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rem55555
01-18-2005, 07:04 AM
It was a Thursday morning when the phone rang. When Randy picked it up, I knew he was being called into work. I hated it when Randy had to go to work. It meant that I would not be able to be at his side during the day. If it was up to me, Randy would never have to go to work. He would spend all his time with me because he was my best friend and I loved him so much. But when Randy had to work, he would always take me to Ron’s house. Ron, who is my second best friend in the whole world, treated me like I was his very own. Also, when I was by Ron’s house, I’d get to play with Ron’s best friends, Snow and Brook where we’d go running and swimming together. On this particular day, this is exactly what we did.

As Snow, Brook, and I were chasing each other, Ron called. As obedient dogs as we are, we ran toward him. All of a sudden, I just did not feel right. I started walking really slowly and all of a sudden I fell to the ground. When Ron saw this happened, he rushed right over to me. He picked me up and put me into his car. After putting Snow and Brook into the kennel, Ron drove me to the veterinarian’s office. Ron had called the veterinarian before we left his house and they were ready for us when we arrived. When we arrived, Ron carried me into the operating room and laid me onto the table. Ron was then asked to wait in the waiting room. Then Dr. Jared who is another one of my favorite people, put a mask over my face and I began to fall asleep. When I woke up, I felt really great. I started barking to let everyone know I was okay. But nobody heard me. The room was very quiet. I looked over toward Dr. Jared and he had such a sad look on his face. Then I realize I did not make it. I had died on the operating table. “I can’t be dead,” I thought to myself. “Who’s going to watch over Randy?” “Randy won’t be able take care of himself.” “What will happen to him now that I’m gone?” As I continued to worry about Randy’s well-being, one of the nurses put a sheet over me, covering my body.

As I waited on the cart wondering what next was going to happen, I heard the door open and heard the sobs of my best friend Randy. Dr. Jared lifted the sheet off of me and there I saw Randy crying uncontrollably. I wish I could comfort him to let him know I was okay. Then I heard Randy say something to Dr Jared and Dr Jared left the room. Randy then put his arm over me and hugged and kissed me a few times. That felt so comforting. Then as he continued to cry, Randy started talking to me. I couldn’t understand what he was saying, but I heard him say my name Dylan a number of times. After what seemed like an eternity, Randy let go of me. I saw him go toward the door and I heard him call Ron’s name. Ron came walking and it looked like he was crying. He also petted me and held me. I wasn’t too worried about Ron getting along without me. Ron was just as close to me as Randy was to me, but he had Snow and Brook to look after him. I was still worried who was going to look after Randy. Then Dr. Jared entered the room and they all exchanged words. Then Randy came over to me and hugged and kissed me one more time and as he held my paw, he said to me, “I going to miss you Dylan!” “I don’t know what I’m going to do without you.” I said to Randy, “I’ll miss you too, but you’ll never be without me because I’llalways be in your heart . As soon as those words played through my mind, I felt a surge of energy run from my paw to Randy’s hand. Then Randy smiled! He heard me! He heard me! Randy heard me! I knew then Randy was going to be okay. As he gave me one last kiss, Randy, Ron, and Dr. Jared turned and walked out of the room, shutting off the lights behind them.

All of a sudden, a bright light from the ceiling shined upon me and covered my entire body. Then this strange light started beaming my body up through the air and carried me throughout the stars and set me down in a place among the clouds. I started looking around when I heard my name being called. I followed the voice until I came face to face with St. Roch who is the patron saint of all dogs. “Well! Hello Dylan! We were waiting for you!” I wagged my tail excitedly returning his greeting. St. Roch then said to me “If you just follow me through these gates, we have a perfect place for you to spend your time while you wait for your best friend Randy.” “How does he know Randy?” I thought to myself? Well St. Roch must have understood what I was saying because he answered, “I know who all dogs are and who were their best friends.” I started following St. Roch to the gates, but when we arrived at them, I stopped at the entrance. St. Roch turned around to see why I wasn’t following him. When he saw me sitting at the entrance of the gates, St. Roch smiled and said, “You must have loved Randy very much!” Then he walked alone without me while I sat at the gate entrance waiting, waiting for Randy.

Dylan 2004

lvngold
01-18-2005, 07:25 AM
That really got the tears started this morning. These Goldens can really grab your heart.

Thanks for posting.

coopersmom04
01-18-2005, 07:35 AM
oh that was beautiful! First thing in the morning, and I'm already crying! :)

goldenlover
01-18-2005, 09:11 AM
I'm crying too. What a heart-tugger that was. Lovely.

Rusty-14
01-18-2005, 01:07 PM
Oh my, what a story. That was wonderful. What a nice way to look at death.

I have been one of those people who fear death, even with my dogs. It is very hard for me to except it as just life. I guess because its so final.

Thank you for sharing that with us.

rem55555
01-18-2005, 01:51 PM
To view Dylan's tribute site please go to:

www.geocities.com/bluecheer2003**********.net/DYLAN

Harshy
01-18-2005, 04:28 PM
What a wonderful way to share the passing of Dylan (although it's quite the tearjerker). His website is wonderful too. It is very clear that he had a great life with you as his best friend. Enjoy all your precious memories! :dogbark

rem55555
01-18-2005, 05:02 PM
Enjoy all your precious memories! :dogbark

One way I plan to enjoy my memories of Dylan is to write children's books about him. I got the idea when I was teaching at school and was paging through some children's story books. Each book was about 30 pages long , but only had a few sentences on each page with plenty of illustrations. Since I like to write and I got tons of stories of Dylan, I thought this would be a great tribute to the best friend I ever had.

goodtim'n
01-18-2005, 08:55 PM
Again, I can't resist the OLDER GRAY FACE-----"GOLDEN" :dogbark Wonderful Picture !!!!!! The many roads those, "BEAUTIFUL", face have taken us down :angel1

coopersmom04
01-18-2005, 10:22 PM
beautiful pictures...what a gorgeous dog he was! You should try to get your story published somewhere...a dog magazine or something. It's truly touching!

goodtim'n
01-19-2005, 01:40 AM
I don't recall, do you have another golden right now.

rem55555
01-19-2005, 03:13 AM
I don't recall, do you have another golden right now.

Unfortunately no. I was thinking of adopting one, but I'm not financially able to right now. In addition, well let's say I believe when you buy a pet, any type of pet, you have him/her for life. and you don't give them up no matter what. I live in a small town. When I graduated from college a few years ago, I took a job in Chicago leaving Dylan with my landlord and coming home on weekends. When that didn't work out, I quit the job in Chicago, rather than bring Dylan to Chicago because I knew Dylan wouldn't adjust. Now that Dylan is gone,I've signed up for AmeriCorps to work with at-risk kids for at least a year. Something I would not have done when Dylan was alive because he came first. But when the time is right, I plan on adopting a Golden from a Golden rescue organization.

Peggy
01-19-2005, 06:17 AM
What a wonderful story! And, I love the story of his adoption also. Dylan was a lucky dog. Thanks for sharing this.