May 25 1994 —- May 1 2001
Wirehaired German Pointer
Woolly came to us the first part of July 1994 and
I picked him out of the rest of the litter of 4.
My husband picked him up and when I came home from work
I was so excited that I was going to see him…
but he was no where to be found.
My husband and a neighbor were looking all over our property…
the little guy had vanished. I was so upset….
they had looked for him for hours…..I was about to give up and
then looked over into a patch of weeds and here he stood….
little Woolly with his whisker face….I cried then…tears of joy!!
Now I cry…the tears of sadness.
My heart is empty and sad and I feel like I have lost everything I treasured.
My Woolly boy was sick for five months with LSA and when we decided
to treat him with chemo he responded great and was back “to normal”.
On 4- 29 – 01 he was on the go all day with me… and while I was mowing
the lawn..he would sit and watch me for a while then he would check
out some of his hunting spots in the timber go for a swim in the pond
chase a rabbit or two. He liked to supplement his diet with rabbit!
He was a beautiful strong boy…liver colored and the most loyal and
devoted buddy.
He would put his head in my lap and look me straight in the eyes….
He listened to all of my secrets…my sorrows…..my happy moments.
We would sometimes sit on the steps and I would tell him about my day.
Whenever I had to scold him he would always forgive me ….
his love was totally unconditional.
When the day came to put him to sleep on 5-1-01
he went to the vet’s office just like he always had got on the scales
and sat there until we read his weight then off to the room where
he would go weekly for his chemotherapy.
Everyone at the vet’s office loved him and he broke all of our hearts.
The vet was crying too when she had to put him to sleep.
I held him and held his beautiful head in my hands and wept and wept.
I tried to smell him and keep his smell in my memory for as long as I live.
When his heart stopped his eyes went blank….
and his head went down over his left paw…
just like it did when he would sleep.
The whole time I told him how much I loved him and
that he was the best boy in the whole world.
Now he is surrounded by his other friends who have passed on
and I am looking forward to the day when
we again will be re-united.
Heidi
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