Bugzie was my best friend
I did not know it til the the weekend he had a stroke and
I had to put my best friend to sleep.
It was sudden and happened too fast.
He was in great pain and I did what
I had to early Sunday morning May 26 2002.
It was the most painful thing I ever had to do
and I had just recovered from cancer.
I had 8 months of treatment that was
nothing compared to losing Bugszie .
We got him as a puppy 1988 – 1989.
He crIed; shed hair all over and sold him to a women.
Two days later he was back tied to the front porch
with a note he was miserable unhappy and needed a home like ours .
He was back and stayed with us for a long time
but not long enough.
I thought he’d be with me till we were both old and gray.
I forgot or just did want to think about it.
You never miss some or someone til they’re gone.
Bugzie was a white and a little tan pek
not a show dog just a loyal sweet dog
who never hurt any on even in his last hours and his pain.
He loved to sit under a tree and wait for me to return from work;
in his last days he could not climb that hill
now when I come home he is not sitting on his hill
but he is buried beneath
and I can still picture him there waiting for me to return.
We got him for my daughter in third grade.
She is a student 5th year college.
We all miss and they say that dogs don’t go to heaven.
I say they do and we’ll all be together again someday.
Tom Davies