Pluto by Gail

Pluto a 6 month old exuberant and energetic pup was returned twice to the Santa Monica CA animal shelter before my husband Gary first saw him. It was love at first sight for the both of them but Gary had to wait another couple of days before Pluto would again be available for adoption. Gary runs in the Santa Monica Mountains every morning and he’d wanted a running dog to keep him company. Well he sure got what he’d been looking for in Pluto. For 10 years the two of them were up well before dawn and up in the hills making tracks as the sun came up. The last couple of years Pluto had slowed down somewhat but his spirit still burned as brightly as ever (and I know continues to do so). Pluto wasn’t a dog you trained. Nope. He trained you. The world revolved around Pluto – he knew that and so ultimately did everyone who came in contact with him. This past summer we took a cabin in Lake Tahoe for a week. On our last afternoon there I heard a tremendous ruckus outside and went running out to investigate. It seems a BEAR had wandered onto the property and Pluto at age 12 1/2 had taken him on and run him off!!! That I believe in a nutshell describes the kind of dog our boy Pluto was. He spoiled and deferred to his younger Dalmatian sister Molly from the day she joined the family. He was so smart Gary often claimed that if he could write he could do physics. Yesterday he was taken suddenly from us by what we think was a heart attack. It was a terrible shock to lose him so violently so suddenly. Pluto was a fine dog a loyal family member and a good friend. He will be sorely missed by us all but his spirit will live forever in our memories.

Gail