Doggone it!

Two people i know lost their pet dogs over the past two days and I so much feel their loss. I lost mine a few months back and only in her loss did i realize what she meant to the family 😢

We have a new pup, about 7 months old, filling up the big shoes of my previous dog..but this one is bratty, hyperactive and obstinate. I lose my temper with him many times a day and had even given him away to a friend since we could no longer manage him... 24 hours is all we could manage his absence and lo he was back home. We are still unsure which of the two is a tougher call - the one we took to give him away or the one to bring him back home under 24 hours :)

Its now tough for me to imagine a day without ginger ... a day when I don't wake up to his incessant barking...the sight of his face thrust against the balcony grill as I drive off to work...running away with my sock as i open the shoe rack just about everyday..not a meal that I can have without him demanding his share. Hardly a day when he wouldn't welcome me at the door no matter when I return. He has my attention and mind share every single minute he is around..He clearly behaves like the master and we his housekeeping staff 

We are not alone, every dog lover and every dog keeping family will mirror this sentiment; I still recall the traumatic days when the dog of a close friend got lost - the panic, the search and the sadness was unbearable until he was found and reunited.

Pets are perfect soulmates.. Sure they can't talk but they can more than communicate and almost always in the only language they know - love.
Love that is unconditional, steadfast and profound.

I write this post in memory of Gypsy who we lost months ago and the two doggies that departed recently. Strength to my buddies who lost their soul mates..the blessed doggies probably are part of a more loving family now