I Lost My Best Friend Today - Page 4

Myron Piatek · 07-24-2014, 06:44 PM

Sorry to hear about your loss. Your love for your pets has always been obvious at the races. I'm sure they knew that too. Cherish the memories.

jmcarter · 07-25-2014, 05:05 AM

Jim, I am so sorry about your loss. Brody was loved beyond measure, just as he loved you. Perhaps you recall what I wrote about losing our precious Lucy just a couple of months ago....one day upon meeting again we will all bound like puppies on new snow.

art leong · 07-25-2014, 09:55 AM

Jim so sorry for your loss. I know how much he meant to you.

600ci · 07-25-2014, 11:35 AM

been there very very very sad

Jim Wahl · 07-26-2014, 02:02 PM

I would like to thank all of you for the kind words about Brody's passing. He was a great dog and I will miss him greatly. Hershey, my previous Chocolate Lab who passed 5 years ago, taught Brody how to be the best race dog he could be. Brody was a Lab Rescue dog and my daughter Shannan rescued him when she was in college. He came to live with Hershey and me after he had run away from Shannan three times and had bonded with Hershey so well when Shannan had come home on holidays etc. from school with him. He lived with Hersh and me for 10 years and became a great dog . When I lost Hershey, the best race dog ever, Brody helped to fill a very large hole in my heart. Two years ago Matt and Kelly Cooke entrusted me with an 8 week old Black Lab named Tonka when we were at racing at Gainesville and he and Brody became fast buddies. I swore after Hershey died I wanted no part of a new dog, especially a puppy, but Tonka is now filling the new hole in my heart as Brody had done before. Tonka is a born race dog and a great traveler and I can't thank Matt and Kelly enough for having the forethought of giving me Tonka to help me through this tough time.
Thank you everyone. Jim

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Floyd Staggs · 07-26-2014, 04:01 PM

Jim, I'm glad you have Tonka. I'm sure you are giving him the best life he could possibly want. Your plight brought tears to my eyes cause I went through it almost 3 years ago. I lost my Chewy after 14 years and it really broke my heart. I rescued Buddy and he has become my best friend. Now I'm giving him the best life he can have cause he gives so much back to me.

07-24-2014, 06:44 PM	#31
Myron Piatek VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,541 Likes: 34 Liked 138 Times in 51 Posts	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today Sorry to hear about your loss. Your love for your pets has always been obvious at the races. I'm sure they knew that too. Cherish the memories. __________________ LOCOMOTION Racing

07-25-2014, 05:05 AM	#32
jmcarter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Richmond Hill GA (and Port Ludlow WA) Posts: 4,273 Likes: 2,304 Liked 3,099 Times in 954 Posts	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today Jim, I am so sorry about your loss. Brody was loved beyond measure, just as he loved you. Perhaps you recall what I wrote about losing our precious Lucy just a couple of months ago....one day upon meeting again we will all bound like puppies on new snow. __________________ Jim Carter 2340 Super Stock 2340 SST/2340 Stock Set another place at the table

07-25-2014, 09:55 AM	#33
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today Jim so sorry for your loss. I know how much he meant to you. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS

07-25-2014, 11:35 AM	#34
600ci Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 163 Likes: 5 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today been there very very very sad

07-26-2014, 02:02 PM	#35
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,843 Likes: 663 Liked 682 Times in 128 Posts	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today I would like to thank all of you for the kind words about Brody's passing. He was a great dog and I will miss him greatly. Hershey, my previous Chocolate Lab who passed 5 years ago, taught Brody how to be the best race dog he could be. Brody was a Lab Rescue dog and my daughter Shannan rescued him when she was in college. He came to live with Hershey and me after he had run away from Shannan three times and had bonded with Hershey so well when Shannan had come home on holidays etc. from school with him. He lived with Hersh and me for 10 years and became a great dog . When I lost Hershey, the best race dog ever, Brody helped to fill a very large hole in my heart. Two years ago Matt and Kelly Cooke entrusted me with an 8 week old Black Lab named Tonka when we were at racing at Gainesville and he and Brody became fast buddies. I swore after Hershey died I wanted no part of a new dog, especially a puppy, but Tonka is now filling the new hole in my heart as Brody had done before. Tonka is a born race dog and a great traveler and I can't thank Matt and Kelly enough for having the forethought of giving me Tonka to help me through this tough time. Thank you everyone. Jim . __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 D2 National Open Stock Champion 1981 D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association. Last edited by Jim Wahl; 07-26-2014 at 04:07 PM.

07-26-2014, 04:01 PM	#36
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,521 Likes: 138 Liked 223 Times in 98 Posts	Re: I Lost My Best Friend Today Jim, I'm glad you have Tonka. I'm sure you are giving him the best life he could possibly want. Your plight brought tears to my eyes cause I went through it almost 3 years ago. I lost my Chewy after 14 years and it really broke my heart. I rescued Buddy and he has become my best friend. Now I'm giving him the best life he can have cause he gives so much back to me. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST