Maggie
1991-2001

A dear canine friend, Maggie, was gently put to sleep last night. 
The poem is for her.  Run free, Maggie. 
--Alice Stanley and Steve Maly
 

Maggie, Steve, and Tarka camping

Lone Dog

I’m a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone;
I’m a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;
I’m a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly sheep;
I love to sit and bay the moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.

Not for me the other dogs, running by my side,
Some have run a short while, but none of them would bide.
O mine is still the lone trail, the hard trail, the best,
Wide wind, and wild stars, and hunger of the quest.
                                  --Irene Rutherford Mcleod

Maggie as a pup

"Sun Dancer"
1988-2002

 

It's never easy to lose a friend,

especially one who has been faithful to the end.

 

Carlene & Pat Farmer 

 

 

"Casey Blue"
Born - May 14, 1995
Died - September 23, 2002

"The Little Gentleman"
a loving companion, and a special member
of the Emerson family.

He will be missed by all of us.
--The Emersons