celebrating my buddy

i'll admit that this post is more self serving than anything; and was created, in truth, for my own healing purposes. however, i thought id share it with you.

today marks one year that buddy has been absent from our lives. i wanted to give a pictorial tribute to his amazing doggy life. i like to think that we gave him the most extraordinary one we possibly could...

after rescuing buddy's 5 month old puppy-ness from the shelter, he immediately fell ill to some unknown doggy sickness. in the ER for 4 days, with an IV drip, the vet thought it doubtful he'd make it past day 2. it was a tough few days for all of us, but with lots of love and visits - on day 4, we left the vets office ($1800 lighter) with this:

his favorite new spot was the B-E-A (short for beach... have to spell so as not to stir excitement before its time to G-O), where he spent most mornings of his life playing F-E-T (fetch), and going S-W-I (swimmies).


i'd like to think that buddy was pretty well traveled for a dog, including: san diego, la, hollywood, big sur, morro bay, pebble beach, lake tahoe, kirkwood, mammoth, mono lake, yosemite nat'l park. he went to baja, white sands national monument, saguaro nat'l park, smoky mt's nat'l park, to the outer banks, marthas vineyard, vermont, and countless places around utah as well.

*click pic to see where buddy went!

this meant for plenty of photo opp's for us...
(here, buddy... sit. stay. tee hee.)

*click pic to see us do 'CHEESE'

and then, along came bijou... his new partner in crime:

*click pic to see buddy with his little sister

buddy will remain in my heart for eternity. his loyalty and unconditional love were ceaseless.

*click pic to see mr handsypants!

a year ago today, buddy made his last earthly cruise down doggy beach. but in our hearts, we know,
that his soul remains there forever: