Friday, September 07, 2007
Our last day
Well today I said goodbye to my old friend as I was holding her. As weird as it seems, I think she knew it was time.
I came home from work after lunch and lost it bad. We spent the afternoon together. We went into the backyard for the last time (with our lab Abby) and then she heard it, a squirrel. Now, back in the day, she was Johnny the Jet like (without the gas station issue) with her speed and moves and would catch squirrels and rabbits (hands down a great jogging dog). Today, she took two steps, stopped and turned and looked at me. I absolutely knew at that point it was time.
We then said goodbye to Abby and went to Towl Park for the last time. We spent a lot of time there over the years. And in some last acts of defiance, let me know were she wanted to go, not were I wanted to go. Then we went to the Vet.
I will not go into to much detail, other then I truly think she knew it was time. She ALWAYS would shake when we went to the vet. Even if I changed vets, she knew the smell of it. She did not shake at all, and had an unusual calm to her.
I held her at the vets for quite a while, always looking at the atomic clock. Cherishing each second as it ticked away. All, while crying like my 5-month old…uncontrollably.
I know now that she is in a place were she can run, play catch (she loved that), chase animals and know there will never be a thunderstorm or vacuum cleaner to scare her. She was loved by all who met her and got to know her. When I would bump into ex-girlfriends over the years, one of their first questions would always be about Mayte.
Mayte, you were loved by many and I will miss you for the rest of my life.
# posted by V's Thoughts @ 7:27 PM 
