Tango said:
It was your boy's time and he's now playing at the bridge- something his body wouldn't have allowed him anymore. I hope you find peace and a new best friend when you are ready.
I know, though it doesn't make it any easier..
My sister's dog Moose was a Great Dane and he and Logan were great pals.. Logan is/was a Dalmation.. and I have two more Dali's here that I also love, though they are both girls.. I don't think I'll be ready for another puppy for quite some time...
I've never had a dog before like Logan... I got him when he was just 5 weeks old.. and it was he who picked me out. He was named after Wolverine of the X-Men and practically raised at the University of Texas Pan American in Eninburg, Tx, where I was taking some Art classes, working towards a BS in Biology.. He was baby-sat by practically everyone in the art department when I had to run to another class. When he was a year old, he came in second place at an obediance trial one week before he was stolen. He was gone for 4 months and during that time, while I never stopped looking, I found Jesus, asked Him to be my savior, and I know He led me to where Logan was.. he had my SS # tattoed to the inside of his right thigh..
Oh, I've had dogs all my life, but we moved around so much, that they were always gone to another home while we accumulated another pet at the new place.. so I've never had one get old on me before...
He was bit on his upper lip by a copperhead when he was 10 and swelled up quite a bit. I got a couple of Benedryl down him but also took him to the vet, which in my opinion, was my biggest mistake.. the vet gave him some super-duty cortazone shot that he didn't
really need, and caused him to suck up water like he would never get another chance to drink again.. and that was his downfall.. it aged him so quickly, it's like I could see it happening, and while that in itself was painful, it was worse watching him go.. He was 12.
Yea, Logan was my soulmate dalidog and I don't see how there could ever be another one like him..
Thans for letting me reminise... (sp??)