Various of my pages feature pictures of my Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Starbuck. I have a collection of his photos on my Facebook page, Starbuck photos on Facebook
He may have been the most beautiful dog this world has ever seen. Not just his looks, which were extraordinary, but his sweet and loving nature.
"Black Friday" was really a dark day for us this year. On the morning after Thanksgiving, we had to put Starbuck to sleep. Even now, a month later, when I write words like these, I want to shout to our veterinarian, "Stop! Don't do it! Don't kill our boy!" But I can't un-do what's done.
I wouldn't, of course, even if I could. It was the right decision. I know if we'd asked Starbuck, he would have said, "I want to love you and make you happy forever. I don't care about the pain." But we loved him, too. We couldn't let him suffer.
His ashes and a little clay paw print are 6 feet away. I don't pull those things out when I want to talk to him. I just talk to the place I know he'd be sitting if he were here.
