I found my own Frosty Muzzle Shyner on the side of a busy highway. Despite going door to door and placing ads on the radio and newspaper, nobody stepped up to claim Shyner. So, she stayed with me (She's been with us for about 10 years now)
Shyner would like to share a poem that we found recently from Meigs County Dog Shelter:
You Didn't Even Say Goodbye
"Woof!" I said as you started the car,
"Hooray!" I said, it's my first time afar.
The scents we were passing were all new to me,
For it was my first introduction to this mystery.
As we got out of the car I embraced you with joy,
After all you remembered to bring my favourite toy!
You threw it once or twice, of which I retrieved,
But on the third it seemed you were ready to leave.
You threw it long and hard and I chased it like lightning,
But when I turned to bring it back I saw a sight quite frightening.
I gripped my toy hard as I tried to comprehend
What it was I did wrong to make our relationship end.
You walked back to your car as I sat there still loyal.
Why am I subservient and you so royal?
Your engine started, and you peeled out into the night,
You didn't even care about my overwhelming fright.
As I sat in my pose determined you would come back,
The sun faded behind me while the surroundings turned black.
Day after day I stayed in that park,
Lying... waiting... too feeble to bark.
As I lay there dying thinking of you master,
I asked myself how I got into this horrifying disaster.
With my last breath of life, I whispered your name
Then I collapsed in a heap overrun by pain.
Why didn't you love me master? Why didn't you care?
Had I no significance, was I just a clump of hair?
I stayed there master and I waited for you
I guess taking care of me was just too much to do.
I'm gone now master, no more You-and-I
But what I can't figure out is why you didn't even say goodbye...
I so wish I had room for a frosty muzzle. I've been thinking a lot about senior dog recently. I lost my last old man October 14, 2009. October/November always comes with me thinking about him more then normal.
Here is my old man Kramer, at about 13. He was 14 1/2 when he was PTS. Proud Senior Rott/GSD
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There's nothing like adopting a thrown-away senior (or one whose owner has died or whatever led to a senior becoming homeless just when s/he needs most to have a warm and comfortable home and good food) and giving him or her the kind of end-of-life s/he should have.
It may be the hardest adopting of all, and for sure it leads to the most frequent losses, but the rewards are huge.
I also loved that poem. Our Tasha is now about 15 years old and we appreciate every day we have with her now because we don't know how much more time she will be with us. She's a little irritating now because she's a little more grumpy and aloof, mostly deaf, and just a little more stubborn than she was as a younger dog. She's also been the most loyal, obedient, and gentle dog we could have ever wanted. I can see how some people find it just too hard to take care of an older dog, with all their extra challenges but I can't imagine just abandoning them, giving up on them. Tasha's a part of our family, no different than one of our children and I wouldn't give up on them.
Enough rambling. Here's a picture of our old girl.
We have a couple of frosty muzzles right now. Well, actually we have more than a couple in terms of dogs with frost on their muzzles, but 2 are more of a premature grey LOL. The real frosty muzzles are Cali and Zara.
Our other frosty muzzle is Zara, who I imported from Belgium with a friend when she was 2. She's really my son's dog, I just pay the bills :-) Zara - 11.5 years old with Kelson
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