The SWC was the description Ari gave our bearcoart
SharPei...she didn't take to Ren, who was a very doggy dog.
...but her tale is now ended as she made the last trip to the vet; Ren
was about 9 years old. She had been stumbling going up stairs and
hadn't really eaten in 4-5 days. She would look at me, as was her
wont when she needed something, when she was out of dog food or water
or wanted to go out. Now she was looking at me to make things
better. She was listless and her tail hardly ever came up. I took
her to the vet this am; who said her belly was 'tight as a drum', that
he could take x-rays, operate and all of that...but it seemed to me she
had had her run, that prolonging it would just be a misery of dubious
outcome. The vet gave her a sedative that in about a minute
turned her into a still breathing but floppy rag doll...and then two
final injections that stopped that and her great foolish heart. I
kept telling her all the while what a wonderful dog she was, the best
of dogs....and then she was gone.
Here she was fresh out of the oven. If I had one regret with her
it was that she never had puppies...she would have been
such a
mother with the cutest puppies in the world....
When she was old enough for us to take he from her
mother, Aaron and I made a road trip down to South Carolina, spring of
2011and brought her home....here is Aaron telling her of all the fun
and love that would be hers in Yankee land.
...and then back up north, with Aaron
....and full grown
investigating....
Now let us praise famous dogs.... Goodbye
Ren, you were the best.
People say that a house
isn't a home
if doesn't have books,
doesn't have a cat
But should it not
have a dog
it will lack so much...
the faithful shadow at 2AM,
the quiet noises of dog,
shifting or
making its rounds,
the hoovering of scraps that fall from the table,
the alarms at
the unfamiliar
It will lack a faithful presence:
always attentive
always on guard
always a servant
always a companion.
Chasing the deer from their herbivory
the squirrels and chipmunks
from the porch garden
eagerly delighting
in dogly deeds:
taking the garbage can out to the curb...
Adventure!
How they treasure
being
with you,
greeting
your return.
Cats?
They can be affectionate, purr
and graciously accept your attention
(for a while)...
but you will always be their staff...
A dog will put it all
on the line
for you,
always.