Whew Doggies!

[sooZen]

Excerpt from Zen Upchuck, my journal:

I have alway had dogs, loved dogs and with that comes the hard fact that my Dad always said, "Trouble with dogs is that they don't live long enough..." And darn it, they don't and like any passing, it's hard to part with old friends and loved ones of the furry kind. But, none of us living things are getting out of here alive and I look at death, like birth, as just a transition. Black Annie Lee made that transition on Friday. She told us she was ready and her passing was very peaceful, hard on us that carry her memory, but over the line she had to go.

We will miss her and isn't that the hardest part? The memories? The tribulations? (she could be a stubborn girl) The empty space? But empty spaces are quickly filled in this mysterious universe and just when you think you cannot bear the loss, nature has a way of saying, "yes you can". For as the old adage goes, LIFE does go on in some form or another. And we fragile beings on this blue dot in space continue to go on, like it or not. I choose to like it...

Chang(es) came to us just a week before Annie's death and isn't that how it is? He was very respectful of her and gave the old lady a wide berth. Yogi just liked to give her a fancy hairdo, licking her all over until her hair was standing straight up with that special Yogi gel. Yogi was raised by her, coming to us as a baby of 8 weeks. She was all business and took on the little imp Yog with determination. She made a great dog of him and I am sure he will make a great dog of Chang. The torch has been passed.

I just hope the Yog will let him play with his toys as his mom Annie thought toys were Not the business of working dogs (her Aussie roots.) So far, he is much more tolerant than her but he still won't touch a ball or a tug toy himself.



Contemplating Annie



Mama Annie and the Yogi



Chang Lee



Are you my Daddy?



The Yog being Yogurt


We had a great day at the Farmer's Market yesterday and Chang came along so he could socialize with all the doggies, children and grown-ups. He is so mellow that Mary thought he had melted into the ground like a "mutt puddle" (Richard Brautigan.)

Have a wonder full day and take your dogs for a walk.

Note: Black Annie Lee, 19 years old (over a 100 if you are a human) when she transitioned.

[Arcadia]

I also was very sad when Dingo died at thirteen, even though I wasn´t very fond of him most of the time!!. The only extended family pets at the moment are my dad´s caramel blind perro Pulqui (9 years old), my aunt and uncle Chiquita perra (I guess ten or eleven years old) and my aunt beautiful gata Tomasa (I guess fifteen or sixteen years old). And yeah, the family kids loved them!. I´ll search for some photos to post later!

beautiful dogs!! :welcome to Chang, hola! to Yogurt and good journey to Black Annie!!

[sooZen]

Gracias Arcadia, I would love to see photos!

[stilltrucking]

If I can afford a tombstone I am going to have it engraved:

Here lies jack tilles, he killed his dog

I still mourn him. I am sure I will get over it someday. If I had three thousand dollars I might have saved him. But even then the vet set there was no guarantee. He could not pee he was suffering I had to put him down.

Beautiful animals SooZen.

"I would like to be half the man my dog thinks I am"

[sooZen]

Thank you Jack.

The beautiful thing about dogs is that they always forgive.
The sad thing about dogs is that their lives are so short, for us anyway...

Yogi has bad hips, dysplasia both sides. He could use some surgery but he is seven years old and for a big dog, his time is short. I cannot even afford to get my hip and knee fixed...so it goes... I love him dearly, will miss him dearly when he goes but life and death are natural, for us all.
That's a fact Jack.