If anyone wants to join my new gym, it's all about exercise through wrangling a 190lb great dane in the morning while we wait for the groomer to open
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Deep Introspection
Duke, our big Great Dane, relaxing on the couch and looking out into the backyard.
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Captured the first time they shared the couch
To quote a friend when I showed her this photo, "WE STAN THIS SWEET LITTLE BROMANCE"
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Welcoming Duke
Earlier this year we said goodbye to Elwood. We knew we would want another big dog in our life, but the wound was fresh.
Well, time has healed our pain, and a friend of ours spotted this handsome boy in need of a forever home. And today, he found it. Ours.
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A hard goodbye
Today Katie and I sent Elwood across the rainbow bridge.
He was 9 and a half years old, which was a good age for a dane. His health had been in continual gradual decline for the last several years and last weekend we both agreed the time had come. The meds weren't helping as much and his mobility was only worsening.
This past week has been rough with a lot of tears. We'll miss the big guy forever. But we were there with him, holding and loving him as he drifted off to sleep.
We're okay. Emotional, of course. But we know he was suffering and now he's not.
Keanu Reeves' comment about what happens to us after we die rings in my ears, "I know the ones who love us will miss us." And we will miss that big lovable oaf for the rest of our days.
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Hear me out. I want a dog bed which has an attached chaise lounge. Same fabric, same furniture piece. Just give me a place to chill with a supported back next to the dogs on the bed with me.
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I just lept up out of my chair as I thought I heard someone coming through the front door. Which should 100% not be happening as my wife and I are home. As I burst around the corner I realize what I heard was my 130 lb dog, Elwood, laying down against it, which caused enough movement to make it sound like it had 'whoompfed' close again. My heart has not slowed down yet.
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