Dear all, I am pained to share with you all that we lost our adorable black lab yesterday night. He literally passed away in our hands. Wasn’t too unwell but everything happened so fast that he transcended to the next stage within 70 hrs of getting unwell.
The most amazing thing is that he passed away at that very spot that was his favourite in the whole house. During his last moments when me and our elder son were trying our best to make him get-up and look at us his eyes just froze with his gaze stuck in our direction.
His went away as a result of kidney failure, at least that’s what the vet says, but not once did he show any signs of great pain. Only indication we had of his ill health was that he was not eating.
Our dog came into our house becoz of my husband and elder son’s insistence. I am not a dog lover and infact am very scared of them! But when Tyson came into our house on 1/8/03 he was barely 20 days old and extremely loveable. I couldn’t have ever imagined that they could be so loveable, adorable and alive. As a pup he kept gnawing at every new pair of slipper/shoe, cushion, socks etc we bought and every room had his trademark marks on the furniture. We all adored him so much. He hated being left alone. Once when he was 1 1/2 yrs old we had gone to a dinner and when we came back he had feasted on a kg of traditional sweets left on the table!! On another occassion he tore a book to tiny bits!! when we returned we realised he hated being alone and since then we would tell him in the ear that we were going out and would be back in 2 hrs, 5 hrs, 6 days or whatever was the programme. Ever after he greeted us with a wag on our return!! But on our holiday during June end we extended our stay by a day and he didn’t eat on that day!
He was an extremely friendly lab. Many times me and hubby go for a post dinner walk in our locality. he loved being with us. He would walk so gracefully and if the street dogs barked at him he would give them his royal ignore! He never involved himself in petty things. He was a true blue blood with only love and affection to give.
On all social occassions he participated in our discussions and conversations by being in the living room with all of us. He hated to be left alone… and now he has left us alone and without him…longing for him….
The quality of unconditional love is what he taught me. However tired one was when we returned home from work or however a heated argument we would have at home He was one member who always greeted you with affection in his eyes and a loving wag of the tail.Can anyone of us do it? Under all circumstances he would just be around for support and love.
On an occasion when I had taken long leave, besides myself, he enjoyed himself thoroughly. He would follow me room to room and even wait outside the bathroom while I bathed!! Didn’t want me to be out of his sight.
He taught me to love and care for dogs. I can’t imagine life without him!
My kids are heart broken and can’t fathom how you can lose someone so suddenly!! They just can’t comprehend death.
May the Almighty bless him with a good home and very loving parents in his next incarnation. I have no doubt that this time he will be born as a human. His spiritual values were so evolved that he will continue to give love and make other’s lives happy in all his avtars!
May he be happy, full of abundance, good health and be truly blessed wherever he is……
We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.
