Jaclyn Banash

Melissa Blayton & Payton

Jennifer Breedlove

Sarah Deters &

Amanda Harris
(Three Dog Bakery)

Dennis & Terry Garberg

Betsy Green &

Suzie Swyden

Kevin & Jessica Kietzman

The Shih Tzu Mafia

Andria Lea

Leslie Goldhahn &
Darren Mark

Denise McCleary
(Pom Pom Squad)

Laurie Menendez

Jennifer, Ethan, Jack & Tommy Murphy

Subashini Nadarajah

Steve Nuss &

John Matthews

Elizabeth Pendlebury
(Team Foxy)

Karli Ritter & Chris

Will & Tristan Roske
(The KC Auction Co.)

Jo Marie Scaglia (The Mixx)

Jen & Dan Scott (nightlifekc.com)

Bernard Shondell
(Team Charlie)

Drew Six & Miki Jarrett
(Drew6 Band)

Diane Southwick &

Scott Cotter

Tony Vinardi

Gretchen Wagner
(Doggie Style Bowtique)

Krystal Zeh

"Until one has loved an animal,
a part of one's soul remains unawakened."
— Anatole France

It is our honor to pay tribute to the wonderful companion pets that died while or after participating in the FuzzyFotosKC contest. We express our sincere condolences to the people, the contestants and their friends and families, who love and miss these pets dearly. The strong and meaningful relationship we have with our pets is wonderfully said in excerpts from The Journey…

When you bring a pet into your life, you begin a journey - a journey that will bring you more love and devotion than you have ever known . . . If you allow, the journey will teach you many things, about life, about yourself, and most of all, about love.

You will learn the true measure of love - the steadfast, undying kind that says, "It doesn't matter where we are or what we do, or how life treats us as long as we are together." Through your pet’s eyes you are their person and there will always be joy and love in their eyes when they see you.

If you pay attention and learn well, when the journey is done, you will be not just a better person, but the person your pet always knew you to be - the one they were proud to call beloved friend.

A pet's time on earth is far too short. We borrow them, really, just for awhile, and during these brief years they are generous enough to give us all their love, every inch of their spirit and heart, until one day there is nothing left.

When the time comes, and the road curves ahead to a place we cannot see, we give one final gift and let them run on ahead - young and whole once more. Until our journey comes full circle and our paths cross again, we must say,

"Godspeed, good friend."

Roy
2008 Contestant
•
Canine-Mate
of Blaine Proctor

Cabo
2007 Contestant
•
Canine-Mate
of Kevin Westrope

Bear
2006 Contestant
•
Canine-Mate
of Rita Cortes

FuzzyFotosKC
benefits these
local organizations:

Photo Credit: All contest photos were provided by Elaina of Photography by Elaina.
You can see more of Elaina's work at www.elainag.com.