Diego
Diego's Rainbow Bridge from his foster Diego Our family puppy had passed away in May, 2015, the result of renal dysplasia. He had not even reached his first birthday. Throughout that summer we considered adopting another dog, but we both needed time to grieve Jack first. In September, after many discussions, we decided that we would like to foster an older dog, maybe one languishing in a kennel. We wanted to share our home and love until our foster was adopted into his forever home. When my granddaughter and I first spied Diego on the RORR website, we could not believe that no one had grabbed this gorgeous animal for their own. We quickly made arrangements with Karen to meet him and soon after he was ours to care for. At first he was very anxious, never sitting still, and barking furiously when the wind rustled the leaves in the trees. His favorite pastime’s were eating, walking, and playing ball. Although, he didn’t really seem connected to either of us, we adored him. After a few short months, we learned that due to a health problem that caused him to drag his back legs, we could no longer take him on mile-long walks. Then came the snow, and we discovered another joy held close in Diego’s heart. He would leap over the mounds, sink, dig himself out and then do it all over again. He would have stayed outside all day had we let him. But we saw that the cold adversely affected his joints and we had to curtail his time outside. However, we also learned that he loved his warm bed and being petted as we would massage the warmth back into his legs. It was during those winter months that we saw Diego had come to love us. We couldn’t leave a room without him following, he would sit at the front door when we would leave the house and be right there again when he heard us coming home. He slept with one of us each night and would patiently wait for us to wake up in the morning even though he was usually starving for breakfast. If we were distracted and he wanted attention, he would come and lay his big [and I really mean ‘big’] head on our legs and look up at us with his warm brown eyes. We would stop whatever we were doing and pet him until he would lie down at our feet, satisfied. We could tell he had physically aged in the time he was with us, but neither of us knew how much. Diego’s greatest joy was playing fetch in our backyard. I always took out two balls and wouldn’t throw the second until he had dropped the first. There were times that he was sharper than I was and if I inadvertently left the first ball on the ground as I threw the second, Diego would grab it and then run like the devil. He would [unsuccessfully] try to stuff both balls in his mouth. As exhausted as playing ball made Diego, he would have run back forth for hours if I had let him. On the last day we played, he won the “battle of the balls” and I let him keep both balls at his feet. It was a beautiful day and he elected to stay on the deck rather than come inside after we had finished our playtime. I brought his water out to him and then my granddaughter and I left to run an errand. When we came home, Diego had passed away. I cannot describe the grief that clutched at our hearts. I wondered then and sometimes still do, if I should have not have let him play so wildly. I always come back to he lived with joy. We miss him every day and everyday I thank God that I had the chance to spend that time with Diego, to know him and to love him. I have heard that dogs come back at night and lay at the foot of your bed and so I whisper goodnight and tell him that I will always love him.

Harley
Our family adopted Harley (aka "Honey") from RORR on August 11, 2014 after our beloved yellow lab , Woodrow, passed away after 16 1/2 yrs. Harley was a senior dog estimated to be somewhere between 10-13 yrs old. He had some cardiac issues and arthritis, but settled immediately into the family, enjoying his younger canine brothers from a distance and bonding with his senior feline brother . Unfortunately, Harley's condition began to deteriorate after about a year, and he passed away on March 12th. He is buried next to Woodrow at the Baltimore Humane Society Memorial Gardens Pet cemmetary. I noticed the "Rainbow Bridge" ( we read this at Harley and Woodrow's funeral ) page on your website and would like to know how to post Harley's picture there. I saw the "memorial donation" instructions which of course I will do, but it wasn't clear if that includes uploading the picture and information.

Gizmo
3/30/2016 - Gizmo has been with my family since 2012. He had been horribly abused and was homeless. I took him into my home as a RORR foster when he was approximately 12 yrs old, not house trained, deaf and had a heart murmur. He eventually went to live with my mom because she was always home and he could spend his days sunbathing. Today at 16 yrs of age, he could no longer see, hear or control his back legs. Mom made the extremely hard decision to help him cross the bridge.

Golden Chance
1/14/2016 - Our sweet Chance brought us into Reach Out Rescue. We adopted him in March 2014. He was the most precious senior dog you could ever meet. He had so many medical issues, spine injury, seizures, and on and on but he never showed anything other than love and appreciation for being rescued. We will miss him everyday but we know he is happy and healthy and the one thing that we did not know he had was cancer and it took him from us so quickly. He and little Hugo are running free and healthy now!

Krystal
It is with a heavy heart that I have to say KRYSTAL Crossed the Rainbow Bridge this morning.