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宠物情缘 Ozzie（第1页）

宠物情缘Ozzie

佚名Anonymous

Ihavebeenadogpersonallofmylife。ForasfarbackasIrememberasafamilywealwayshaddogs。So，overtimeIhavedevelopedagreatdealofrespedadmirationforouranimaluhedogsthathavetouchedmylifehaveeitherbeeomeorhaveeontheirowhateoutofobeabigsurpriseaheseveryspedeed。AsIhavelearnedsomeveryvaluablelessonsfromthem。

&omylifeatatimewhenIwasuainaboutmyfuture。Iwasinmylate20‘sandghaperiodwhereIdidn’ttanyresponsibilityforanyofmyayheartwasheavywithyanddistrust。

&hroughaseriesofeventsIwasiwoblindboyswhohadtwobeautifulguidedogsand，youguesseditOzzie！

&oldmehisnamewasOzzieandhewasabouttwoyearsold。HehadbeehepreviousteriedtheirbesttobutfelttheeforOzziewasnotveryfortable。Overtimetheyhadbeeattachedbutreallywaoseehimgotoagoodhome。

ThiswasthelastthingIwantedasIwasocareforapet。ToappeasetheboysIwentintotheroomwheretheykepthim。Ididypeofresponse。So，Istartedtotalktohimandasked，“Ozzie，doyouwahme?”OutfromuhebedcamethisbeautifulblackdogwiththebiggesteyesIhadeverseen！

Hecamerighttomeandbarked。Iuhattomean，“aitisgo！”HehadtotallywonmeoverandhadedhispawarouwasthebeginningpartledinandImustsaytothisdaywhenIthinkbaetogetherIamamazedathowmuedaboutmyself。

Unallovewasatthistopofthelist。kindofmoodIwasin，Ozziehadawayofbeioreadmelikeabook！

Thiswassomethi。

Hehadhiswayofgtomethatheuoodandwouldofferfortthatiritsimmediately！

IfIwassadhewouldstayomeandlookintomyeyesahatbriomyeyeseventoday。Hewouldreadgentlytouchmyfacewithhispaw。Asyouwellimagihingswouldthehtheworldwasthatwasbme。

Weexperiencedourfirstearthquaketogether。Whatamemorythatwas！IgrabbedOzzieandstoodihedoorframeaswewerebeingjostledaround，ItoldhimitwasMotherNaturehigandasscaredashewasheseemedtoknowIwastryingto。

&hegroundstoppedshakioputsomesuppliesiotaketomyedtowatdwhatIwasdoing。AsIaringtoleavehegotinthebagandjustbarkedaookthattomean“Hey，youarenotleavingmebehind！”

Itssoveryspeyouhavethesemomentsasitisasuresignofaveryspedthatstartstogrowtoincludebodylanguageahappenswithadogitisen。

IalwaysfeltthatOzziehadanunyabilitytoknowwhateant。MsIwouldstirandcallout“Breakfast”。Ozzieoffthebedandru。Iwouldpretendtogobacktosleep。WewouldplaythisgameabouttwotimeswhenfnallyforthethirdtimeIwouldsay“Breakfast”，Ozziewouldstarttoleappauseandturhalookthatsaid“OhNo！Iamwisetothat！”

Ozziewasveryhealthyallhislifeandnotafussyeater。IfthereeoffoodthatIwouldservehimthathedidntlikeIwouldaskhimto“pleaseeatitandIwouldnotbuyitagain。”Iwasverysurprisedwhenhewouldeatit！Iwouldgivehimabathwhiethingheenjoyed。

Wheheageof15thatisseventimesahumansagesoheindeedwasasenior！HedevelopedaknownasCitistus。Thisisfatalforamaledogifheyareourinate。Sohewouldhave“attadIwouldhavetorushhimtothevet。Itwentthiswayforafewmonthsuwasabletogivememediethatstoppedtheproblem。Ihadtobesurehetookthemedidwatchhimverycarefully。Atthisagethevetsaidtoexpegahingbuthereicely。

WherewelivedOzziewastheonlydog。Iheo。So，hebecamethe“masdularwithalltheneighbors。Hewouldvisitandkeeppanywithsomeofthetenantsandtheywerealwaysdelightedandwouldgivehimtreatshisfavanyki。

AboutayearafterhisboutwiththecitistusOzziessightandheariogo，alongwithlosingtrolofhisbowels。Iwouldhavetoupafterhimahaneyedropper。Iknewhewasgoingaobeinfamiliarsurroundings。

Ithadbeensugroadwehadtraveled！IfeltsohonoredaohavebeeohaveOzziebeepartofmylife。

ThereisnodoubtthatItrulyfeelthatwelearnsomeofourlifeslessonsfromourpets。FromOzzieIlearrustahebiggestlessontomewaswhenthiofdytheendofyourrope，helpsomeonewhoisihenyoutakeyourmindoffyourself。ThiseomewhenOzziewassick。Ihadmahattime，butIfogforOzzie，andithelpedmereleasealotofstressandasnotthinkingaboutmyself。

ItooksomevaefrommyjobandmadeOzzieasfortableasIcould。Afterallwehadbeenthroughalottogethera。

OnFebruary1，1991Ozziedied。Hewas16yearsold。

Ihadpickedhimupanderingtohimwhatabraveandwonderfulpanionhehadbeen，butitwasokayifhehadtoleaveme。IpromisedhimIwouldbeokay。Withthatheweaklybarkedhisgoodbye。

Ihadhimcrematedandhisashesscatteredureeoerygrounds。

Atthetimemybossviewedalossofapetthesameasthelossofafamilymemberaimeoff。

&wasbrokeninamillionpieces。IsaidIwouldbeokayandIhadmadeapromisesolifewenton。IstillmissOzzieanditsbeen10years！Hemadealastingimpressionandimpaylifesodeepthatithastakehislongtowriteaboutit。

Ifeelheisalwayswithme，andwillalwaysholdaspecialplamyheartthathashadtimetohealsincehispassing。

&hsafterOzziesdeathIhadfallenasleepandhadadreamaboutveryloudinmyear。Iwokewithastarttothesmellofsmoke。Ihadleftapaove，andOzziewokemeup！

So，forallyouanimalloversrememberyourpetsarewithyouforareasoimesyoudiscoveritwhiletheyarewithyouauntiltheyaregone。Enjoyyourtimewithyourpetsyouwillbesurprisedwhatlifelessonsyou。

IamveryhratefulfOzzieinmylife。