Not a good day...

Posted by Rob (Velveetaville, United States) on 13 March 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Dear Friends at Aminus3,

I have been struggling with how to tell everyone about this so here it goes...

Max, and the rest of us, got some bad news a week back. Max has liver and spleen cancer, it's inoperable and his time here is nearing it's end. I wasn't sure if I was going to put anything up on this blog regarding Max but I figured there are a few of you who know him through my photography and also, so I am told, it helps to share your feelings.

When he arrived on our doorstep way back when, we knew he was something special. That dog, that wonderful dog, rolled out of the back seat of a Cadillac Seville and looked around as if he owned the place. He was this big white bundle of love and got lots of hugs from us and even strangers. We all got along as if we had been with each other for ever. Max, my wife Phyllis, Mille and I were meant to be together. We all seem to balance each other.

We are so very thankful for Max being sent to us and we will miss him when the time comes for him to go up to heaven. Phyllis and I have done the very best to give him the best life we could and he deserved with lots love, hugs, kisses, treats, a great yard, a sister to be with... all the things a great friend he is so deserves. We cherrish the memories we have created with Max and we savor the precious time we share each additional day we have with him.

It's all right to feel sad, but don't be sorry for him, be happy for Max. Be happy that he has had a pretty wonderful life. He was rescued from an uncertain life 8 years ago and has been quite spoiled ever sense. Be happy that he has had and continues to have so much love in his life and that he has given my wife and I so much love and happiness in return.

Dogs live in the moment so we plan on being like them during this time and taking each moment we have with him and savoring it. We will cherish each and every day as if it our last with our boy Max.

Regards,

Rob

"Every year, between six and eight million dogs and cats enter U.S. shelters; some three to four million of these animals are euthanized because there are not enough homes for them."

Please be a responsible pet owner and have your pet spayed or neutered.

Note: Statistics are from the Humane Society of the United States website.

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