Tragedy has struck one of our Members

[Adina P]

Heather Woodland recently joined Doodle Kisses, but she and her beautiful doodle Cujo have been well known and loved for some time now on other doodle forums. Tonight Cujo was hit by a car and did not survive the accident. Please leave a note of condolence for her and her family. Leave your thoughts here and not on her profile page as that may fill her email up and she is not ready to talk to everyone at this time. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

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We would like to send a gift to the Woodland family in this time of grief. If you would like to contribute any amount within the next two days, we will use that to purchase a token of our care for them. `````UPDATE--we have raised a sufficient amount to do something nice for the Woodlands. Thank you to all who have contributed.
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Below is her slide show and I'm including it as a tribute to her much loved doodle, Cujo.
He was gorgeous, patient, awesome with her kids and an important part of the family. Heather's youngest daughter and Cujo were best of friends.

Our hearts go out to you Heather and we send our warm thoughts and hugs to you and your family.

[Nicole Wayne]

Heather - My heart just aches for you and your family. Losing a beloved dog is unspeakably awful. My prayers go out to you and your family during this heartbreaking time. Keep in mind that you gave this dog a fantastic life full of love and fun and comfort. I'm sure it is of little help now, while this tragedy is so new, but I like to think that my beloved dogs who have passed away and all the other doggies up in heaven will welcome your darling Cujo and make him happy and welcome and safe. God bless.
Mazie and Nicole

[Nanette de la Torre]

Heather and Family,

Our animals are such an important part of the fabric of our family. I send my condolences to you and your family. It is my hope that the poem below provides you with as much comfort as it did me. - Nanette

The Rainbow Bridge
inspired by a Norse legend
By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,
Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
Where the friends of man and woman do run,
When their time on earth is over and done.

For here, between this world and the next,
Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
On this golden land, they wait and they play,
Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.

No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,
For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,
Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.

They romp through the grass, without even a care,
Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,
Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.

For just at that instant, their eyes have met;
Together again, both person and pet.
So they run to each other, these friends from long past,
The time of their parting is over at last.

The sadness they felt while they were apart,
Has turned into joy once more in each heart.
They embrace with a love that will last forever,
And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.

[Lisa Solomon]

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss

[jpl0ksaemk1u]

I cannot imagine the heartbreak you and your family are enduring. My heart and prayers go out to you.
Catherine Hardin

[Roxanne Ochs]

Heather,

Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

CeeGee, Roxanne and Keith Ochs

[Patty Barnes]

Heather, I am so sorry about Cujo, what a tragic loss. I cannot imagine the depths of your sadness but please know that I hug you with my heart during this painful time.

[Tricia Campbell]

Heather, you & your family are in my thoughts & prayers.

[GBK]

I can only imagine how devistated your whole family must be Heather! My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
You can see through your wonderful slide show what an integral part Cujo played in your family, and I am so sorry for your loss. Obviously he had a wonderful life with you all, hold on to that, your family was the most important thing to him and you gave him your all.

[1sl4js158xo34]

My heart goes out to you and your family. The slide show was a beautiful tribute to a dog who definitely looked like he loved life and being a part of your family. I am so sorry for your loss!
Barbara

[Dawn]

Heather, I am so sorry for your loss. He was beautiful, obviously inside and out. Blessings come into our life, sometimes only for a short while, I am so glad he was in yours and you in his. My prayers are with you and your family...Dawn

[3vv6fakxo0nx8]

Heather, I am SO sorry to hear this news. I will ask my beloved Tarka, who went to the Rainbow Bridge on Christmas Day last year, to be on the lookout for Cujo and to take special care of him. My heart breaks for you and your family.
Diana and Gracie Doodle

[Penny, Comiskey & Beemer]

"Life is but a moment.....Love lives on." We wish you every comfort in Cujo's memory.....Mike, Penny and Comiskey Zolecki