Meet "otis"

Everyone,

New year and a birthday gift for my husband. In December, as a family we decided for my hubby's bday in January, it would be time to rescue anew. After much debate, we decided against another lab-my husband and I couldn't agree on the color! He'd been talking about German Short Haired Pointers and that they have a lab face but a speckled body. We went on their rescue site and thought they were so cute. We knew we wanted a boy, no more than about 2-enter Otis. Otis was a hunter's dog, who dumped him off at a shelter on new years eve. The rescue league found him and suggested we foster him to try him out. Well, it didn't take a couple of hours to know that this sweet, lovable, energetic doll-baby would be ours. We are in the process of adopting him. He's so lovable and submissive and he loves running with my hubby every morning. He loves to be rubbed on his belly and always falls asleep on his back with arms and legs in the air. He's just got the cutest personality and is such a lover. We love him and love that we rescued him from what could have been a dreadful fate.

There will always only be one "Eddie" forever in our hearts. Otis-- he is what me and my family needed this day, right now. We have so much love to give him and he has so much love to give us.

Enjoy this photo of our little boy and let me know if you'd like to see others.
Best~
Eddies Mom

PS: He ran back to Eddie's grave, threw his paws in front of his stone, touched the butterfly marker with his nose twice, ran around the stone and then off into the yard. It was so cool. Like a tribute, "I know you're here. I'm gonna take care of them now, don't worry."

Eddie, The Chocolate Lab

my husband rescued eddie 14 years ago. I had never had a dog before so when he wanted me to meet eddie for the first time, i was nervous. i'll never forget that day, when the door opened and the cutest dog with a chocolate face and white eyebrows and muzzle nuzzled his way into my heart. eddie had me at HELLO.

eddie was so full of life. he just wanted to be touched all of the time whether nuzzling his little head in between your legs or putting his paw on you-- any physcial attention was good by him. eddie chased squirrels, swam until he brought back that stick, played with his bubbies, and of course, as a lab, played fetch with anything that you were will to throw. he was always under toe, while i was in the kitchen cooking, just hoping i'd "accidentally" drop something on the floor. eddie loved PEANUT BUTTER and we always loved his reaction to it. he loved the cold weather and would eat the snow, then pee in it. he could be so stubborn especially when he wanted to visit a favorite neighbor and our clocks wouldn't permit it, he'd just plant his feet in the cement and not move until he got his way. eddie had the most adorable personality; affectionate, warm, fiesty, playful, needy and empathetic. he hated it when i cried and would run circles around me and bark until i stopped. he was the best spooner too, we all loved spooning eddie.

he was just like a little person to us. eddie, you will always be a member of our family and we know there will never be another like you.we miss coming home to your little, white eyebrows peering through the gate. mommy, daddy and kayla miss you so much but we know that though you miss us too, you are able to do the things that you loved so much that your tired oldself could no longer.

you will always be in our hearts. rest in piece angel-boy.

Eddies Passing

hi everyone! am new here. here is the story of my loss. please be patient with this post as i am grieving so hard. my chocolate lab eddie was put down last week. he had turned 15 one month ago and we had a huge bday party for him with other dogs and pet owners. my husband rescued eddie 14 years ago but i have only been eddies mommy for 4 years. i've been told that 15 years for a dog of eddie's size is amazing but i'm sorry i feel jipped having only had him as my sweetie for only 4 years. eddie had the cutest personality. he loved everyone and couldn't stand not being with us or being touched in anyway. i spoiled him with treats and love so he always came to me for luvin, mpmmy kisses and treats. he'd look for me in the morning if i didnt come in the family room early enough and was so comforting when i was down in the dumps. he hated it when i cried, he'd run cirlces around me or stick his cute little face in between my legs to get me to stop. eddie really started slowing down about 6 months ago. he'd been incontinent for a couple of years but we dealt with it cuz we loved him so much. he had arthritis and nerve damage in his hind legs and a few weeks ago he just couldn't get himself up and would sleep all day and had no interest in food unless hand fed.- he still had plenty of room for treats though. i knew the time was coming but everytime i thought of him not being in my life, i cried. so i've really been mourning for about a year. the last couple of weeks he'd fall on the patio and could't get himself up and would mess himself and neighbors heard him moaning and i felt so guilty for not being home all the time to help him. my husband knew eddie from when he was 1 so my husband had a really hard time with his slow demise and asked me to make a vet appt for him last week just to check in. the vet told us that there was nothing he could do for eddie, that he was simply an old man and that the years had caught up with him. when i woke up that morning i had no idea that that was going to be the day that we were going to put eddie down. the vet talked us through his criteria for assessing quality doggie life and my hubby and i looked at each other and just started bawling, we knew it was time , we knew we'd never be ready but we couldn't stand to see eddie not be able to do for himself or enjoy all of the things he loved to so- be under my feet in the kitchen while cooking, chasing squirrels, swimming( we took him with a life vest a few days before and he was terrified to get into the water), walking down the street to his favorite neighbor's house for some love. he'd fallen really hard the last time we went over, we had to drive him home in a car and i was afraid to walk him that distance again. we bawled in the vet's office while telling eddie what an amazing dog he is, how much we love him and will always love him, we held him and kissed him. it was a good ending as we were terrified we'd come home one day and find him dead in a horrible and lonely manner.

My hubby and dot are moving forward. he is at peace with the decision as he beleived eddie didn't have more than a couple of weeks at most. they got more time with him so though extremely sad, they're moving forward. i, on the other hand hurt so bad. the house is so empty withougt him in it. i keep imagining coming home and seeing his little white eyebrows through the gate peering at me. i hold a pillow at night and pretend that he and i are spooning like we both loved. eddie passed 9 days ago and i'm having difficulty functioning. we buried him in the backyard that he loved, so i go back there and visit him and talk to him. i realize he is no longer suffering and that maks me happy/relieved however, now I am suffering without him in my life and i just feel so empty without him. i just want one more hug/ lick.

thank you so much for listenting and please let me know if you have any encouraging words. i miss my puppy so much.

eddies mom