Sept 8th Pet Memorial Day, Big Boy

 

I loved you from the moment I looked in your eyes, I loved you more when you climbed your 79 pound body on my lap as I sat on the bench watching you walk toward me at the shelter. I am so happy to have had you in my life for 2 years and that we were in yours for the last two years of your short life.

We loved you more when the first day, I stepped in the house and found you with a loaf of frozen bread in your paws and half the loaf MIA and in your tummy.

That was the only Bad Dog thing your did and it was not That Bad.. 

I still miss you, Mama's 1st Heart Dog Ever! We often wondered why you laid down so much, and had no idea you were dying from congestive heart failure when we rescued you from the shelter. You were and are in my heart forever...

National Pet Photo Day july 11

 

I chose Big Boy to talk about on National Pet Day because he was my first ever of our 6 dogs in our 40 years of marriage that was my heart dog from the moment we looked into each other's eyes.

We adopted Big from the County Shelter on 10/01/2018.

We told the lady who showed us dogs we wanted to adopt a black dog because we heard no one want them and we wanted one that was 7 or older, because no one wants older dogs.

Look up at him sitting in the yard, one hour after we brought him home. He appeared to have never seen a yard. He was afraid of the yard for a few weeks, Like what is this? I think he was thinking where the bars of the shelter are.

My big black dog named Big Boy melded his heart with my heart the moment he

climbed onto my lap, all 79 pounds of him, and the lady said Oh No, Gary, get down, 

Bob said, don't worry, he just sealed the deal. We changed his name because he did not look like Gary.

I called him my sheriff dog because he wore a star on his chest.

I will miss you until the day I die, my sweet Big Boy

God blessed me with a 2nd heart dog, and you all know him well. To see his photo, look up at the Header.. Big's story is on his page and his Label...

My 2nd Heart Dog. A miracle happened and I now have 2.

Doesn't Matter, we are Connected, and your blog used to belong to Big Boy and now is is yours and mine

We are joining Brian's Home Forever for Thankful Thursday On Pet Photo day. Big was thankful his last two year son earth were with Mama, and I am thankful I have been with Mama for almost 4 years and mama is thankful she has had 6 dogs in 40 years to take a zillion photos of.

National Black Dog Day

I am allowing Mama to BORROW my blog today. We both KNOW my blog is Wed-Sunday only. 

BUTT it seems Mama was so caught up in photos she forgot Daddy's birthday was on the same day as National Dog Day... 

Angel Big boy is here to say,

He was Big, He was Black, he was Beautiful and smart,

He was firmly embedded in my Mama's heart!

 

Adopt Black Dogs and don't forget to adopt Black Cats...Black Dogs come in all sizes and shapes and breeds... 

We found this chart of names for black dogs on Pethelpful   We gave you the names, go adopt a Black dog.  I heard Daddy say to Mommy this week, if we were to change Beau's name, it should be BOSS, because Beau is the BOSS in this house... Beau Da Boss, signing off

National Black Dog Day Oct 1

 This is a repost of my precious angel Big Boy, my most beautiful Black Dog.

    THIS POST WAS CREATED ON SEPT 4TH AND

WAS INTENDED FOR OCT 1ST, NATIONAL BLACK DOG DAY.

WE MISSED THE DATED BECAUSE OF 

HURRICANE IAN.

WE ALSO MISSED BOB'S 86TH BIRTHDAY.

IT IS NEVER TO LATE TO HONOR BLACK DOGS.

 Adopt Black Dogs, they deserve it.

Adopt Senior Black Dogs, they deserve it

We found our Boy on Oct 1, 2018 on his daddy's 82nd birthday.

Congestive Heart failure took Our angel, Big Boy and he left us on Oct 9, 2020. 

He filled our house with love for two years.

 We went to 3 shelters, looking for an older, black dog. We are older, really older and needed a dog that fit our lifestyle.

We looked for black dogs because they are the hardest to be adopted from the shelters.

It could be because black dogs look scary OR that black dogs are hard to see in dark kennels and are not noticed as much.

Big Boy had been in a shelter 3 times and was in the office of the adoption coordinator because he had been attacked by a dog that a lady drove up and when they did not have room, because of overcrowding, she threw the leash down and drove off. That dog was so upset he ran over and jumped on Big Boy while I was walking with a volunteer.

The Lady told us as we walked down the hall telling us she had just the dog, 5 and 1/2 years old and Black.

she opened the office door

and when it opened the door, we both said LOOK AT THOSE EYES and Big Boy 

 spoke to using eye speak

I said to Bob, he is so BIG! I did not want a Big Dog, note the past tense!

love at First Sight

Clear the Shelters, Spread the Word.

There are too many pets in shelters. #SeeThe Light 

Below we remember Big's first day in his furever home!

