BOOMER SHOWED UP AT MY FRONT DOOR IN JUNE OF 1996. HE WAS A GIFT THAT I WOUND UP PAYING FOR, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER STORY. IN ANY CASE HE WAS FILLED WITH ENERGY AND I KNEW I WAS IN FOR AN UPHILL STRETCH.
HE WAS A DIFFICULT CHILD UNTIL 2 AND THEN POOF HE TURNED INTO A WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN. THAT DOG TOUCHED EVERY HEART THAT HE EVER MET. HE WAS AN OLD SOUL.
WHEN I RESCUED ANOTHER BOXER 6 YEARS AGO, BOOMER SHOWED ROMEO THE ROPES AND SHARED EVERYTHING WITH HIM…EXCEPT HIS TREATS.
BOOMER WAS ALMOST PUT DOWN THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING DUE TO TUMORS IN HIS ABDOMEN. FOR SOME REASON, HE SHOT ME THE MOST HUMAN LOOK I HAD EVER GOTTEN FROM HIM AND SAID GET ME OUT OF HERE. I DID AND WE WENT HOME AND HE MADE A WONDERFUL RECOVERY. HE ATE AND PLAYED LIKE A PUPPY FOR OVER 2 MONTHS. I KNEW THE TIME WAS COMING AND WHEN IT DID I KNEW THIS TIME WAS THE RIGHT TIME. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY.
I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING WITH HIM WHEN HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH. IT WAS EXTREEMLY PEACEFUL AND HE WENT TO SLEEP. I WILL MISS HIM EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE UNTIL WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN. UNTIL THEN I HAVE TO SETTLE FOR HIS PUPPY PICTURE, CHAIN, AND ASHES.
I NEED TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS IN DOGGIE HEAVEN WAITING FOR HIS DADDY, AND HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING IT.
I HOPE THEY HAVE CHEESE IN HEAVEN
| BOOMER |
| JIM SCALICI |