It’s been just a tad over six months since Ky left us.
I still miss him terribly. I feel his absence most in group classes. He had the anchoring energy even out of control dogs responded to. He could practically read my mind and I wouldn’t have to think twice about it. That allowed me to [...]
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Six Months
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, pets, tagged death, dogs, Leonberger, life, pet loss, pets on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PennHip Reinforced
Posted in Leonberger, dog training, dogs, life, pets, tagged dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, PennHip on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Quig’s PennHip results came back yesterday. We figured he wasn’t as bad as Tringa. Tringa’s are really bad. We weren’t sure how he’d measure up to Mara, our GSD. I personally felt he’d be pretty close to Mara, but watching his movement, I’d have guessed he’s a little worse than Mara.
See our post on PennHip [...]
Seven Days
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, pets, tagged dogs, grief, Leonberger, life, pet loss on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s been seven days since Ky left us. Seven days of trying to find a new way without him by my side. Seven days of re-discovering exactly how deeply woven he was (and still is) into my life and livelihood.
There is a famous saying “not all who wander are lost”. Right now my personal view [...]
48 Hours
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, tagged dogs, Leonberger, life on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Less than 48 hours after letting Ky go, Tringa & I were in the school parking lot. She was waiting for me to get her dream catcher and medicine bag attached to her collar. Her Dad, Cowboy, sent it to her via special messenger at Nationals. In other words, Cowboy’s mom, Dorothy couldn’t make it [...]
Celebrate Ky’s Life
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, tagged death, dogs, euthanasia, grief, Leonberger, life, oesteosarcoma, pet loss on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
T.G.I.KyDay
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, pets, tagged Leonberger, life, pet loss, pets on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Ky retired from his therapy visits at the end of March, I figured we’d be able to get a surprise visit or two in if we could get our schedule to work. We did a surprise visit before the kids went on spring break. The Friday before spring break, the instructor, Neil, told the [...]
The Last Road Trip and The First Road Trip
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, pets, tagged bone cancer, grief, Leonberger, pet loss, pets on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s Friday, April 3. We got home from Ky’s last road trip about an hour ago. He made a quick appearance at the Leonberger Club of America’s National Specialty. People who have met Ky in person over the years got a chance to say goodbye. People who’ve “met” him on the Internet got to get [...]
Beacons in the Fog
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, tagged bone cancer, death, Leonbergers, life on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After getting the diagnosis of a terminal illness for your pet a fog engulfs your body and brain; every breath sucks some of it deep into your lungs. It becomes a part of you. What you do with that part is up to you. It’s hard to not let it overtake you. It’s there every [...]
Passing the Torch
Posted in Leonberger, dog training, dogs, life, pets on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ky was going to help me teach a CGC/Therapy dog class on March 9th. It was also a day we were supposed to be at school for kids to read to him. A twelve hour day seemed like a lot to ask of Ky with his cancer, so I made the decision it was time [...]
A New LTA Recipient
Posted in Leonberger, dogs, life, tagged Leonberger, LTA on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On February 26th, 2009, our very own Kyoak completed his 50th school visit. This completes the criteria established by the Leonberger Club of America to earn his Leonberger Therapy Dog Award (LTA).
It was also his tenth birthday.
We had a party. Ky wore a party hat, the kids wore party hats. We all read pages out [...]
