FAREWELL MADDY

     

We were asked to take Maddy (short for Madagascar) into rescue in April 2012.  He was 8 years old at the time. 

He was a beautiful little  boy.   

He came to the picnic that year and his new parents met him-- love at first sight.   

His dad wrote this to share with all of you.   It was written last Monday.   (It always takes me a bit to post a farewell because I want it to be something that honors the dog.)

" Maddy came into our lives at a PVPC pekenic a year after our previous peke (Suet-Suet) left for the rainbow bridge.  He came to our house on May 26th, 2012.  At the time he was nine years old and he stayed with us for almost 10yrs, making it to the age of 18yrs and 9mos old.  

 He was a happy boy, happiest when he was with his mommy and daddy.  He loved to play with his kong ball and his mooses.   His daddy made a movie of him playing bury the ball ( https://youtu.be/9EcR3blE6IU ) .

Slowly over the years he began to slow down and wanted to stay home more.  You can see his way of telling us he wanted to go home, he would get in our suitcase.  Over the last year his hearing got worse and we more or less went blind, yet he was not afraid as he knew his mommy and daddy were there for him. 

One thing that never left him was his mighty bark.  He could shake the house with his bark, but he wasn't normally a barky dog but as he aged and needed help he would call out to us and we would see to him.

Over the last six months his health began to decline and his ability to cope went as well.  

Like with most Pekingese, the summer heat was his biggest enemy.

 He stopped taking walks, and began to lose strength in his back legs such that he was doing more and more circles.

 It was sad to see him struggle but he kept his spirit and his voracious appetite up to the last day today. 

 He could have lived longer in that he did have his "good" days, but they were fewer and fewer and his discomfort at night was painful to see.  

Tonight  (last week) after we return with a hole in our hearts we will set up his bed one more time, and in the morning put out his filled water bowl and his breakfast.  This way when his spirit returns to us he will find his bed ready and his food out, a last act for our dear boy.

 He is now waiting at the Rainbow Bridge with instructions to find Suet-Suet and wait for us.  We sent him with his "tiger monkey" toy and a picture of all three of us to let him know he was loved and not forgotten."

Maddy was a beautiful, loved boy.   He is missed so much.   I love what his dad wrote about the last thing they would do for their boy-- putting out his food and water bowl, his bed ready.

Thank you for giving him such an incredible life of love.  💙