Eulogy for a Dog

[an_gadhar]

I had my old dog Gus put to sleep this morning. He had been declining for the last year, in the same way old humans do -- getting frailer and frailer, getting more senile and less apparently connected to the goings-on around him, as well as going deaf. He hadn't been in pain, per se; he had arthritis, but not so bad as to make him whimper or wince

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[bearsir]

...he will be there waiting for me in the Summer Country.

And he'll already know where all the best trails are, and he'll guide you.

You deserved one another, you did. In all the most and best ways.

A Parting Prayer

[toniamato]

[purplepathos]

I'm sorry, Skian. It's so hard to say goodbye to them. Gus was a real sweetie. I can still remember the way his funny nose felt under my hands when I petted him. I'm glad he had a home with you for as long as he did.

[beowabbit]

Thank you for telling his story.

[sacchig]

That was a lovely eulogy, and blurred the screen. I still listen in the woods for bounding feet and a jingling collar that aren't there.