Joseph & Christina Clark

I wanted to create a page to reconize all the amazing canines who have shared their lives with our family at one time or another. (page 1 of 2)

First there was Hombre. He was born April 30, 1982, and crossed the Rainbow Bridge March 15, 1995.

I was eleven months when he joined the family, and became my best friend and now guardian angel. His full name was Forester Hombre Vom Monroe, and him & I were attached at the hip. I remember sharing my pop-cycles with him, sleeping in his crate, reading him books, running over his tail with my big wheels, playing with his teeth (I was fasinated with those big chompers), sitting on his bed while doing my homework, exploring the woods near our house... and many many more stories. There couldn't have been a better childhood buddy than my German Shepherd named Hombre.

The second dog to share my life with us was Gypsy. She was born February 8, 1995, and crossed the Rainbow Bridge July 19, 2008.

I was 13 1/2 years old when I brought home this little bundle of fur just 16 days after Hombre passed. She was a 3/4 Husky, 1/4 GSD, and I named her Gypsy. Who knew that 13 1/2 years later, when I would be 27 years old, I would be saying good-bye to such a long-time amazing friend who had impacted my life in so many ways. It was difficult to say good-bye to the friend who saw me thru so much, like puberty, my first kiss, cancer, moving out of my parents, making it on my own but making it together, my first love, my first heartbreak, the loss of my GSD Diego, my wedding, and so on. All these major events and more she has been with me. I miss her, and I hope she has found Hombre & Diego at the Rainbow Bridge and they are having a great 'ol time together.