Especially Rusty.
Yesterday evening, my dear friend Liz's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rusty, passed away.
Liz & Jonathan adopted Rusty a couple of years ago from the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Rescue. He had a full, wonderful life and peacefully passed quickly while on a walk with his family.
On Friday night, we were over at Liz & Jonathan's house introducing Cash to the animals for the first time. Rusty was an older dog with some heart problems and usually he was not very active, but he almost jumped on the couch just to meet Cash. This jumping was no small effort for Rusty, but he was so sweet and so desperately wanted to be close to Cash.
We have animal family members and are grateful for their unconditional love and affection. Their willingness to please (despite their sometimes disgusting behavior) and their capacity for forgiveness are daily examples of why dogs (and sometimes cats) are so much better than people. Liz and Jonathan feel the same way we we do and are devoted to their animal family members even more so than Buttin and I. I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling right now.
The only comfort I can give is to tell them (what they already know) that Rusty was the most tender-hearted creature and his time with Liz & Jonathan was (no doubt) the best years of his life. They treated him like a prince.
It won't be the same going over to their house and not watching Rusty steal the other dogs' rawhides, but I know he's in heaven running, jumping and eating all the rawhides he could ever want.
We love you Rusty.
Yesterday evening, my dear friend Liz's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rusty, passed away.Liz & Jonathan adopted Rusty a couple of years ago from the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Rescue. He had a full, wonderful life and peacefully passed quickly while on a walk with his family.
On Friday night, we were over at Liz & Jonathan's house introducing Cash to the animals for the first time. Rusty was an older dog with some heart problems and usually he was not very active, but he almost jumped on the couch just to meet Cash. This jumping was no small effort for Rusty, but he was so sweet and so desperately wanted to be close to Cash.
We have animal family members and are grateful for their unconditional love and affection. Their willingness to please (despite their sometimes disgusting behavior) and their capacity for forgiveness are daily examples of why dogs (and sometimes cats) are so much better than people. Liz and Jonathan feel the same way we we do and are devoted to their animal family members even more so than Buttin and I. I cannot imagine the pain they are feeling right now.
The only comfort I can give is to tell them (what they already know) that Rusty was the most tender-hearted creature and his time with Liz & Jonathan was (no doubt) the best years of his life. They treated him like a prince.
It won't be the same going over to their house and not watching Rusty steal the other dogs' rawhides, but I know he's in heaven running, jumping and eating all the rawhides he could ever want.
We love you Rusty.
I am crying as I write this. THank you so much for such a sweet memorial to Rusty and thank you for coming over to be with us last night. He has left a big hole in our family.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful little man. Run free little Rusty.
ReplyDeleteWarm regards and our sympathies to all. We lost our blenheim boy Oliver (aged 13) almost two years ago, and we think of him every day.
kind regards from us on Kangaroo Island, South Australia