One of the few times we've had to take my dog to the veterinary hospital came with a couple of interesting stories. We sat in the lobby of the walk in for a long time and saw many dogs come and go with various problems. Sitting across from myself, my sister, my mom, and my dog was this young woman with a rather large dog of an undeterminable breed. We met this dog and learned that he was there to see a behavioral specialist and had been taken in by this woman when she was in Chile. He had been a street dog without a finite genetic makeup. He had followed her home and from there she took him in and back to the U.S with her. This story has stuck with me because it is so cool to me how she just took in this dog that followed her home. I guess it just goes to show that your life can turn around at any moment.
One of the last dogs I met before we left the pet hospital was a Leonberger. This is a giant dog breed who's name derives from a German city. They are huge and fluffy and my younger sister was obsessed with them for a while. When I saw this dog I was so excited to tell my sister I had seen a Leonberger in real life since they are more rare than other breeds. When I met the owners and this dog I learned that she had kidney problems and was given a 3 or 4 month life expectancy. Learning this made my heart drop. Here she was, so sweet and unassuming. All I could do was hope she lived out her last days in pure bliss. I will never know if she lived past her expectancy, but I do know that I'll never forget her story because it truly touched me.
1. I wrote a post about this because the stories of these dogs have stuck with me and have crossed my mind every so often. I just wanted to share these stories and immortalize those dogs in a way.
ReplyDelete2. I had some difficulty in trying to remember details to include in the stories.
3. The purpose of this post was to make the reader feel some sort of empathy for the leonberger. I also wanted a reaction that acknowledges how interesting the stories of our pets can be.