Lately it seems like there has been a lot to be down about, and most recently I have been down about the world losing a great animal. A warrior in his own right. A good soul…BoDog.
BoDog was Scooter’s, one of my best friend’s dog. But I do not like the term dog for him, he was a friend…a best friend to Scooter. If we could make a dog an honorary gang member (story for another time), BoDog would for sure be in. Actually I would like to formally make a motion to allow BoDog as a full fledged gang member. All in favor say I!! Motion Granted!
I get choked up thinking about him and the connection Scooter and him shared. It was a kinship that transcended species and now time. BoDog was a great soul. They bonded on such a level few people can understand unless you saw them together. One that comes along only once in a while, perhaps once in a lifetime for some. But even though the time was short, it is well worth the while. Scooter gave him the best life any creature could ask for. He was king.
Since I love to tell a story, let me indulge for a minute with one about BoDog and Scooter. Some years back BoDog had been hunting squirrels in the back yard to no avail. But he was persistent. Eventually he did catch and kill one. Scooter celebrated with him in Tribal fashion, both so excited to get a kill. And to memorialize this event Scooter put the squirrel in the freezer with the intention to go get it stuffed that week. Well it sat in that freezer for a couple of years until Hurricane Charlie rendered the area without power for a couple weeks and the squirrel thawed and he was forced to throw it out. I do not believe Bo got any more squirrel kills, but was a terror to lizards. He hunted and killed hundreds. I am sure he was a dark legend in the lizard world. He even got his final kill on his final day on this earth. He had not hunted like that for almost a year but for some reason felt he needed one last kill as if he knew what that day was to be :(
This is a very hard and emotional blog for me to write. BoDog touched many people’s lives, there was just something about him. Something good and pure. Something that I wish were more present in human’s spirits. Sharon and I loved him.
So I want to dedicate this portion of my electronic world to him. There are a lot of people who will miss you and never forget you. You were a one of a kind soul. Goodbye BoDog. And these quotes sum it up.
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then it is no place I want to be. I want to go where they are”
– Will Rogers
” He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”
– Unknown Author