But she is just a
dog….
We have heard this before..
from those who don’t understand.
Especially if yours has passed away.
Most of us have dogs of our
pass.. who still linger in
our hearts.
We got a doxie in 2006, I
believe. She was just a tiny thing. We could hold her in one hand. The breeder made sure we had a desirable home
for her. Yard, fence.. were we good people…. etc.. and we passed. She was 4 months old when we
got her. We had a cat at the time.. that
was about 8 months older than her and they got along great. Even when they were
older.. they would chase each other thru the house… We lost the cat to cancer about 4 years ago..
So it has been just Misty and us… the staff.
After we got her, we had her
fixed when she was 6 months old. Brought
her home.. and the King wrapped her in a
soft blanket and loved on her.. We had a
open kennel for her and she slept there…but not that night.. She slept in
between us .. still wrapped in the blanket.
And she has been there ever night since then.
She was the King’s dog. I wasn’t a fan of small dogs. Never owned
one… and actually the King’s dogs were large too…but he wanted a doxie. And our daughter had a woman who worked with
her.. There was a mix up on the breeding
while no one was home.. so she just wanted to find her a good home… I think the
breeder would agree that she got one.. in fact one time she mention about how
spoiled Misty was. As I use to send her
pictures and do a little letter from Misty.
Well, Misty is going to be 14
this August.. and so there is some lump in bumps (literally) in health for
her.. And last week we had to take her into the vet for some surgery and teeth
cleaning… We had to leave her there at 8:30am. And we knew this was going to be
hard on us… but figure she would be fine.. and the real hard part was we weren’t
going to get her back until 3pm.. and no we couldn’t just stay and wait.. Now with Misty getting older, the fact of
life is we could lose her in our life time.
Something we don’t even want to talk about… But when we came home, after dropping her
off… and I unlocked the door, and so use
to seeing her on the couch across the room…….. it hit me… this is not going to
be good… if just leaving her at the vet,
knowing we will go back to
get her… yet just that moment.. hit me
hard and loneliness…came thru.
You will laugh, as at 2 they
had not called yet.. almost 3 still no
word.. and the roads were getting worse
with the snow still coming down from the night before. So I called. She said it would be a
while. I told her about the road here,
and told her, we were going to come and wait… as if we were going to be stuck
in anyway on one side or the other.. we wanted to be stuck on the side with
Misty, not at home.
She said we could but we
might have to sit in our truck, as the waiting room was full.. Told her that would be fine.
We went and 3:30 went by.. then
4:30… so we went in, as we knew they would close at 5. They let us see her, but she was out. She had
the teeth done and they were starting on the warts she had on the top of her
head and lip. We waited in the waiting
room.. time ticked away.. 5 to 5, they said she was waking up… 15 minutes later they brought her out.. none
worse for wear, except for us.. We held
her and hugged her.. paid our bill and took her home.. she was thrilled to see
the couch and home and DINNER.. as she hadn’t eaten since the night before..And
of course had to check out the yard..to make sure no other dog came while she
was gone…
YEP, SHE IS JUST A DOG….
So here you see… our fur child.. and she better live as long
as we do.. lol
She use to get up on the back of the chair to see if she could guilt the King into sharing..
She is greyer now... and little heavy set .. like her owners.... now...
3 comments:
I have read your blog for probably 5 or so years now, but this particular entry hit close to home with me. We just lost our 14 1/2 year old min pin, Riley, this past spring. He was so much a part of our lives that I don't think we'll ever get over the loss. We've thought about getting another dog from a shelter, but that dog wouldn't be Riley. Plus, I don't think we could go through another loss like that if we lost that dog, as well. So for now, Riley is still here with us, as his cremated remains sit atop the computer desk I'm sitting at right now. Our original intent was to bury them, but my husband said since he was always in the house with us, he can just remain in the house with us. And our kids know to bury his remains with us when the time comes.
I so agree..... even tho we know that Misty won't be with us for ever.it really hit home when we came home to the empty house, while she was at the vet.
the fact with my age.. it will be race to see who goes first. No we aren't going to do another dog either. If we were a lot young.. we might have thought about it.. but at this late date, no. I do like the idea of keeping her, if she does go before me.. with us … so thank you for that idea. I am so sorry for your loss.. and so understand..
I’m so glad she’s home & made out ok So stressful on us parents! I still laugh when I think about the video you sent me of how excited she was when Ken came home That was so precious!,,
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