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11-05-2008, 03:14 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 7
| Well....Kinda new here Hey, I've actually been running around this site since March, and thought it was time to step up and say "Hi" to all ya'll and carry the torch for all the Yorkie owners that are male. My Yorkie "Chili" and I have been together since Last Dec and he just turned 1yr old in Oct. I gotta tell ya that this place has been an invaluable source of info for me and greatly aided me in raising Chili to be a disciplined, healthy, and happy 'lill pup. It all started when a Yorkie I had found and tried to save, died on the same day I found him. After that I never stopped thinking about him and thought what a wonderful addition A Yorkie would be in my life. I did alot of research about the breed ( a large portion of it here) and sought out a breeder in my area. Fast forward one year and I have a smart, well behaved, trick preforming, 16 pound guy with tons of personality. He loves learning new tricks and running so we're always working on a clicker trained trick and twice a day he runs while I ride my mountain bike beside him. The neighborhood kids think it hilarious and I can't help but think thats how he got so muscular! Anyway I though ya'll might wanna read the poem I wrote about the 'lill guy I lost and how he started me down this road. Its funny how it doesn't matter if you've owned a dog 5 hours or 15 years their ability to touch our lives is equally profound. I look forward to spending more time here ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nameless 5/17/07 The morning was clear and cool. Unseasonably so for this time of year but being late for work I hardly noticed. I backed my truck out of its usual parking spot, stuck the standard shift into first and hurried off. Then I saw him……… At the end of his terrible journey he had traveled as far as his weakened body would take him. He had lost the strength and the will to fight and had lain down and given up. Tired, scared, exhausted, and alone, he had curled up in a ball on the parking lot concrete and stopped. Traffic drove around him. He was helpless……… His eye was crusted shut and his fur was matted. Weak and unable to stand he was infected with fleas who were literally sucking the life from him. He was beautiful……. I comforted him and told him he was mine and I promised him everything would be ok now. I told him I would save him and I would replace his pain with joy. He only had four hours left to live. I’ll always wonder where he came from. I’ll never know whether he was discarded by an uncaring owner or simply the victim of an open door. His collar alludes to a family filled past and I can close my eyes and imagine him in a warm safe home perched upon some ones lap happily squinting as he enjoyed the casual petting of his TV watching owner. Perhaps they are grieving his loss too. By the time we met his fate was already sealed. Lying on his blanket on the examination table he uttered the only sound I ever heard him make. A small sigh in response to the warm water bottle that was being placed on his belly. But all the probing, sticking, and enthusiastic attempts were to be in vein. In the Doctors arms and with his life cycle complete, he gasped one last time before surrender. And so it was that on this fine spring Thursday afternoon I had unexpectedly lost a kindred spirit. And for a short while, before he died, I loved him and he was mine. And I never even got to name him…………………….. |
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11-05-2008, 04:50 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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| Oh my gosh, well you did it, you brought tears to my eyes...what a sad and happy poem. How did the yorkie die? Im glad you have chili. What a cute name. Only a texan would name their dog chili..i have a pablo and manolo....and i live in wide awake wylie texas.yea ha.....welcome... |
11-05-2008, 04:53 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kentucky
Posts: 2,444
| OMG that is such a touching story! You are an angel for what you did for that baby! Welcome to YT Paula Halle Brutis Baby girls |
11-05-2008, 05:47 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| Welcome to YorkieTalk, Kicky and Chili I am so glad that you decided to stop lurking and start posting. It has been a very long time since a piece of writing touched me like your poem did. I am so very sorry for your loss, but sometimes we are guided in the most unusual way to be there. You were put in that dear little one's path to help give comfort and ease his journey to the other side. And your reward was Chili. Please post frequently and don't forget to share some pics and videos. |
11-05-2008, 06:22 PM | #5 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 2,015
| So glad that the little guy knew he was loved for the last hours of his life....you have me crying! Welcome to you and chili!
__________________ Piper Leo Baby Piccolo |
11-06-2008, 12:38 AM | #7 |
Love my little flowers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In Gorgeous Montana!!!
Posts: 4,499
| Welcome to YT!!! Glad your no longer lurking....lol
__________________ Tam Flower babies: Daizy Mae and Tulip Petals RIP Honey Rose & Jasmine |
11-06-2008, 01:29 AM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Matewan,WV,US
Posts: 468
| Awwww that was so sad
__________________ LITTLEBIT,PRINCESS,CHICO,JASPER ACTS 2:38 |
11-06-2008, 04:48 AM | #9 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TX
Posts: 3,358
| Hi! Welcome fellow Texan! Bless you for making his last hours special. And don't doubt for a minute that he didn't have something to do with Chili being such a great dog. I have no doubt that he has come and visited Chili to let him know what a great guy you are.
__________________ If you think dogs can't count, put 3 biscuits in your pocket, then give him only 2. Gracie Ruth & Boo & Yogi & RIP Annie B. & Bonnie Lane |
11-06-2008, 05:11 AM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NE South Dakota
Posts: 99
| Welcome to you and Chili! Such a touching story. We are glad to have you here!!
__________________ Marcy & Daisy |
11-06-2008, 05:20 AM | #11 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lindsay, Oklahoma
Posts: 158
| Welcome to you and Chili...we are so glad to have you here. As I am sitting here, I have tears running. Your poem was good, and just to know that you were there in the last hours of that little guys life, is wonderful. I believe he was meant to come into your life and put you together with Chili.
__________________ -Teresa- lovingly owned heart & soul by Bailey |
11-06-2008, 06:00 AM | #12 |
Donating YT 9000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Carolina :)
Posts: 10,616
| Welcome to YT!!
__________________ Friends are God's way of apologizing for our relatives. "Love & Support Our YT Members" Gina & Princess Member of the SSLS |
11-06-2008, 06:25 AM | #13 |
♥♥beats @ my feet! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: PA
Posts: 4,814
| to YT! Your post was heartbreaking and yet very touching. I am glad you found Chili. He sounds wonderful!
__________________ Jamie, Mom to Mayzie and Mozes |
11-06-2008, 06:55 AM | #14 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 7
| Thanks for all your warm welcomes and give your pups a pet for me today!!! |
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