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9/23

There are dates that you will always remember and dates that your not sure you will ever forget. 9/23 is one of those dates for me...

9/23: Mufasa goes outside to potty
9/23: Mufasa goes for a ride in the car
9/23: Mufasa gets blood work
9/23: Dear Volunteers, I regret to inform you that today Mufasa was euthanized...

9/23, the day when a dog who didn't deserve the life we has was forced to live was finally laid to rest. 9/23, the day my heart broke as I told him goodbye.....

Back Story: Mufasa is a border collie mix that was involved in an animal cruelty case, my very first animal cruelty case. The court case was drug out for months and finally ended with the agreement that the charges would be dropped and Mufasa would become legally ours. Mu' is an aggressive dog. He bites strangers and only really likes one person, and that person is me. He would let me do anything to him I wanted without so much as a fuss. When we gained custody of him we started searching for sanctuaries that would take him so that he would get to live the rest of his life in comfort. We found a sanctuary and they even bumped our guy higher on there waiting list! It seemed that for once in these sad dog's life was turning around.

We started to notice the change slowly. He seemed to age years in his face and he began to drop weight. We could never get him to have solid stool no matter what we did and slowly he became less active and more subdued. We made an appointment with the vet here who took a look at him and told us "boy he is really sick". She drew blood and felt him all over. The results came back and they weren't good. By piecing together his other symptoms and his blood work her guess was either lymphoma in stomach or some kind of cancer. The decision was made to euthanize this boy because he was so sick and in our hearts of heart we knew it was right. That didn't stop ours hearts from breaking or us from crying. For 9 months we cared for this dog and for 9 months he held a little place in our heart. He may have not been a perfect dog but it didn't matter, he was our dog.

Mufasa and I a couple of months ago

I can't imagine walking into the kennels and not seeing you. I can't imagine not letting you out to play. I can't imagine my daily life with out you and tomorrow when I go in to clean your kennel, wash your physical memory from the walls I hope you know that you are far from being forgotten. You may have not loved everyone, but I believe you loved me. I hope that in the few months I knew you I was able to show you that people are worth the love that you gave them. I hope that there is a "rainbow bridge" and that you are up there right now playing happily. I hope that when I come up to join you, you will be waiting for me like I will be looking for you.

Rest in peace sweet boy, your memory lives on.

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