| Tremendous Loss
To all who have lost a beloved Rott:
This morning I lost my friend, family member, and companion of 8 years due to an accident. I am 36 years old and father of 8 children. I could not have expected this to affected me the way it has today. I cannot imagine how tremendous the loss of one of my children would be. I have cried like a baby all day and am still trying to deal with this. Dakota was a LARGE, beautiful, loving, affectionate female Rott. All of the things we as owners of Rotts say about them being the most emotional and affectionate breed there is, is true. No one that has never owned one could ever believe this to be true but it is fact. Every day I come home for lunch from work and she would be at the door waiting for me, whimpering and shaking all over the place until I would give her a hug or kiss. Every night she would be at my bedside. At times causing quite a competition for attention from my wife. I am certainly going to miss the walks in the field, playing soccer, and wrestling in the back yard with her. Her most favorite thing inside to do was catch popcorn, I've never seen a dog that loved popcorn so much. I'm going to miss lying in the middle of the living room floor and she comes and lays right next to me pushing as tight against me as she could. Or when I go to the bathroom and forget or just don't close the door and she would come in right behind me and put her head on my lap as I do my business. Yeah, Rottys sure are deadly. That's what some who have no clue would like for us to believe. I raised all these children with her and not a single incident, she was one of the kids. I will greatly miss my Codybug...sorry so long.  |