A dog afternoon

Here it comes again as I write this story. She will run to see me type on the computer. This doesn’t happen all the time, only when she wants something from me. She will stand by my office door, look at me, and then look away. If I turn to her, she comes to me and rubs against me. She will lean over to me and then put her head on my lap and look at me with those big brown eyes, daring me to guess what she wants. Is it food, water, outside, attention?

This time he wants nothing more than a little love and attention. It doesn’t always have to do with attention, but even so, if someone walks into my office, she will walk in and act jealous. I don’t know why she’s acting so jealous that there’s literally no one like her in my life. I love her attention as much as she needs mine.

There was a time when I thought I couldn’t replace my last furry friend when he tragically died. In fact, I had him euthanized, but it was an act of love. He hurt his knee and although he could still move, he knew it hurt most of the time. Sure, he still wanted to be with me and go with me wherever I went. He had a hard time following me, although in the end that was not the biggest problem.

One day he lost the use of another leg, I knew it was time. I called the vet and asked if I could bring him in to end his suffering. I drove to the vet, paid the fee, and returned home with a stretcher for my dog’s last trip. My wife and I had a hard time getting it onto the stretcher, but I think at times like these, you just put your mind on what you have to do. After my dog ​​was euthanized, I don’t remember much more than crying louder than some people who have died.

Perhaps we cry for our pets because they depend on us more than most people and almost everything we do affects their lives and deaths. We wonder if we did the right thing when it feels like that moment. I still miss him sometimes.

Now I have this dog who makes me laugh, gets excited when she sees me and runs in circles, stops for a while and leans towards me like I have never caressed her before.

Here he comes now for attention. I caress her and she turns around so I can have her whole body, especially her butt area, she likes him more than everything. As he walks away, I see that I have been writing too long, the sun is setting. I have to go now and take my best friend for a walk before the day is out.