This is a final update to one of the most amazing dogs to walk this earth. While all fosters touch your heart, there are those that go right to your soul and sweet Harold was one such dog! Perhaps that is why it has taken me several days to do this post as my heart is broken in so many pieces. He bravely fought everything that was thrown at him the past 4 months while in our care, but even the bravest dog has his limits. This past week he was unable to keep anything down and was rapidly losing the weight we struggled so hard to get on. We had scheduled to do a barium test on him this past Thursday to see if there was some kind of a blockage causing his food to come back up. But when we got up Thursday morning, it was obvious that he was very weak and his eyes told us he was tired and ready to make his trip to the bridge. We knew that whatever awful thing was taking this sweet boy away from us, was something that we could not cure so there was no need to put him through another test. He had been through so much the past couple weeks that we couldn't bear to put him through any more. So we held him, told him we loved him and what a good boy he was and kissed his beautiful face as he left on his journey to the bridge. We know he is healthy, happy and free of pain and reunited with the others who have gone before. I hope that in the 4 short months we had him he felt enough love to overcome any horrible past he may have had. So, rest in peace my "sweety pea" and know that we will all be together again soon! What a blessed day that will be. |