Farewell, my beautiful friend
27 May 2011 2 Comments
in raining, cats, and dogs Tags: good dog, Great Dane
Tydaneium's Kashmir, "Chai" 2001-2011
Chai was the very definition of a Good Dog.
She filled our lives with her happiness. To say she was a big dog is an understatement; she weighed more than I do. Without her, the house seems vast and empty; it echoes in her absence. Now, there is no more deep purr-growl of happiness, no enthusiastically wagging Great Dane to come home to.
Camping will never be the same again, nor long walks through forest or along wide sandy beaches. Our lives have been irrepairably altered by her untimely death. Her last day, I watched her lazing in the hot sun, tongue lolling in a big dog-smile; the epitome of contentment. If I’d known what was coming, I would have laid down with her in the grass and held her as long as she’d let me; I’ve never wished so hard for the gift of premonition until that night.
It has only been a week and my heart is still aching with the flood of memories. Chai loved life and people with her whole self; she was sweet and obedient even to her very last breath. In the future, there will be dogs, but there will never be another dog like her.
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May 28, 2011 @ 15:34:45
Sorry to hear about Chai. She was a very sweet dog.