BoBo, More than a Pet

Such sad news, this has taken me over a month to post. Last month was the end for BoBo, my Lab/Rotweiller mix.

He had the bark and waggle of a Rottweiler, but the face and heart of a Lab. So much more than a pet, he was the apartment building's mascot, followed me into every unit while working and supervised me while working in the gardens. That was his favorite, laying in the front yard while watching the world stroll by. Whenever anyone walked down the block, he would wag and smile at them like they were his best friends, however at 100 pounds, many people would cross the street.

He was a self-walking dog, as we caught him many times pushing the storm door open, trotting downstairs to do his thing, then pulling the storm door back open and flopping on the rug beside me, but sometimes, he would just stroll outside and lay on the deck to peruse his domain. Although sometimes while he was supposed to be helping me out back, he would become bored and stroll home on his own, sparking a few panic phone calls to see if he arrived home.

He would chase a tennis ball forever. He knew which cabinet the new can of tennis balls was kept in and would freeze, studying my every move, hoping that I would open the can and give him a new tennis ball.

One night his hips simply collapsed and we knew it was time to let him go. God bless my neighbors, as EVERY man I texted for help, responded immediately: Two of them carefully carried him down to my car in a sling made from my sheets and gently placed him in the backseat of my car.

The last morning when I let him out, he was so bad! He walked around the fence around the front yard, and strolled on my lawn (he was banned from there), smelled all the flowers and I swear he peed on the No Doggie sign, then he leapt over the mini fence and walked back up the stairs as if to say, “I still got it!”

On his last morning he dined on hotdogs, Burger King (including onion rings), peanut butter (his favorite), and lots of cookies. If I had fudge in the house, he would have had that too!

Pets steal our hearts and rule our homes. What a blessing they are!