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How do you make sense of someone’s death? Who can explain to me why such good people are taken from us sooner that people that are truly evil? These are questions that cannot be explained with hard facts. Instead they are answered with our faith in God and Heaven. I have always held the belief that our dogs know more than we give them credit for. They can detect cancer in people before our machine’s can. They detect seizures before they start from feet away. Can they see more? How about a soul? How about Heaven? Could it be that they are a conduit to our everlasting afterlife? I now know they do.

One of Rick and Jane’s dogs, a 9 year old named Chip, was there by his bedside. He was there was on Sunday, brought by Jamie, a good friend and manager of Rick and Jane’s kennel. She brought him to the bed and gently got his paws up on the bed so Rick could see him. Rick leaned forward and cupped Chips face in his hands while using his thumbs to wipe some eye gookies off. Rick leaned in and kissed Chip on his nose while Chip kissed Rick back. Jamie brought Chip back in today and he was there during the last minutes of Rick’s life. Again, Jamie put Chips paws on the bed and Chip held perfectly still until Rick’s breathing stopped. Ten or fifteen seconds after that, Chips tail suddenly started wagging. Slowly at first, then faster and faster. Chip leaned forward and licked Rick’s hand. That told me all I needed to know. Chip knew when Rick left his earthly bond and I will always believe he knew where Rick was going and that Rick was greeting all the dogs that were waiting for him in Heaven. It was a very potent message for me.

Rick will be missed by so many, yet he has quite a living legacy. I told Jane that all his dogs that have left them and gone to loving homes all across the country were living seeds that when watered by love, would blossom into beautiful golden flowers and every day the people who loved them and interacted with them would get a little bit of Rick Fish into their lives. He will live on!

By: Chandler Rudd

♥Anna