We had never expected that 22nd April 2012, Sunday was the last day you spent your life with us. You were only 12 years & 8 months old. This day was one of the most painful days I had in my life. Your daddy & I were devastated over the sudden & unexpected death of you due to heart failure. We were not emotionally & mentally prepared & ready for your sudden departure. The week followed had been a period of intense grief & pain for me (now I can fully understand how my late mum went through when my first poodle Bobby I passed away due to old age. He was 17 years old then. He was my deeply loved baby who was here for a divine purpose. He was an abandoned dog & I adopted him when he was 9 ½ old. He was well taken care & loved by my late mum after I got married. But I would reserve my weekend to visit & stay with him as he missed me very much).
I had been asking God to allow me to keep you for as long as my first one since Sep 2011 when you were diagnosed with a chronic heart failure. But till the day of your departure, I realized that I only kept you for 14 months. I took over to take care of you from my dad on 16 Jan 2011 followed the death of our family mongrel Spottie who died at the age of 10 years old due to nose cancer (unjustified death). Other than toilet discipline problem we had with you, and some “fights” with you occasionally because you did not obey our toilet discipline, we greatly enjoyed your companionship, the joy & the fun you brought to us & the
unconditional love you taught us.
During this period, we knew we had provided you quality living & lifestyle. We also know you enjoyed going for obedience basic class training which started on 6 Mar 2011 for 10 weekly lessons @90 mins. You always looked forward to that day & couldn’t wait to get into the travel carrier. You loved the carrier because it associated it with outing & fun times. You loved mingling with your fellow classmate dogs during the obedience training class. We could never forget how much you enjoyed yourself.
On 19 Sep 2011 you were diagnosed with heart failure & kidney problem. Since then, we changed your diet to home cooked food again for the sake of your health. You always looked forward to your dinners & breakfast. We loved watching you enjoyed eating your meals. Your dinner consisted of the formula food my dad had suggested (it had improved my dad health). Ingredients included sea cucumber, fish maw (good for lung), papaya & beef. This was prepared in soup form packed in microwave oven safe containers enough for 6 days supplies to go with rice at point of dinner. Morning breakfast included 1 hard boiled egg (good quality protein) & steamed carrot which you loved best. Each time you ate your hard boiled egg, you always made a kind of an adorable enjoyable sound that melt my heart and I couldn’t stop stroking your head. It delighted my heart. You were on medication. I fed you ¼ tablet heart tablet (fortekor) & ¼ tablet diuretic (lung water removal) for dinner while only ¼ tablet diuretic for breakfast. You loved eating raw papaya (which actually had reduced your creatinine & BUN level) & helped in your skin problem healing. Every evening, we would feed you apple. You also loved eating bananas which we fed you occasionally. You loved relaxing on your favorite pillow or siting/lying by the door while waiting for us to come back from work. You poohed at least 2 times a day & also pee well. Daily evening walks & morning walks (when I was on leave) had become the routine you had always looked forward to. You enjoyed every moment of them especially seated by the fountain watching people walking & your fellow dogs who also came down for their evening walks. Because of your presence, I get to know my neighbors & the security guards.
You were my social ice-breaker.
Because of your heart failure problem due to malfunction of the mitral valves, you would have some coughings each time after drinking water, in between sleeps & when get excited. As we were quite concerned with your coughings in between your sleeps, your daddy Danny would every night slept by your side to watch over you till we could see some improvements in your health. Though at certain times your coughings sounded quite serious & were quite worrying to us, we thought since you were on medications & could manage & cope with the coughings which subsequently went off, we did not want to stress you further by bringing you to see the vet. After all, you would always have your monthly check up to monitor your health condition. You also enjoyed going to the vet because over there, he could see your fur friends, cats & dogs.
I cannot understand why God did not answer my prayer. But I only knew your existence had been a divine arrangement (just like your predecessor Bobby I) at least for my late mum.
Following the death of Bobby I on the 2 Feb 2002 (that day was my birthday), my late mum was left with no dog. My first pet was a black German Shepherd dog who died on 5 Jan 1999. He was then 11 years & 6 months old. My younger sis pet Coffee also had to leave my late mum to stay with her owner because of some
misunderstandings at home with my dad.
As my late mum still had hard time coping with the intense grief, emptiness & mourning over the loss of Bobby I, she, Angela & I decided to go to SPCA to adopt a dog, hopefully could find a similar Bobby I. When we reached there, I noticed a van drove in an abandoned dog. To my delight, I saw you which looked like Bobby I, at least 70% resemblance. I quickly informed mum & Angela. Mum was very happy. We knew you were ours instantly, sent by God to comfort my mum. That was you & we named you Bobby II. Not to replace Bobby I but to take over his role & mission on earth. Surprisingly, you looked clean, shaved & handsome. You were groomed not very long. You looked so adorable & lovely. You were really cute. We told the SPCA staff that we would adopt you if your owner did not come & claim you after a week. No need to say, we adopted you. The SPCS staff had earlier given you a name called “Morton” but we named you as Bobby II instead. We were told you were only 2 ½ years old then. We brought you home
on the 22 Feb 2002.
Your existence was God divine arrangement for my late mum. You were her constant companionship & had been giving her the unconditional love & joy for 3 1/2 yrs. After mum passed away, my sis Angela took care of you as your owner for another 3 years. After she got married, my dad took over for about 2 1/2 years. Finally, when Spottie passed away on 12 Jan 2011, daddy Danny & I took care of you as your owners and brought you back to live with us in the condo. We gave you the best & quality life but you could not have a longer lifespan to enjoy further, only for 14months. Though it’s so heartbreaking to us, we knew that at least you did have an enjoyable quality life spent happily with us even though it was a short one.
Though I am still very puzzled over why God took you home so early & without any warning notice given to us (till now I still feel guilty for entrusting you to the vets who failed to save you), perhaps, your mission had already been accomplished & God had rewarded you a quality life through us. Day before your unexpected departure, you were groomed (clean & handsome) which happened to be your last. I believe you are whole again now in Heaven with my mum, my granny, Blackie, Bobby I (your predecessor) & your good buddy Spottie. Of course you will get to know my granny, Blackie & Bobby I as my mum will introduce them to you. You will also get to know Coffee too. God bless your soul. Rest in peace & enjoy yourself in heaven with them in your new body.
Bobby, thank you for all your constant companionship, loves & countless moments of joy & fun you had given us. Your presence & playfulness had always given us happiness & laughters. We enjoyed very much every moment of your companionship. Your unique character & adorable look had always melted our hearts. You had very nice features & you looked younger than your age as nobody could actually guess how old you were (that was what almost all strangers would say when they saw you. They always couldn’t stop to touch & pat you.). All these unforgettable moments & memories will always be cherished and remained in our hearts. Bobby, we loved you dearly & very much forever. Do wait upon us when our times come &
we meet again in heaven.
With love,
| Bobby II |
| 22, Apr 2012 |
| Chan Pamela |