Thursday, April 03, 2008
In Memory of Harley....
It's been a week today that we lost our Harley Girl.
I have been wanting to put a memorial on my blog for her, but I am just now able to do it....Well. I think I am anyway.
Wow, what a beautiful dog....We had her for 8 1/2 years. She is one of the few dogs that we raised from puppy-hood.
We had some great times with our first really big dog...A beautiful Great Dane!
No, she was not "show quality" but she was all the quality we needed.
She loved both Chris and I, but I will have to admit she loved Chris more.
She was the Queen of the pack and even in her later years, larger, stronger and younger dogs bowed down to her.
She never had puppies of her own but she loved puppies!! She just loved to flip them over and sniff their tummies. She never hurt a pup, even the tiniest one.
One of the memories I have of Harley is when, Chris, Buddy, Harley and I were walking in the woods behind our house. Buddy was off leash because he usually minds well. Harley was on leash, but she wanted to be with Buddy so bad, so we made the mistake if letting her off leash.....bad move.......Buddy took of with "his" Harley right behind him. Chris and I both called and commanded them to come back....HA! Well I will not lie, I went crazy.....screaming, begging, crying and pleading Harley to come back. I was not worried about Buddy, he could take care of himself, but not Harley. Chris and I combed the woods. Chris went so far I could no longer here his calls for her...Then I found Buddy, JUST Buddy. That made me even more frantic. I got Buddy on leash and continued the search. Chris came back to the house to see if she had come back...NO....It was starting to get dark and my Harley Girl was still missing and without her Buddy.
Finally we spotted Harley in a clearing. We both screamed for her, but our voices were echoing and confused her. We could tell she heard our cries but being disoriented she ran in the opposite direction. Well we finally got her back home.
I just cried thinking what could have happened to her..You see Harley had very light blue eyes, and we never felt that her vision was very good.
She never went off leash in the woods again. But, we were able to trust her in the yard. She was good to come when we called her and she never ventured far after that.
Harley and Buddy our Dalmatian were the best of friends, sometimes I wonder if Buddy loved his Harley more that he loves us. There were so many times Buddy would run to Harley if he thought something wasn't going just right. He was her protector...they were so sweet together.
I have so many memories of our Harley...she was not just a dog, no not just a pet, she was a member of my family for 8 1/2 years and she was deeply loved and will be sorely missed...
Good bye my Harley Girl......We will never forget you......
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2 comments:
I'm sorry for your loss. She was a beautiful dog.
I'm so sorry Tammie and Chris. I know you will miss her terribly.
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