We will always Miss you 

Can you find the dog on the sofa?  Happy Belated 86th Birthday to Bob and Remembering our Big Black Dog for a belated National Dog day.

Reflections on Big boy

 

The sunbeams in our Kitchen, shine on the dog wall to remind us of our sweet Big Boy..

The fairy lights reflection from the nook, remind us he was our shining Light for 2 years.

Our Big Boy spent most of his life in the kitchen, lying in the sun and scoffing up food.

New Things are HERE

 

Click on this, it is a short movie. or so we think

Mom is playing again. She did this new kind of creation using Snipping Tool Edits.. hope it works. She is trying new things with me. I get really sick after lunch, as in my sides start to heave and I can't breathe. These are the new things she is trying after watching me go from OK all morning to worse and worse as the day goes on. By night fall all I can do is lay flat on my side and struggle to breathe .

1. no more walks, (she said the vet said I might have to give up walking) I don't belive he said that, and  no more time in the 98 degree sun, I get five minutes at a time and she makes me go in. When I start to pant, which is how I sweat, it starts my heart struggling to breathe.

2. She is feeding me 5 times a day with food divided in to small amounts, she is giving me canned food with a little dry in it. The dry food swells up BIG like me when I drink gallons of water. That is MAMA theory.

Mama says to tell you she has to do all this PLAYING to take her mind off of how sick I am.... 

Guess what?  It worked, I did not breathe hard all day long, I even acted my old normal self

Guess what again?

She forgot to buy the Maxwell House Coffee... at 7 am Sunday She took Daddy and Me for a RIDE, to replace my 7 am walk. I LOVED it... I sat in the car, with AC running, and watched all the people and when Mama came walking back to the car I went on Alert! watching her get closer and closer. She walk right past me! THEN the Big Back Door Opened, I had never seen that and I got really excited when I could see and hear her, OOPS! I am not supposed to get excited. To Late! She was so excited she forgot to take a photo of me in the car... BUTT PhotoShop Worked!  She loves her Kia butt she LOVES ME BEST! don't tell her butt she forgot to add Daddy in the passenger seat. OH WELL!

Eyes da Big Boy

Top left, cell with flash

Bottom left cell without flash

Big Boy In Big Cell on right, cell set on PRO beauty 

I told HER I did not need that setting, she did it anyway!

I think my Mama needs to GET A JOB!

Bottom Collage: Eyes da Big Beautiful Boy!

Eye know this because if it is not true, why would da mama sit watching TV and snapping 

cell pics of me..

Twin Bigs

I am still outside in NATURE! and I have turned into twins my Mama Magic!  I was so impressed i walked right out of the photo....

BIG Big Boy Been photoscaped

ITS A BIG DAY! 

I'se been PhotoscapedXed!

The one at the top was 1st Try, Mama did not like the white background so 

Back to the Drawing PhotoscapeX Board.

Check out mamas playtime on her other blog today, somethig about roses and teapots

Upside down

Let me entertain you, that is my purpose in life. When I do these silly things, my pawrentz laugh and laugh and laugh some more. I can sleep like this for hours.

Much better than watching a bear sleep, right? 🥰

Lunapic Big

I've been Eschered in Lunapic

Mama has been on a Lunapic Binge. this will stop soon, it always does. I don't mind because this really 

"enhances my furs"

Right???

where is my big boy

Can you find me??? Hiding in plain sight!

Do NOT TOUCH THE BALL!

Do NOT even think of touching the Food n Water Dish!

You are welcome to take the CAMERA

Nope! she is NOT an artist

Mama said "If Big will not put his ears up then I WILL"

I say "Don't give up your day job, Mama"

Alas!!!!

Mama said "If Only I had the skills of Hootin Annie or SnapEditScrap Ann.

Or Ella or The Whisk

BUTT you can still tell its me. Right? Right?

Two Guys

We are two guys, in front of the TV.

one is daddy and one is ME.

I lay here

To be very near.

If he wants to get up

he has to stand on my butt.

This wakes me up, and I can go to.

That's just what I always like to do.

This is also how I lay, when a storm draws near,

when the lightning flashes and booms I hear.

The only difference is the legs must be

My mommies legs to better protect me.

When storms do roar,

I need my mamma much more.

She sits on the other sofa, and a blanket lays,

she puts her legs over my head, and I squeeze in the slot and shiver and shake.

Do you prefer one pawrent over the other when you get scared?

Living PROOF

I have my own personal May Pole, no flowers just vines. 

Here we are at Nature Friday again.. 

That vine is the dreaded orange flower trumpet vine that daddy hacks back and hacks back.

Boom! Zoom!

There I was, Grazing on Grass and Boom!

The She Was, with her darn Zoom!