Gunner's Pet Memorial Guest Book at Rainbow Bridge

From: Mom-Joey
On: 1/28/24

Gunner, Happy birthday to the most fetching pup around!" Here you are, another year older and still the most loving dog ever. I hope that all of your siblings and our furbabies are celebrating with you in a big way. Popping balloons was always a favorite of yours not to mention tearing wrapping paper off of presents. I hope you celebrate today and every day. One day, we will celebrate again - together. I love you dearly my sweet boy! Happy Birthday...Mom - Joey

From: Mom - Joey
On: 12/31/23

My sweet boy Gunner…it’s been 20 years since you left and crossed Rainbow Bridge. Although I know you no longer suffer and are restored to full health, my heart is still saddened since the day I lost you I gave you my love, you can only guess how much you gave to me in happiness. I thank you for the love you have shown and the ways you filled my heart and my life with joy. Since losing you, I know that a piece of my heart must live in heaven with you. You had been a faithful companion and a genuine friend. I know that you always did your best to please me and till today, memories of your life fill my life with joy and happiness. You have taught me so many things without saying a word. I will always love you. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I’d walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. Rest peacefully dear Gunner. I love you - Mom

From: Dad - Tom
On: 1/28/23

Happy Birthday Gunner Boy! I hope you're enjoying the meadows, streams and lakes of Rainbows Bridge while waiting for Mom and me. I hope you're having a great time with China, Tippie, Sieger, Baron, Max and Susie and not being too bossy....Alpha that you are! Love you, miss you and think about you daily. Until we meet again.....Dad, Tom

From: Mom Joey
On: 1/28/23

Happy Birthday dear Gun-Gun! Every time I send you a balloon bouquet I smile as it reminds me how much you loved chasing and popping balloons. You always were one of the most intriguing furbabies in our home. You made it warmer and more loving. We hope your birthday is filled with so much fun with your siblings and you are still finding and chasing water monsters! I love you very much and wish you the happiest of birthdays. Until I see you across the Bridge, I am sending you all my love and many hugs. Mom Joey

From: Mom Joey
On: 12/31/22

My dear Sweet Gunner! Today is always a bittersweet day. It is the end of a grueling year for Tom and me and it is the anniversary of the day you left us and crossed Rainbow’s Bridge. You filled our hearts and lives with so much happiness and laughter. We hope that you are continuing your eternal mission looking for and chasing water monsters around the ponds and lakes at Rainbow Bridge. I will always love you Gunner. My constant wish is “If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, we'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again” Mom Joey

From: Mom Joey
On: 1/28/22

Happy 25th Birthday my dear Sweet Gunner! What a special age. I am sure you are strutting around like a king today. But then again, you always were so royal. 😊 Enjoy each and every carefree and pain-free day! I love you my dearest Gun-Gun and I hope your birthday is filled with fun and happy memories. Think of the happy birthdays we celebrated together. Your pawprint sits firmly on my heart and I love so much. Mom ~ Joey

From: Tom Prohaska
On: 12/31/21

Happy New Year Ole buddy! I can't believe it's been 18 years since you crossed that bridge to join some of your siblings. It seems like just a short time ago but you are thought of and missed practically every day. I know you are happy and pain free and probably enjoying a daily swim in the lake. Know that I will always love you and one day we will see each other again. Dad

From: Mom - Joey
On: 12/31/21

My dear Sweet Boy! Here we are at the end of the year and it always brings both sad and happy memories of you. You were a bundle of fun and I love the years that you gave to us but I continue to be saddened by your loss. I am surrounded by your pictures and see them daily from my office desk and they evoke many smiles as well as tears. It has been another rough year with this virus and I miss the joys and antics of our furbaby. Undoubtedly, you are still chasing water monsters all around the ponds and meadows of Rainbow Bridge. I love you Gunner and always will. My constant wish is “If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, we'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again” ~ Mom Joey

From: Mom - Joey
On: 1/28/21

Happy Birthday Sweet Gunner! Wow, you are 24 years old today young man…or 168 years old in dog years.😊 I will always think of you as my young man. I know you are still living happily and carefree in the meadows and Rainbow Bridge is nearby. I just finished reading a new book about it and every page brought me to tears knowing you are waiting for me to cross that bridge with you. One day we will do that together! I love you my Gun-Gun and I hope your birthday is filled with so many happy memories. Your pawprint sits firmly on my heart and I love so much. Mom ~ Joey

From: Tom - Dad
On: 12/31/20

Hi Gun-Gun! I can't believe that it's been 17 years since you left us! It was a sad day but at least we were able to celebrate you by having all your friends say goodbye. I miss your daily swims and your antics especially looking for that elusive drain monster. You would have fun at this house because I think he followed us here. I hope you are having fun with all your siblings and have helped China become less of a couch potato! Enjoy your day buddy playing in the fields and meadows with 4 strong healthy legs and with no more pain. Love you and miss you so much! Dad

From: Mom ~ Joey
On: 12/31/20

My dear Gunner! We are at the end of very difficult year...it is the day we said goodbye. How I wish you were here to take away the lonely days and times we experienced in 2020 because of COVID-19. You would have brightened the days and placed smiles on our faces. You were fun-filled and caring; you were loving and affectionate and so very special from the first day we met. I miss you. Thoughts of you will always tug at my heart. Rest peacefully my sweet boy. Enjoy the meadows as you are free of pain. I'm sure you have found a pool or stream to continue your water antics. My wish will always ring true ~ “If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, we'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again”. I love you Gunner ~ Mom Joey

