Well, it was his last day today... My 15 years old dog and workshop best friend was put to sleep today. We had a baby last year and he never really accepted his new rank in the family. What made him happy a few years ago didn't make him budge of an inch today. He started to bark and show his teeth whenever he didn't appreciate what was going on around him. He's never done that before and never had any form of aggressivity. Unfortunately, it's was a very bad mixture with a one year old baby trying to grab him every minute... An accident waiting to happen.... The question was not "if it will happen" but more "when it will happen".
I couldn't recognized him anymore, he became an animal you just feed everyday but can't really touch anymore. He used to always be in the same room as us but during the last year he was avoiding us as much as he could. Not him anymore.
Ah crap... you wish those moments will never happen but they do and when it happens it hurts like you would never suspect. He's been such a great pet always there and close by when things weren't going right. I think memories of all that good time with him hurts me more than anything else. Fortunately, I have a wonderful son and I'll have many years of joy sharing all I know with him about woodworking and... life.
Ô well, I just felt tonight like saying goodbye to a good old friend and I hope he appreciated his life with me as much as I appreciated mine with him around.Goodbye boy and have a good time up there!
Greg D.