As the title states, we had to say goodbye to our loyal dog, Belle, on Monday afternoon. She has suffered with heart issues for the past year and had gotten to the point over the weekend that she was expending all her energy just to continue breathing. We do and will continue to miss her greatly. Some of the things we will always remember about her:
- every evening after dinner her staring at us knowing that it was "walk time"
- having ice cream for dessert and her waiting for her chance to lick the bowls when we were done
- making waffles and her salivating knowing that she got the leftovers
- the inevitable asking to go out as soon as we sat down for dinner (expect of course when we were having waffles!)
- greeting us at the door with the "you're finally home" look (and I think smile also)
- having to hunt her down in the house around the 4th of July because the firecrackers scared her so
- not having a clue what to do with a ball except watch it roll past her
- playing with her in the living room as she barks and growls at us, trying to look tough
Thanks for listening to me blog about her. She was my puppy ever since the first day I saw her at the kennel. I know I will see her again some day because as we know, all dogs who give such unconditional love as she did, go to heaven.
