Today my 2nd best friend died. He was 14yrs old, and suffered from liver, kidney and heart failure, arthritis, cataracts, partial deafness, and most recently, incontinence. Not a fun life, so I had him put to sleep this morning.
I have to say it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I know that sounds sappy, and maybe its the pregnancy hormones talking, but I really had a hard time letting my "baby" go. Here are a few fun pics from the last 6yrs.
This is the day that I got him from the pound. He was picked up as a stray in Irvine. Not the most ghetto place, and the workers at the shelter thought his owner went senile because he was found with a big blue bow glued to his back.
After a trip the groomers he looked so much better and was sooo much happier! Freddy never really took to Jeff. I think they saw each other as "competition", and when Freddy realized that this guy was here to stay, he took revenge. Mostly on his shoes in the form of selective incontinence. It's not fun putting on a wet shoe, and Freddy knew which buttons to push with Jeff.
Who, me?
Raine and Rio adopted Freddy right away as their own.
(Rio did her own make-up for this picture. Pretty, huh?!)
As much as he needed it, Freddy never really enjoyed bath time. I thought dogs loved the water!
Freddy was best known for his tongue. That's right! It is theorized that he was part lizard. He had the longest tongue ever!! And he showed it off whenever he was content. He would lick the air for hours as long as he was sitting on someone's lap or being given attention. It was the weirdest quirk, but always made people laugh.
Oh Freddy, you were the best dog ever. You'll never be replaced nor forgotten. Thank you for being my friend, my white shadow, a faithful study buddy through grad school, an awesome roommate, and the cutest Cesar's dog food look-alike ever. RIP.
