| Re: Diesel
Thank you all for your kind words. In reponse to the tribute, here's what I wrote on my homepage tribute to Diesel.
"How does one say goodbye to a beloved pet, companion, buddy, friend, family member? I'm still not sure. Today, I had to have Diesel put to sleep. No more hikes through the mountains, no more games of fetch, dropping the ball precisely beetween my feet. No more scratching his belly or just hugging him because he's there. No more howling with a tennis ball in his mouth when an ambulance passes by. No more biting at the air as he has his head out the window, How many times did I yell at him for making mistakes such as his recent wetting in the house? Only to find out now, that it was his diabetes that would cause him to lose control of his bladder. How many times will I go to the beach and think how much Diesel loved it there, or on a hike without him being the one carrying the water in his doggy-backpack. Diesel was a perfect dog. I had downgraded him to near perfect in recent weeks because of his wetting inside the house; however, now that I know, he had no control over it, I again consider him to have been a perfect dog. After he saw how upset I became over it, at one point, he just wet as he lay in his bed, rather than get up and see me get upset at him. Anybody who's ever watched Diesel, bathed Diesel, checked him out the vets, or even played with him, always was amazed at just how great of a dog he was.
So how does one say goodbye to a beloved pet, a companion, a buddy, a friend, a family member? One doesn't. One simply says, "I will see you again, my friend, rest in peace"." |