When my wife and i finally got our house and lived together instead of separately. We just had my two dogs with no intentions of getting more. We had had the long talk about her not caring to get another dog since her childhood buddy "moosh" and the fact we didnt need another mouth to feed until my dear old cassidy had passed on.
My wife was still working at the pet store and that was where it all started.
She came home from work as usual one day and i came out to greet her and help carry stuff in as i often do.
In her arms was this googly eyed pointy nosed and headed gangly looking dachsund puppy.
With tears in her eyes and hugging this funny looking thing up, she tells me she just couldnt resist and had to have this little guy. I'm thinking to myself, what the heck kinda animal is this thing. Looks like a factory reject.
Not wanting to fight or hurt feelings...i conceded that we could make room for him and keep this pup, cuz i just couldnt see anyone else wanting such a funny looking pedigreed dachsund.
So we started to try to name him. Both of us were trying names on each other and we couldnt agree on a name. I commented that after all that talk about not getting another dog, that i'd thought she lost her marbles......
And it stuck.
As he grew he learned communicate with us thru funny little barks and groans. Since he was so pointy and gangly i used to call him "bonehead"...which got convoluted somehow to "groany boney" and then just "boney".
When boney was about a year old, we ended up getting another dach whom we named "Beaner Wiener", now just "Bean". We got him for our son in Fla., but he soon grew too big to make the flight and we just ended up keeping him.
Little did we know that our beloved "boney" was born with a congenital defect in his spine and it would only worsen over time. He would've had to live a perfectly sedentary life in order to grow to old age.
Almost a year ago we had the first real problems with his spine. It had degenerated and a couple disks were leaking. About 12 weeks later after much meds and cage rest he seemed to come around and get better.
We stiil tried to keep him from hard running and such, but that is almost an impossible task with a boy dog who loves to run and play.
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He started to have problems again last week and we thought he was in some pain again. A little medication seemed to help but not as much as it did before. His condition seemed to be getting worse so we rushed him to his doctors at Cornell Vet Hospital. They gave him some more meds and ordered cage rest.
That night he seemed to be in pain and could not rest, so in the morning he was rushed back to the hospital where he was again check all out and it was determined that several vertibrae had finally ruptured. necessitating surgery.
The doc's told us of the possibility of him having a fatal seizure because of all this, but we were optimistic.
As they were prepping my little boy for surgery yesterday, that is exactly what happened.
He passed on quickly and quietly and was gone....
My heart is broken now, and i and the wife are struggling teary eyed messes.
You never know how much you love someone until that big awful hole appears in your heart and life.
I miss almost every little thing about that funny looking bundle of fur and i can't yet see how to repair the immense hole he's left. He was only six years old but in that time he had shown me exactly the meaning of unconditional love. I think i will forever miss him.
If you wish to help me honor the memory of my dearest little friend and companion. Please consider donating a little cash or labor or just some time to help your local ASPCA, Shelter or Sanctuary. Most days these organization can use the help and i'm sure the animals that are in their care do appreciate every kindness that you can give.
I'll be lurking around here for the most part. But i'm struggling somtimes just to keep from being depressed.
I may not participate unless it's necessary. I need time to think, get my head straight and heal.
If anyone really needs anything , they are always welcome to contact me by PM or Email.
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