal. Sorry Sam

Sounds like you and I think the same.

Sorry for your loss.

For you and your dad Sam, from all my partners that have gone around the bend before us:

THE PATH BEYOND THE BEND

Have you ever walked along a path
And looked ahead of you
To where the road turned suddenly
And seemed lost awhile from view?

Think of your dear one living still
Where the road goes on without end
It is only WE who do not see
The path beyond the bend



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Damn. Hate to hear it.

You have my sympathy. It's never easy.

I know the feeling. Damn dogs... Prayers from Colorado, Sam.

Condolences, hate to see a good dog go

Damn what a bad deal,looks like he was a great companion! Sorry for your loss.

Good boy Whitey.

I hope my yellow lab outlives me, I had a talk with him when he was about 6 mos old.

I shared a beer with him, I told him you sombitch don’t break my heart.


I have to FaceTime the fugger when I’m on the other of the hemisphere.

Damn, Sam. Condolences. The good ones hurt the most.

If we just didn't let them into our hearts, it'd easy.

Sorry, Sam. I don’t know what I’ll do when my pup goes. Losing a dog is losing a family member.

Alot of us feel the same way.
Nothing wrong with it at all either.

For a different dog, but seems to fit.


The House Dog's Grave (Haig, an English bulldog)

I've changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment,
You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you'd soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking-pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the night through
I lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read--and I fear often grieving for me--
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope than when you are lying

Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dear, that's too much hope: you are not so well cared for
As I have been.

And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided. . . .
But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,
I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.


Robinson Jeffers, 1941

Lol!!!

I used ta have the ole lady put cookie on the phone when I was working on the black sea via satellite phone .
Talk to him and get him barking.

Lol!!!!


Dogs.......
Best thing that ever happened to man 10,s of thousands of years ago.

10-4 man, they are great friends.

That dog was a Rock star man!!!
Hamming it up for the Pic 100%
LOL!!!

Very sorry to hear this. My condolences.

My Dazy dog has had 3 seizures in the last 36 hours. I am sorry for your loss Sam.
Can't see to type more. Just had eye surgery and it is making both of them water.

It is never any other way with a good heeler. If he was not stubborn and hard headed, he would not be a heeler. That is what it takes to tell a cranky range cow who really is the alpha.

Sorry to hear Whitey is gone. I hope you or your Dad have a line on a good replacement pup.

My wife had a Heeler when we met. In fact she says the only reason she married me is I was the only guy she'd met that Timber liked. lol
What a fuggn guy. She got him out the back door of the pound he'd been declared a dangerous dog and was going to be put down. He was about 6 months old fending for himself down town in a city of near a million people, wtf you expect a heeler to be all lovey dovey and mellow? Anyways it 'was taken care of' and my wife ended up with him. He never did get completely tame we had to watch him around some people and some situations. But he'd do anything for us and took to our family and friends no problem. Well maybe not my BIL. lol Didn't kill chickens like other dogs we had, he was even fine with the cat. He was one of the best dogs I've ever been around, been gone for 20 years now but I still remember everything about him.

I hope your dog gets better.
I got a 14 yr old that gave me a bad scare about month ago.
Its agonizing cause you csn see they feel like they think they are letting you down.
Which aint the case by far.

Mine is doing way better now.

I hope your dog gets better!

Dam Sam always sucks to read these threads Take care Brother!

Sorry Sam

Know the feeling

It's been 13 yrs....still miss Cody.

SORRY Sam.

So sorry for your loss.

Losing a good dog is probably the worse pain I've ever felt.

If I can't take all of my dogs passed the pearly gates I just ain't going through. I'm staying with the dogs. That's heaven enough.

kwg

My condolences, Sam.

I hate losing a dog.

Sorry Sam

He looked like he lived a good one.

You'll have to frame a photo for your father. I'm sure he'd appreciate it.

Sorry about your dog, Sam. My wife and I enjoyed our dogs, too. But it was always heart breaking when one of them finally died. Condolences.

L.W.

Good dogs ain’t that hard to find, but GREAT dogs are a gift from God. Sorry for your loss.

This photo belongs in a book.

Well that's a shïtty deal.

Love me a good cow dog.

So sorry to hear Cow Dog crossed the rainbow bridge, Sam. Hurts like h3LL.

If the poem is reality, I will be mauled when I cross over the bridge. In my lifetime, 13 have made the crossing. 3 more will head there in the next few years and 3 are 5 yo or less. Miss all of the 13 that are gone and it still hurts to this day.

Good memories, Sam, good memories are what they leave for us.

Good dog, Cow Dog, good dog.

Darn, Sam. Sorry to hear this. You were a blessing for it, however. I think you two will someday be together again.

Sorry for your loss my friend.

Praying you feel a little better in a few days, and a little better in a month or so. There will always be a void there in your life from your pets as they pass away from our grasp. In time, I hope you have a peace with this. Thinking of all the joy this dog has brought to you and your family. I know having a pet isn't always a bed of nice flowers. Sometimes your working pets might have a few adjectives for names.

Never the less wishing you and your family the very best.

All of your photos are great. They should be in a special place for lots of people to see. "The Smithsonian" maybe

Take care, God bless.

Losing a good dog hurts, sorry

Hate to hear that Sam. Losing a great dog is one of the hardest things a guy can go through.....

Ya brother, they don't last near long enough. Sorry Sammo

Damn, Sam. Sorry to hear.

Good boy, Whitey. Good boy.

Haha that's a fact!!!

Yep. They deserve it.....dogs are more LOYAL.

