Comments on: countdown

By: char

char — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0000

What a great tribute.

Isn’t it great that we as humans can give our pets “a good death”? My last two dogs were rescue dogs and one of them was a great friend…. I feel really good that I gave them good lives and easy peaceful deaths.

By: Vila H.

Vila H. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:14:37 +0000

In death as in life, you did right by him. Thinking of you both.

By: vieux bandit

vieux bandit — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:35:56 +0000

Y’know, as a rule, I don’t like small dogs. Pepe and Poupoune were the first ones I grew to love through you both. (I can love individual small dogs! Especially those with such personality.) I’m glad you’re okay, and glad to know you find the only comfort there is in such times, to know he had a good life, was loved, and that the love, well… it sure didn’t pass away yesterday. Yesterday, the first time a Tweet made me shed tears. You don’t want sympathies? I feel them anyway. I’m sorry your family needs to adapt to life without him. Oh, I know, all will be fine, but fine without Pepe is just not as fine as fine with Pepe. *sigh* Thank you for sharing: I too find comfort in knowing my pets are buried close to me, and I was there for their final moments. They deserve nothing less, and neither do we.

By: Roz Cummins

Roz Cummins — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:23:14 +0000

Ditto to everything Leanne said. You did right by him in death as well as in life.

By: Susan W.

Susan W. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:09:34 +0000

I will come back to Montreal some day! Maria Bonita sounds wonderful. Right now, I have a wonderful old 12 year old dog, a rescue who we took in a year and a half ago. He’s had a rough life. He’s very happy now but has a lot of fear of being abandoned or dumped. Long car rides upset him for the same reason. I’m very loyal to him and don’t want to leave his side. But I miss Montreal! And my local fabric store shut down here in my small town. I haven’t been to a fabric store in OVER A YEAR! OVER A YEAR, I tell you! Not because of the dog; just because I can’t get to one without taking a day trip somewhere. And it just hasn’t been possible.

Thanks for the invite. You’ll hear from me someday.

By: alison

alison — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:51:57 +0000

Leanne,

Oh, you can cry! I don’t think we ever quite get used to mortality.

And yes, the Mexican food was astoundingly excellent. We went to Maria Bonita for the first time, and it is now on our list of places to take people who are visiting from out of town.

Thanks, Susan.

Yes, Pepe was loved and happy. Now he is no more, but if you come back to Montreal we can go to Maria Bonita together!

By: Susan W.

Susan W. — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:25:11 +0000

He was obviously loved and a happy dog.

And you did very well for him on his last day. He looked so happy on his walk!

By: Leanne

Leanne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:48:32 +0000

OK, well, no sympathies? I cried. Yes I did.
And chuckled at the “trying the hole on for size” with the spade behind him. You have a macabre sense of humour and practicality. :D
And admired the dandelion in his collar on his walkies with out the harness.
And gazed at him on his blanket looking like he is sleeping, waiting to seem dead instead of drowsy.
And then scrolled down, and totally burst out in guffaws with tears rolling down my cheeks at the pic of him dead in the hole. Now if he doesn’t look really good and dead there and ready to be buried, I don’t know when he will.

I appreciate your sharing, and the very detailed countdown. He was a dog who was truly loved and appreciated it and it shows.

I hope the Mexican food, for Pepe’s sake and yours, was astoundingly excellent and hit the spot.

Thanks for Sunday. hugs from Leanne and Taotao and Wretched Gretchen, aka Audrey