Rest easy, Big Guy.
Bruno was put to sleep this morning. He was'nt sick after all, but had been brought down by a stroke. Yes, dogs get strokes. Where a human can recover through physical therapy, with dogs there is no hope. Everybody here at work is a little heartbroken. He was 10 years old.
I've told this story before, and I'll tell it again now. I was walking Bruno one day only a few months ago, when he began pulling me into someones yard. It's kind of hard to keep an 85 pound Rotwieller under control sometimes, so I ended up in the yard as well.
There, laying next to a hedge, was an old woman. Semi-conscious, unable to rise or talk.
If Bruno had'nt pulled me into the yard, I never would've seen her.
Bruno wanted to stay and sniff at her, I dragged him back to the street. With no cell phone, I had to flag someone down. I found a guy driving a RTDE (Rhode Island Department of the Elderly) van, and he called for an ambulance. Just as Bruno and I got back to the station, the ambulance wizzed by. The next day, I got Bruno a cheeseburger or something.
On our way back after finding the old woman, we passed a pile of junk people where throwing out. There was an old sleeping bag that I grabbed. I stuck it in the rear closet with a note to save it for the winter for Bruno to sleep on when in the garage during cold winter nights. Last night as I left work I layed it on him to keep him warm (it was a little chilly out) and patted his head, and told him "Rest easy, big guy.".
So ends the life of a dog that saved a human life.
I've told this story before, and I'll tell it again now. I was walking Bruno one day only a few months ago, when he began pulling me into someones yard. It's kind of hard to keep an 85 pound Rotwieller under control sometimes, so I ended up in the yard as well.
There, laying next to a hedge, was an old woman. Semi-conscious, unable to rise or talk.
If Bruno had'nt pulled me into the yard, I never would've seen her.
Bruno wanted to stay and sniff at her, I dragged him back to the street. With no cell phone, I had to flag someone down. I found a guy driving a RTDE (Rhode Island Department of the Elderly) van, and he called for an ambulance. Just as Bruno and I got back to the station, the ambulance wizzed by. The next day, I got Bruno a cheeseburger or something.
On our way back after finding the old woman, we passed a pile of junk people where throwing out. There was an old sleeping bag that I grabbed. I stuck it in the rear closet with a note to save it for the winter for Bruno to sleep on when in the garage during cold winter nights. Last night as I left work I layed it on him to keep him warm (it was a little chilly out) and patted his head, and told him "Rest easy, big guy.".
So ends the life of a dog that saved a human life.