Dexter Vogt

 

 

" Dexter Vogt "

5 / 89 --- 7 / 14 / 97

To thank you Dexter for your love in life and after...

 

It was one year ago today that I lost my best friend.

I miss him and love him as much today as ever.

Time has helped the "hysteria" of the loss.

I realize how lucky I was for the way God took him,

swiftly hopefully painlessly.

I didn't have to watch him suffer or lose his senses

or lose him to some tragic accident. For that I am so thankful.

But the pain of not being with him has not lessened

the guilt of thinking I should have known and done

something to stop the inevitable...

He was 11 years old and I always worried about the

day I would lose him then the day came and

it was the last thing I expected to happen.

I did not do well on my own at all and found myself calling

out for his and God's help after many sleepless nights.

They answered with a phone call from a friend who had

heard of a six year old Doberman who was going to be put

to sleep if a home was not found for him.

I was of the mind then that I never wanted to suffer like

this again so I would make it through the pain

and then never get another animal never give away

that much love never get hurt again...

Something inside me wouldn't let that happen

and I went to see him.

Marnic is beautiful and loving and didn't have such a great life...

he had an owner who chose a man over a dog she had for

six years... SIX years and she was just going to put him down.

I think God and Dexter knew it was a story I

would not walk away from...alone.

We had some rough spots getting adjusted and

a horrible scare with heartworm signs of the previous owners

LACK of care but he is doing well now and I realize what

a terrible mistake I would've made to put the walls up

and not bring another precious loving dog into my home...

We needed each other and I am sure that it is thanks to God;

and to my child my best friend my soulmate- Dexter,

that we found each other.

And I believe that someday we will all be together,

just beyond the rainbow bridge forever.

 

 

 

Dexter Vogt