Jefe-my story

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Throughout my life I have always had dogs, as a matter of fact, I don't ever remember a time that I didn't have a dog. I was first introduced formally to rottweilers from my brother when he came home with his first pup named Sain Day. She was such a sweetie! Unfortunatly, her hips were not what they needed to be and she had to be put down. Along came his second pup, Jefe. She was an excellent dog and they went everywhere together. Then tragedy struck my family fast and hard. On my brother's way to work one morning, a lady ran a red light and hit his jeep. He passed away at the hospital. In the wake of our loss we of course took Jefe. She helped us heal little by little feeling like we still had a piece of him with us. One day I came home and someone had let her out (we lived on 110 acres) and she had gotten on the hwy and was hit. We were devasted it was like loosing my brother all over again. I always yearned to have a rottweiler of my own and I always knew I would name her Jefe in remembrance of our girl. For my birthday one year, my dream finally came true! My mom got me my rott and I of course name her Jefe (pronounce hefay, it means boss or chief in spanish)...She was incredible. Beautiful inside and out. She was my best friend. I moved my grandfather in with me when Jefe was about a year and a half old, he had cancer and his doctors were here. We had about a year with him and after his passing, she helped get me through it. We had so many fun times together. One weekend, my best friend was getting married and we were going to be gone over night. My boyfriend owns his own business and happens to be located where an old car lot used to be. It's got chain link fence all around it (about 10 ft tall) and is locked with a pad lock. We felt safe to leave her there with our blue heeler. The worst decision I could have made. When we returned the next morning, our blue heeler Dice was there, but Jefe never came out. After searching and calling over and over, we found her by the road, she had been hit. We found out later the mechanics son (who was not supposed to be there) had left one of the gates opened. It was as if Jefe had come looking for me. It was a brutal blow and my heart still aches for her 2 years later. She was the best. Although my new girl Jaycee fills my heart, Jefe will always have her place. My heart goes out to anyone that has experienced the loss of their loved one....