[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Age is just a number
- From: Tami howard <medusasmom1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ELG440@xxxxxxx" <ELG440@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:25:25 -0400
Ah but Ben's daughter,Medusa was perfect every single day of her life for 13
years! I don't remember even ever having to potty train her! Or train her
Anything for that matter....she juse "knew" how to be good. We even learned to
anticipate each other. We both knew what the other was going to do before we
did it! She. Od get complete strangers to do whatever she wanted & Evan if she
would have had posable thumbs she could have ran for President! Lol! Duce did't
care much for people or dogs. She just loved ME! I used to look at her looking
at me adoringly and think how awful it must be having to look at me 24/7(& she
truly DID!) lol. She was brilliant she used to go to work with me everyday( she
we t everywhere with me except maybe a dozen times in her entire thirteen
years)she lay on her "throne" behind the counter guarding me, the registers and
the large box of dog bones we gave out to customers with dogs. If I went to go
do something(the store had 7 main isles) and she saw what it was( ie stocking
shelves,mopping, getting crickets(it was a pet supply store & i did employee
training)Medusa had a set time in her head about how long each of these tasks
took for me to do. She used to walk miles a day following me everywhere as I
went about my day. In her older years she learned to stay in her bed where she
could watch down 4 of the 7 isles. If I was gone longer then she had allotted
me for whatever she had determined I was doing, she would worry,sigh & get her
tired old body up an come looking for me. She would then lay down beside me
until I finished what I was doing an we t back to her throne to oversee the
place. Sometimes when her arthritus was really acting up, she would just walk
the front of the store an look down each isle until she located me then lay
down at the front of that isle an watch me til I went back to the counter. When
a customer she knew came in she ( who was snobby an stuck up by nature) would
get up an go make direct eye contact with them. After they were totally smitten
with her so infrequent display of affection,she would sweetly offer her foot
and pat them a few times.THEN she would slowly walk to isle 3 where the treats
were! She would look over her shoulder to see if she was being followed an if
not, sigh and go back to them sit and look into their eyes an repeat the "cute
paw tapping". Then slowly walk back to isle 3 with her victim in tow. She
would go down the isle until she saw what she wanted at the moment. She would
usually stop at the chicken jerky, greenies, greenies pill pockets or go to the
back counter where the jelly beans & skittles were. Anyway... When she got to
her days selection she sat in front of it, looked up at it on the shelf then
looked deeply into the eyes of person standing next to her, then look back at
what she wanted. If they didn't understand what they were suposed to do by that
she would repeatedly hit them with "the foot" an look back at her selection.
This could go on 4 or 5 times until they picked her item off the shelf an took
it to the counter.i can not believe the number of people she got to buy her
stuff! If they just tried to give her one of the free biscuits (which she hated
but would politely take and actually go to the trash can an drop it in. Be ause
she had many friends, by mid day she was full but still kept her people
shopping for her. She would then take her treat and slowly walk each of the
isles looking over her shoulder to make sure no one was looking then she would
find a perfect hiding place (all the employees knew them as we would go gather
most of her "things" each night so she could rehide the next day) if she
thought someone saw her hide something she would sigh an have to go move it!
Lol A favorite hiding place was among the dog beds, under the shopping bags
behind the counter and in the bulk kitty litter! I loved seeing her come
walking back to me all happy with herself for finding such a great hiding spot
& her nose all covered with kitty litter! When a dog came in she was so funny.
She had to guard me an behind the registers where her bed an stash of "stuff"
was. But if the dog an owner went down the bed isle, she would fly down there
too so she could make sure her treasures were undiscovered! Over a year after
she left me, I went in to one of the 7 stores we rotated to and found some of
her treasures hidden in her favorite spots! Of course I cried. These are just a
couple of her stories..There are thousands! Medusa was the dog(& i use the term
lightly as she was NO mere dog, she was a once in a lifetime friend, guardian,
teacher, nurse,confidant & so much more)who made even non dog people like dogs!
The Shepherd Fancy has no idea of what my daughter Duce did for our breed
daily! But she didn't do it for them, it was for me. Every breath she took her
whole life was for me! Was I worthy of such a being in my life? Probably not
but what an impact she left on me! What hurdles & fights we fought an won
together....i could not imagine having faced my breast cancer & chemo without
her! I could not imagine not having went through Duce's breast,Toe& what
eventually took her from me, that damn aggressive mouth cancer with her! Medusa
had tens of thousands of friends! She loved live musis concerts an several of
my friends took her on stage an sang to her. Jason Castro from American Idol
top 3 a few yrs ago did a breast cancer benefit on her 12th birthday! Jason
took her onstage and she ate a pi k cup ake from him while he and the whole
room sang Happy Birthday to her. I cried. The next week she had emergency
surgery for a closed Pyometria & had 4 breats removed. Medusa had full line
breast cancer as well as that mass in her mouth I was having removed every
other month. She had to have a toe removed about 6 months earlier that was
malignant. Throuh all this cancer I know she didn't feel good because I didn't
an we both were going through bouts with cancer and both had terrible joint an
bone pain. My daughter never failed me as the worlds best protecter, guRdian &
friend! She gave me the most wonderful gift too! One beautiful little daughter
who looked just like her & has nearly a clone but Bumble ee was sweeter! Never
met a stranger! Evan just you mentioning Ben,Duce& Mephisto's dad brought this
on. I guess it just needed to come out of me. If I had a penny for every tear,
every story,every time I come across something she loved or a picture or one of
the many many memories...... I would be rich today! 13 years was not enough but
I will never forget them & wouldn't have traded our time together for the
world! Oh an im glad Ben was a pain in the butt! He gave my daughter character!
Lol Remember his big gift boxes full of toys his daughter sent him...lol Sigh
I miss her an little Bumblebee so much!!!!! Im gonna try to sleep now.
Tami
Medusasmom... forever
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On Mar 28, 2013, at 7:21 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I would hope so. But, as much as I loved Ben, he could be a pain in the ass
> at time. I think the bitch is almost 15. He just said she was over 14
> now.
>
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> In a message dated 3/28/13 2:54:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> wernersommers@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Wow 14 years of love.
>
>
>
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