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i just have to add something cos i am new to lj but this place made me moved to tears.. it's so hard losing animals.. i have had animals die which has actually effected me more than the death of some human friends.. first story though is my Bow dog, the best dog in the world.. it wasn't even me being biased and saying that he was the best dog in the world, EVERYONE said it.. he was amazing.. little part staffie gorgeous boy and i think also a little bit dingo, mainly round his toes. he was originally my friends dog, i knew him since i was about 14, but when i was about 20, my friend, she was having a baby and had a couple of other dogs and stuff and couldn't really give him he attention he deserved, he was already about 11 and she was even contemplating getting him put down, although i think she only said that so i'd take him..
so my partner and i ended up with him, and got some years of such joy out of him, he was so smart and so well behaved, but also real quirky, we would go swimming in the river and he would dive underwater and pick up rocks off the bottom, he loved to chase magpies and eat garbage.. every garbage night he would vanish for a few hours and then come back all fat and stinky and pleased with himself..
he was getting older and i think going a little deaf and a wee bit senile, starting to get arthritis and had some pretty bad flea allergies and stuff, and then when he was about 15 or so, my sister was looking after him, cos we had just relocated to a new town and hadn't gotten a new place to keep him yet and she called me, they had found him, he'd been hit by a car when he was out on a garbage run, dear old guy at least he died doing what he loved.
of course i was devestated, blamed myself etc.. but i have now come to terms with it a bit more (it has been about 6 years) and in certain ways it was a good thing, he was such a champion and an athlete, he wasn't liking slowing down and his mind not being so sharp.. and also selfishly, i'm happy that i didn't have to make the descision to put him down, because it would have torn me apart, of course you want to keep them around.. but not if they are in pain.. i have his collar still.. it hurts to look at photos still.. i know i can't get another dog in a long time, maybe ever, cos he really was the best dog in the world and you just can't top that.. for months i thought i could see him out of the corner of my eye following me like a gaurdian shadow.. i like to think he is..
well this has actually been really hard to write.. i may have to write my next one another time.. Henery... my horse...

bye bye bowie.. hope you're happy in that place where good dogs go, you gave so much joy to so many.. i love you big dog.. can't beileve im crying writing this and it's so many years later.. proves what a special dog he was.. you'll always be a big part of my life..

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