From: Tom - Dad
On: 1/28/20

Happy Birthday Gunner ole boy! I can't believe it's been 17 years since you crossed Rainbow Bridge. I hope you haven't forgotten us because we have not forgotten you. Still miss you so very much and think about you often. Hope your enjoying your special day playing with the Tipster, China, Sieger, Baron, Max and Susie. So Happy Birthday again Big Guy and I look forward to the day when we are reunited once again. Love, Dad

From: Mom ~ Joey
On: 1/28/20

I remember seeing you as a puppy and just falling in love with you. I never regretted bringing you home because you made some of my best moments special memories. When I look back, there are many special and fun times we both shared. All these wonderful memories are now flashing in my mind as I celebrate you today. Your birthday is here, but it’s sad to know that you are no longer here but I know you are waiting on the other side of Rainbow Bridge until you see me and we will share love, joy and happiness again. On this birthday, may all of the angels in heaven gather together to sing you a very happy birthday. I wish that all of your sibling furbabies make your day so very special. Always remember that you are loved so much. You left an indelible pawprint on my heart ~ I love you Sweet Gunner! Mom ~ Joey

From: Mom~Joey
On: 12/31/19

Sweet Gunner, here we are at the close of 2019 and as we have done for the last 16 years our thoughts turn to you. It’s a bittersweet time of the year ~ it’s the day we lost you and the day that turns our thoughts to the future. Regardless of how many years that pass, you will never be forgotten. It’s not easy to describe you in one word ~ Funny, Sweet, Kind, Loving, Regal, Heroic and so much more. You were my gift 22 years ago, arriving with a bow around your neck and squirming like a live-wire. No wonder they called you Fireball. Then life happened. You suffered a stroke when you were 3 years old but your tenacity to survive did not waver. You were the gift that kept on giving…until you could do no more. Thank you for your love and heroism to stay as long as you did. You always will be my special boy and as I have said time and again, “If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, we'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again”. I love you Gunner ~ Mom Joey

From: Dad
On: 1/29/19

Good morning Gun-Gun! I am so sorry I'm late wishing you a Happy Birthday. No excuse and I hope you will forgive me. You are missed still so very much by Mom and me and I laugh each time your name comes up....which is every day....or see your picture. I do hope you had a wonderful day playing and celebrating with Susie, Max, Baron, Sieger, Tippie and China. I promise not to be late again visiting you on these special occasions. Stay happy until we meet again. Love, Dad

From: Mom ~ Joey
On: 1/28/19

Happy Birthday my handsome young man! Wow, you are getting up there in years! Everyday I see pictures of you scattered around my office of you as a young pup, a regal teenager and a loving and fun young man! I miss you dearly Gunner. I hope that every day is a birthday for you ~ special days filled with fun, good runs and invigorating swims. How I miss those doggie whirlpools not to mention the endless laps in the pool:) Many hugs and wet kisses to my favorite young man! Happy Birthday... Love, Mom ~ Joey

From: Mom ~ Joey
On: 12/31/18

Hello my dear young man! Today is 15 years since I said goodbye to you. It seems like yesterday as I can remember our last moments together so vividly. Ironically, yesterday I saw a card from you and it brought a smile to my face along with a tear in my eye! You crossed Rainbow Bridge so long ago. I know you are happy and carefree, but most importantly now that you are pain-free you are running easily with the wind and enjoying splashing in the refreshing pools. I will always love you my sweet Gunner, how I wish I could bring you back to me but you will always be tucked safely and warmly in my heart. Love, Mom ~ Joey

From: Tom - Dad
On: 1/28/18

Happy Birthday Gunner ole boy! Hope you are having a terrific day celebrating with all your siblings especially Tippie and China but also with Susie, Max, Baron and Sieger! I miss you terribly but know you are pain free and running and swimming with 4 good legs. Just know that you atre always in my thoughts and heart and will look forward to the day when we are reunited again! Love you Big Guy! Dad - Tom

From: Mom ~ Joey
On: 1/28/18

Happy Birthday Gunner! Each day with you was a day to be celebrated. You made the hardest days bearable and the happiest days even happier. The joy you gave me outweighed all of it! I have never stopped loving you and never will stop missing you! You brought such happiness to my life and your determination and your strength to survive was always such an inspiration. Enjoy your day in the meadows with all of the furbabies! I hope your day is as special and awesome as you are and always will be. Mom ~ Joey

From: Tom
On: 12/31/17

Hi Big Guy! It's hard to believe but it's been 14 years since we had to make that painful decision and ask Dr. Kirk to free you from your pain. You are missed far more than you can ever know. We hope you are enjoying these past years with your siblings...especially China....pain free and with 4 good, strong legs that you were deprived off for so many years. I miss the fun we had both in the pool....when you towed the kids around....and out when you had to make Dr. Giggles laugh along with his assistants. But know that one day we will be reunited again...a day that your Mom and I look forward to. Have a wonderful 2018 Gun-Gun and share this love with Susie, Max, Baron, Sieger, Tippie and China. Love, Tom - Dad