Loss of a friend

[vaquero57]

It has been a trying night tonight. A friend called me and told me I need to get home right away. The neighbor kid heard a commotion in our yard and looked to see what it was. Our female rottweiler and our male weimaraner(german hunting dog) were fighting. He ran across the street to see what was going on being a dog lover and evidently a good samaritan. Our weimaraners paw was caught in our rotties choke collar. Him and his girlfriend jumped the fence and hooked a lead up to our rottie while they tried to free the weimars paw. They could not so he jumped the fence and ran across the street and grabbed some bolt cutters and ran back and jumped the fence. He cut the collar but it was too late. Our female rottie was strangled to death. I know these dogs were friends. What I am positive happend was in play(sparring) his paw got caught and naturally as 2 animals will do in a panick the fight began. It could happen to any 2 dogs. She was fighting for her life and he was fighting back to protect himself. I am saddened greatly. My sister originally purchased the rottie (CM's Southern Belle) or Belle for short for her fiance for a birthday present. My sister died that same year and he took her. My wife and I got a call 4 months later from him wanting to sell her to us. We bought her and she became part of the family. She was house trained and loving. She was malnutritioned and fly bitten badly. We nursed her back to health and got her fixed. She surely appreciated the home we gave her as she showed it with genuine loyalty. My wife used to sit on the sofa at night with her and she would lay tight against her and rub her head into my wifes leg. She was an extremely gentle dog and good with kids. Very loyal and loving. We had to put our male down 1 year ago cause he got jealous of the baby and too aggresive but not her. So this makes 2 loved family members in 1 year. My wife being super emotional is not taking it too well. She would not cry anymore at a sister or brothers death and she loves her siblings. It is very emotional around here. I could not hold it in anymore as my wife bawled and tried to talk at the same time. I went out in the cold tonight and sat beside her one last time and cried. I wrapped her body in a nice blanket and carried all 110 lbs of her to my pickup for cremation tomorrow. I always bond tightly with my dogs but none so much as her. She was the best all around dog I ever had. She will be missed. I can get another dog but not another Belle. Good rest girl and it was fun enjoying what short life you could give us along with memories http://www.rottweiler.net/rottie/frown.gif. We will always love you. Cory McAlpin