Animal Companions

Thank you Donna.
Whenever I walk out in the back field where I buried him under an oak tree I get to talk to him..along with my daughter's dog ,several cats and a rabbit.
My daughter rescued him at only a few weeks old and we bottle fed him. I ended up keeping him. He was a pitmix..we think pit and black mouth cur. He was a very good and healthy dog until that last year. Arthritis set in, then he started getting sick, losing weight. He got meds, was doing better then that last morning he nudged me awake, jumped off the bed and by the time I walked out into living room he had already laid down in his bed and passed away. It was like he knew...he didn't usually nudge me awake. And it happened that fast. Sometimes I think I wish I had walked with him to living room so I'd know exactly what happened but then I think I probably wouldn't have wanted to see and have that image in my mind. He probably had a heart attack. Fast, no suffering. Glad for that bc I never wanted him to suffer and I knew the arthritis was hurting him..I have that too.
I took it much harder than even I thought I would. Laid on the floor next to him crying. It's sad but I'm also thankful I had him for those 13 years.

I sure miss him..it's so quiet now at home.