Who is Polo? He was my dog. Polo was a boxer, who I grew up with since I was 3 years old. I did everything with him. My dad use to tie his lease onto my bike when we go for walks. My cousins and I would include him in our little imaginary games we played.
For example, (Keep in mind I grew up with all boy cousins and I was the only child at the time) My two cousins and I would play out back in the backyard of my grandmas house. We would act like soldiers and act like we were in war shooting the enemies in the woods and Polo was the "healer," so when we got "hurt" we had to go to him and have Polo lick us for us to become healed from our war wound.
As time went by, I became older and Polo became older. My love for him never died, but always grew. I was not able to see Polo all the time because he no longer stayed with me. He stayed at my grandparent's house.. One day I came to visit, I noticed that Polo was limping. I didn't know why he was hurt and how it happened. My grandparents took him to the vet, but they never told me what the veterinarian had said. Weeks went by and I came back to visit once again, but this time Polo couldn't move both his back legs at all. We had to help him up the steps to get in the house. He couldn't move or jump for excitement anymore.. I later found out that Polo had arthritis and that it spread from one back leg to the other. My grandparents then finally decided one morning to put him down. My cousins and I woke up that morning thinking we would wake up to see him, but he was gone. I was heart broken to find out that my childhood friend was no longer with me. Back then I was so upset to that they put him down, but I now I understand and I didn't want to see him suffer.
My questions for you are..
Did you ever have a pet that you had or still have as kid?
What kind of pet did you or do you have?
How would you feel if your pet had passed ?
I'm sorry to hear about your loss. It's always hard to lose a childhood pet. My best friend in the world is my dog Zorro. I got him for Christmas when I was 9 years old, and love him more and more everyday. Sometimes it gets hard being because I miss him so much, and I never get to see him anymore because I'm in college. He's getting older and I can tell he doesn't have that much time left. I get sad every time I think about it. I'm going to be devastated when he passes but I have decided that if he is in any pain, I rather just put him down to take him out of his misery, similar to your dog.
ReplyDeleteI did not have a dog but my grandfather did, who I was really close to. I saw the dog a lot, her name was Stix and she was a Pitbbull and Lab mix. She's been around since I was born and it was just last year that she passed. She was getting old and really sick so my grandfather decided to put her to sleep. But I loved that dog, when I look back I did some crazy stuff to her, like ride her like a pony when I was young.
ReplyDeleteOh that is so sad. It's always hard to see a beloved pet growing old and in pain and even harder to make that awful decision. I've had a lot of pets over my lifetime, but my very first was a cat named Snowball. I got her when I was 3 or 4. She lived to be 21 years old and was the smartest cat I ever owned. She didn't die of natural causes like you might think, she laid down behind my stepdad's car and every time he'd move her so he could back out, she'd go back and lay behind the car. He thought she'd finally given up, but once he backed up all the way, he realized she'd done it again and he's run over her. He was heartbroken (we all loved that cat, she was smart and cool) and really scared I would be mad at him, but I told him she'd had a good, long, happy life and that I think she'd just committed suicide by doing that.
ReplyDeleteI've never had a pet, but I've always wanted one. I am really scared of animals though, but that doesn't stop me from wanting a pet of my own. I see how some people love their pets like they are really a part of their family, and I've always wanted to have a pet of my own to share that connection with. Who knows, maybe I'll have a pet one day !
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