Where have you gone?
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So I've been avoiding this one.
Well here we go (big trigger warning)
A few months ago, a customer kept coming in and buying puppy vaccines and other items for a litter. We got to talking and she showed me updates on her litter whenever she came into the store. No matter how pretty the othe pups were I kept gravitating towards one specific one. A red and white male. This was odd since I prefer females and didn't want another dog for me (I wanted my son to pick one out)
Anyway, I kept joking with the breeder that for some reason I was being pulled to him.
He took several extra weeks to sell. No biggie I have 2 dogs and 2 cats and other critters.
Still thought of him often, a friend of mine is a friend of the breeder. So I was a bit surprised when I saw that pup had been brought back a month later. I mentioned about the universe wanting me to have him. Needless to say I ended up bringing him home.
And then I found out why the universe needed me to have him..
Within the same week of bringing the new boy home I lost my best friend.
She spent the weekend at the ER vet but she never got to come home. I had to make that decision while on the phone with my mom as we both cried for her, I stared at my new pup, wondering if it was his fault, maybe the stress, maybe I focused on him and missed something.
Luckily mom and I were able to go and say our goodbyes. And I got to speak to her vets. It wasn't the new baby's fault just like it wasn't my fault. She was old, poorly bred, and had many long term issues that came together. Igave her a lastkindness and the universe gave us a new companion to help both me and my remaining dog(her bonded partner) a way to move on smoother.
My son and my fiance were not as found of her as me and my other dog were.
Renley hated kids, and strangers, and had bad eyesight from a young age so she barked. She was as dumb as a brick and as useful as a box of rocks. But she was my best friend. I saved her life as a puppy and in return she saved mine. I wasnt ready. It's been very hard but I've coped rather well.
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I suppose I will finally end this here. It's so late and now I'm upset. Besides the sadness the reason I didn't want to post this was because I knew I wouldn't be able to draw her correctly. I did my best though
Thanks for reading. Pet loss is valid. It doesn't matter your age or theirs.
I will probably edit this a tad tomorrow