There on earth to short of a time, and they give so much love in that short time. He will be waiting for you over the rainbow bridge wanting to play and lay his head on your lap again. Sorry for your loss, it's never easy my friend

Sorry for the loss Sam, and your fathers loss as well,

If we were to be honest, Whitey lived a life most dogs could only dream about,

Having said that, even I feel a void from this, Whitey was a Rock star in your photos.

He will be missed by many.

Sam, like everyone else, I'll extend my condolences. I remember the original postings of the pics you've posted in this thread and you could tell the dog was special.

You lost a damn good companion and I hate to hear that.

Dogs just don't seem to last long enough. And you can so damned attached to them.

What he said!

Today is my English Springer Spaniels 13th birthday. I'm afraid his time is short.

He is my 7th ESS. It never gets easier.

You'll see him again one day, as the writer above mentioned.

Until then...

The best thing you can do in life is treat a dog right, they will repay you forever, they are loyal and trustworthy and honest to a fault, they will muddy your truck seats , and sleep on your best coat, but their tail will always be waging at the sight of you. Muddy cold and tired they will always be happy to see you and ready to work before any breakfast. No bitching or whining just an ear rub and butt smack and off they go, cows or cockbirds they will work the day through. Its a sorry man that has never known the love of a good dog, and he will spend eternity trying to find what he has missed . I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

Tough news Sam...Very sorry.

😎

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Will Rogers

Sorry to hear that.......

Hell, I'm missing Whitey, too. I've got to stop and visit with Sam's folks and Whitey twice now as I went thru on the way to Icebreaker. Finn also got to meet his hero. Just won't be the same, next time.....

Sam,
Truly sorry for the loss of Whitey. Had his twin for many years. When I had to go to work in town full time, he didn’t have much to do so he’d go help the neighbors when they were working cattle. Long after he was gone I heard a lot of stories about him. The only time a good dog really lets you down is in their passing.

Losing a working dog/close friend is a real bish. Looks like had a good life helping you out on your ranch and recreating together. That is a special relationship you have only a few times in life.

Sam: I'm sorry for Whitey's passing. I hope you and your dad remember him for how great he was and don't mourn too long. Great dogs don't want that for their owners.

My father in law had a heeler that was one of the coolest dogs I had ever known. He would follow the kids in the Gator all day while they drove around the farm then run off and follow grandaddy as he tended the cows. When finished he would go right back to the kids.

I got the feeling he felt it was his farm, and he was running the show. Sorry again for the loss. -tnscouter

Right now your father may need a shoulder also,be his rock,
looks like Whitey had a good run,be thankful for the years you did get,although it's never enough.

Sorry about your dog's passing, he looked like he was just full of personality.

Damn allergies again.

Damn Sam! Really sorry.

Sam, I am sad for your loss. Remember the good times.

Hate to hear of your loss, Sam.

Sorry for you and your Dad’s loss Sam.

Sorry you lost your pal Sam, Only bad part of having a dog is losing them.

Good boy Whitey, good boy.

Always hard to lose a loyal friend..

Go get 'em, Whitey!

Condolences Sam. I swear a thread about someone losing a loved one doesn't hit me like someone losing a dog. We are truly blessed to have them in our lives.

Sorry for your loss.

I love dogs more then (most) people.
The more I get to know people. The more I like my dog.
Mark Twain
Sorry,could not agree more...

That's a good looking doggie. Very sad.

Good boy Whitey, good boy.

Must have missed this yesterday. These threads make me smile and tear up at the same time. Life wouldn't be the same without dogs. Sorry to hear this Sam.

when you loose your dog ….you can see your own mortality...…...bob

Sorry Sam. Thanks for sharing with us.

Sorry to hear.

Thats sad news Sam, sorry to hear that. I've sure appreciated seeing the pictures of him you posted over the years.

Tough deal Sam-sorry

That really sucks, my heart goes out to you. From the day you pick them you know they;re going to break your heart, but all the joy they bring makes it worth it! RIP

All that has been said about the love of dogs. So sorry for your loss.

Paul

Sorry man. RIP Cow Dog.

Dogs are truly a blessing, sorry your buddy is gone - they all have character we end up missing.

When I lost my Viszla a few years back it took me a while before I got another dog.... that was a mistake

Again,

Just

Damn.

thanks renegade50. don't want to derail Sams post.
Dazy is up to 6 seizures now. think its time. she too is 14 and a lab. and my girl.

Thank you all for the thoughtful replies, we appreciate it.



32-20, I had almost forgot about that vid, the good ol' days.....

Tough deal, Sam...always. It's a shame a man has to go through that so many times in life, but it's a blessing to have the opportunity to take about 4500 great days along with the one really bad day. Hang tough, and wrap those memories up safe and secure.

That really sux...Healers are a special breed with a personality like no other...RIP

Again, Sorry to hear about Whitey, Sam. That just sucks.

Sorry to hear this.Dogs are such great friends,it is hard to lose one.

I am also sorry to hear this and I am in the same situation. It hurts like a bad thing, Molly was a 15 year old border collie and worked that day, had a big feed that evening and then fell asleep. Tough.

Sorry Brother... We all got them there.... I do miss Red, my Bay Dog.. Check my Avatar...

Sorry for your loss, Sam. Always thought that was a great looking dog!

Losing a dog can be almost as bad as losing one of your children...

Sorry for your loss....

So sorry Sam.

Sorry to hear of Cowdogs passing, Sam, truly am. I had a Blue Heeler once, called him Bandit. Great friends....

Condolences Sir, losing a dog is never easy, even worse when they are a great one.

Shawn

I feel your loss. My bandit dog has been gone for four years. Been replaced by Harry S. Truman, but not forgotten. That Aussie was sooo smart and always my buddy. After a time get a puppy. When we leave I hope we go where our dogs go. And I hope to be the guy my dogs think I am. I can only strive for that. Be Well, Rustyzipper.