As I mentioned in my previous post the past week has been pretty demanding and crazy because of the amount of hours we had to work. But before all that something happened the week before that deserved its own separate post.
Last week, one of our dogs back in Puerto Rico got very sick. She started spinning in circles and losing her balance. My mom brought her to the vet and they gave her many antibiotics to see if she would get better. Friday, February 6, they gave us the news that she had to be put to sleep because she might have a brain tumor or a very bad case on meningitis. There was really no hope for her and so they did just that.
I have had to endure the loss of a few pets while growing up but out of all of them this one just shattered my heart.
This is Pebbles and how we created a bond that could never be broken: Below is a picture of Pebbles fast asleep. This was taken the day that my family and I rescued her.
My sister had been visiting us in Puerto Rico and wanted to go swimming in a river that is behind our home. My parents and I had never been there before but decided to go so we could check the place out also. My sister went in the river while we just looked around. All of a sudden my mother and I hear a dog screaming its heart out as if they were torturing it. My mom and I being the animal lovers that we are quickly looked to figure out what was going on. This man tells us that his son is trying to catch a dog that some people abandoned. My mom and I look towards the man's son and see this little dog running back and forth away from him while crying out. She was in the parking lot looking for the people that had brought her. She didn't understand that they had left her there to die.
The little boy tried and tried to grab her but she was not letting anyone near her. My mom and I rushed to try to get her because her crying was breaking our hearts. While all this is going on the man tells us that the people that brought her had been throwing her in the river, grabbing her legs and forcing her underwater so she couldn't swim, and basically terrorizing her. My mom and I became furious at this point and tried even harder to get her. I remember I cornered her in one spot but she got so scared she peed and pooped on the spot. I was afraid she would bite me so I couldn't grab her. A girl came from behind while she wasn't looking and grabbed her. The crying immediately stopped and my mom and I relaxed.
We went back to the man and I asked him if he was taking the dog home. He said no...O.O <- that was my face. I turn back to the people that had her and I said, "Are any of you taking her home?". They all said no that they wanted to grab her so she would be quiet. I immediately turned to the girl and told her to hand her to me. She did and I walked back to my parents and told them, "Sorry but we are taking her home".
I remember wrapping her in a towel to keep her warm and I just whispering in her ear telling her she would be okay. When we got home with her she was so scared she wouldn't walk or anything. I brought her inside the house with me where it was nice and quiet and I just laid in bed with her. I caressed her and gave her kissed while I told her to not worry. That I would never ever let anything bad happen to her again. Little by little she got comfortable with me and she eventually fell asleep. That is the picture that is shown above.
It took a few days for her to lose her fear of people and to follow us around the house. But she quickly learned that we would always love her and never mistreat her.
She was the first female dog that I had ever had. And boy was she sweet. She used to love being with me and having me hold her. I would always carry her like a baby and give her lots and lots of kisses. I used to whisper in her ear if she knew how much I loved her. She would close her eyes and just sigh but deep inside I knew she was telling me that she knew and she loved me too. We had a bond that I had never experienced before. It was like we had each others backs. I had never felt anything like it before.
But now, I will never be able to hold her in my arms again. Or give her her daily kisses. Watch her get all excited for lunch time because eating was her favorite thing to do. She was as great companion and will be missed so much. I know that I did everything in my power to always make her happy and she made me extremely happy. It saddens me that I wasn't there by her side while she took her last breath but I am thankful that my fiancée was able to tell her I loved her for me.
Our little Pebbles. I names her after the rocks that you find in the river that lead us to her. Rest in peace little one. Thank you for making our family extremely happy. You will always be in my heart.
XOXO,
Lina
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