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Monday, August 17, 2015

It's a bad idea to read past posts sometimes...

Since I posted about Louie 7 months ago, we have gotten a new pup - Cooper. And Cooper is very much Danielle's dog. I still miss my lil Louie. But a friend at work did a painting of him for me. And then another friend had me for a Hidden Wings gift exchange - Hidden Wings was about angels. Well she got me a little memory box with an angel on it, and some words of encouragement about those who leave this life. Louie will always be in my heart, and I might always shed a tear thinking about him, or seeing old pics of him, or even when friends post that they've had to put down a beloved pet.

But in the same sense, reading past posts shows me how much I have grown. With the different tests I face in life. How I react and how I come out stronger. And I am stronger.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

All dogs go to heaven

After almost two months of fighting, tests and drugs, we had to put Louie down today. We'd gotten him just over four years ago, during the midst of our struggle with infertility. He was my baby for those four years. We loved on him as much as he loved us back. When we came home with Danielle, he wasn't so sure at first, didn't wanna share his momma. But then after I was in NY for a week with just Danielle and came back, Louie became her protector and friend. Her lil shadows that would see if she left any food for him. And she did. Danielle would feed Louie whatever she was eating. And he would make sure that her face was clean. The last few weeks he was having problems with not making it outside before he'd go potty. So we had him sleeping in his kennel, bc the house was getting stinky. Then the last two days he slept on the bed again, so I got some cuddles with him. It was time, it wasn't fair to him to keep having him go through procedure after procedure. My brave lil Louie knew it was time for him to leave us. And I'm so grateful that we got to have him for as little time as we had.