Eulogy for Sister (Tentative)
Here’s Sister when I first saw her.
As I was driving home from the animal shelter, I was trying to think of a name for her. My brain wasn’t working very well, and all I could come up with was Sister Mary Elephant of Cheech and Chong fame.
Last January when I left to go to town, all six dogs were standing in front of the garage watching me leave. When I got back, there were only five dogs. I never saw or heard anything of Sister again despite papering the two nearest towns with posters and many other efforts.
Sister was about a year old when she disappeared. She appeared to be a mix of Yellow Lab and German Shepherd, and she grew to be a big, beautiful dog. She had zero aggression either to humans or other animals. She sometimes wanted very badly to play with Freda, my older German Shepherd mix dog. Freda didn’t want to play and would snarl and act aggressive toward Sister. Sister would act submissive in front but would be upright in back. It was hilarious to see her galumphing around with her front end on the floor and her back end in the air.
Here are some more pictures of Sister.
Sister had a collar with tags when she disappeared and was chipped. She was such a beautiful and nice dog, that someone may have stolen her. That’s my only hope: that sometime a vet will read the chip and I’ll be notified. That’s why this eulogy is labeled tentative,
I lost two dogs in January. I'm still not over it.
As I was driving home from the animal shelter, I was trying to think of a name for her. My brain wasn’t working very well, and all I could come up with was Sister Mary Elephant of Cheech and Chong fame.
Last January when I left to go to town, all six dogs were standing in front of the garage watching me leave. When I got back, there were only five dogs. I never saw or heard anything of Sister again despite papering the two nearest towns with posters and many other efforts.
Sister was about a year old when she disappeared. She appeared to be a mix of Yellow Lab and German Shepherd, and she grew to be a big, beautiful dog. She had zero aggression either to humans or other animals. She sometimes wanted very badly to play with Freda, my older German Shepherd mix dog. Freda didn’t want to play and would snarl and act aggressive toward Sister. Sister would act submissive in front but would be upright in back. It was hilarious to see her galumphing around with her front end on the floor and her back end in the air.
Here are some more pictures of Sister.
Sister had a collar with tags when she disappeared and was chipped. She was such a beautiful and nice dog, that someone may have stolen her. That’s my only hope: that sometime a vet will read the chip and I’ll be notified. That’s why this eulogy is labeled tentative,
I lost two dogs in January. I'm still not over it.