my puppy dog.

We've called the vet. We're putting our dog down. Our golden retriever/lab Hunter, just barely 15 yrs. old. My mom is a mess. She's not the person you want to put in charge of a crisis. My brother's doing well. It's pretty much "his" dog. They grew up together. He was 3 when we got him. My sister left the house. She'll be a mess like my mom, so I understand why she left. My dad's the calm one. He's had dogs before. Except for him, we've never had a pet before. He's on his way home before the vet gets here. While writing this, my friend called me. I said, "The vet will be here in 40 minutes to put my dog down." That turned the faucet on. Saying it outloud makes it true. I feel okay though. He's been in pain for a long time. He has real bad arthritis in his back legs, and sometimes he'll just collapse. He breathes real heavy. I honestly thought we would have done this a year ago. My brother, the Barry fan, pointed out that the year we got him, the Giants signed Barry Bonds. Now Barry won't be back to play for them... weird coincidence? I don't think so, but I'll humor my lil bro. My family, we've been very fortunate. My siblings and I have never had anyone close to us die before. This is hard.





Okay, I have a good story. It's funny... I promise!





So since Hunter crossed over from an adult dog, to an old man dog, he got stubborn. When we'd let him out to go to the bathroom he would sit out there until my dad came home. So if I knew I was going out somewhere, I wouldn't let him out, because then I wouldn't be able to get to work, or where ever I was going ontime. So one day, he's wagging his tail. He wants to go out. Nope. I have to go out somewhere soon. You don't get to go out. He's still bugging me by the couch, "come on, let me out!" Nope. You're a stubborn old man dog. I'm not falling for it again. Then I noticed he's by the front door. Then the smell hits me. Yup. He took a huge crap right in front of the couch I was sitting on, and he's at the door looking at me like, "So...You gonna let me out now?"