I am now able to post this without to many tears…..(still have some)
March seems to be a bad month for us as we keep having sad news. I am finally in a place that I don’t automatically start breaking down and can share with everyone else our loss. Last year on March 13, 2013 we lost Bee Bee which was devastating to our house.
This year on Saturday March 29, 2014, Diago said goodbye to us … BOB Can CH/UCI Nat/Int CH Don Diago Vom Neuenschloss CGC HIC RE CD CS CI. I was unaware that sharing 2 McDonalds BBQ Ranch burgers, the ones with Fritos, would be our last meal together, kissed him good night and went to sleep. Known too many as Diago or D. Diago will be missed by all his house brothers/sisters, Ozzie and Sydney especially as they were the old man club of the house.
He was show dog and was a true little worker. I did everything I could with him, as his was my first dog I ever earned a: Rally title, Obedience title, and Carting Title. He set the bar high and all the others had to try and reach it, Eleanor will try and take up the slack for him now. Xander thinks it will be awhile till he matures to do any of those things. He was a trooper through anything and survived MULTIPLE puppies, a true gentlemen. We obtained a Canadian Championship with help of Teresa Bradley & Thom Woodward, but fell short of the AKC one. Xander has some big shoes to fill!!!!
He lost his battle with osteosarcoma with the removal of his leg, but that did not slow him down one bit. We fought through chemo and he was an amazing patient the vet always enjoyed his visits. We even made sure to communicate with him with the help of Nancy Bruington during each activity to make sure he was on board. To our dismay, his lungs still had cancer. We hope his passing was painless.
Off to Rainbow Bridge you go…..you have touched so many hearts in your time here with us and help solidify some amazing relationships with some great people, it is just unfair that you had to go.
7/2/2004 – 3/29/2014
I am sounding like a broken record, but it still stands true ~ Please take a second and hug your dog’s tonight when you go to bed, we have learned you never know when it is your last…..