I found ours last summer shortly before we had to put our furbaby down. I ordered them before Christmas for myself and my sons and wrote his name and dates on the gold disc. I intend to do the same with his sister when her time comes. Precious!

Oh Peke, what a lovely post. Pets certainly make for a happy home. It is so difficult to lose our babies. This just seems to be the absolute perfect memorial to them. I still use all of my pet ornaments and have to smile when I put them on our tree remembering our wonderful fur babies.

Peke, that's beautiful!

A dear friend of mine gave me an ornament (not an angel) when we lost our beloved Cardigan Welsh Corgi two years ago. It took her a long time to find one to match my dog's coloring. It sits on the windowsill in my living room, where we see it every day!

About a week after he died, my 17-yr-old son said "Mom, there's a great big Corgi-sized hole in this house".

I was on the phone the next day with the breeder from whom we got Topper. She had a 1-1/2-yr-old boy that she had been showing, but he didn't care for it, so she retired him and was looking for a permanent home. She had him on a plane to us within a week, and he's the sweetest dog ever. Of course we still miss Topper, but Yancy does help fill the hole.

Our babies.... that is what they are. No one else in the world greets us at the door shaking with excitement because we are home. ð peke

It is now 2020, 7 years since I began this post. We are dogless for the first time in 40 years. Our last pekingese that died a year ago, Snickers, almost destroyed us! Her crazy personality is greatly missed. We called her our ADHD dog. She was seldom still, and ran everywhere she went. Walking was too slow for her. I still have not been able to even think about replacing her. I can't find an ornament to match her coloring either.