Shortcake
Found January 2005 Died February 19, 2010
I had to go to the store one very cold day in January, 2005 to pick up something, little did I know I would bring something home that would touch my life as deeply as almost anything else ever has. I would have like to have found you when you were a puppy so I could have had many more years with you. The vet guessed that you were about 7 when I found you. I don’t know about those first years of your life but I know the last 5 you were loved and well taken care of.
For some reason, known only to God, I went a different route than I normally take to this store which I visit at least weekly. I was thirsty so I decided to stop at a Circle K and get a Pepsi. I pulled into the parking lot and as I started to get out I glanced over and saw a black streak run behind my car in my mirror. I jumped out and looked behind the car parked next to me which was getting ready to back out and saw you lying there. I scared that poor woman to death jumping on her car to prevent her from running over you. I ran inside, grabbed a hot dog and ran back out telling the lady behind the counter I would pay her in a minute and coaxed you up onto the sidewalk. I tried to pick you up and you welcomed my hospitality by biting me, but I was not about to let you run away and possibly be killed in the streets. I had someone else feed you another hot dog and took off my heavy coat and snuck up behind you while you were eating and threw it over you.
I brought you home and put you in the basement and tried to find your owner, no one responded to my inquiries so you were taken to the vet, and you were mine. You took to me pretty quick after I showed you that you were welcome here and you would be taken care of.
I think you enjoyed your just over 5 years with us here, you loved to romp in the back yard and chase the squirrels. I loved the little game you would play with me when I would lay in the floor and blow on your ears, you would snuggle up on my neck. You liked to play with your adopted brothers and sisters. You would always literally shake the stuffing out of that duck that you played with and I put it between your paws when I buried you.
I wish your stay could have been much longer or I could have found you as a puppy but the time here has a place in my heart that will never be filled by another. Unfortunately I saved another dog from the local animal shelter and she brought with her a nasty case of kennel cough. The kennel cough itself was not what took you from me but it brought to the front the fact that you had other medical issues that were not as easy to fix as kennel cough. You ran out of strength and could not even bark any longer without it sending you into a nasty coughing fit. Your little heart, little only in size, could not function well with the reduced amount of oxygen you were getting. I have seen another dog suffer through that and vowed I would never let another do the same, so I told the vet to end your suffering and with tears streaming down my face I held you as you went to the bridge. You even looked at me as we were waiting as if to say help me and then you kissed me goodbye. Shortcake, you were a blessing sent to me from God and I will miss your barking at everything that goes by the house. Thank you for loving me and know that I loved you very much, I hope that there are dogs in heaven because on this earth other than God’s love there
is no love more pure than
the love of a dog.
Good bye my dear friend and I will never
forget or stop loving you.
Sam
I will always love you my little "cake"",
"
| Shortcake |
| 19, Feb 2010 |
| Sam |