Loss of a pet

We had to put Bruin down today. Luckily I don't think this will affect Isabelle - she's too young to remember him.

Scott and I got him when he was only a 3 month old puppy on Christmas in 2010. We drove all the way to NY to get him. He picked us out as he ran into Scott's open arms.

But even then, the abuse he endured from his owners left life long scars on him. He had been kept in a kiddie pool with like 10 other puppies where they barely moved. He didn't know how to really walk when we got him. He was very aggressive with food as they fought over small amounts of it in the pool. He was extremely skittish around many things like the fridge or black trash bags. We can only imagine why but he needed anxiety meds to help him. He developed seizures at a young age and needed to be on powerful drugs to combat them. We only found out this week that if a dog has a seizure for over 5 minutes it can cause brain damage and he had a few that lasted 10 or 15 minutes so I am sure that played into it as well.

We got Dexter shortly after for him hoping to improve his skittishness and provide him with a buddy. We also got him serious training help when things were starting to become worse to no avail. Unfortunately, recently, his aggressiveness had become worse towards Dexter and us ending with him biting Jack (he's ok). We knew it was time. The vet, who's known us & him for years told me twice she would've done the same & she knows how hard we tried.

Even though he had his issues, we loved him for 6 short years. And he was our first "child". Rest in peace, Bruin. I hope you get lots of food all to yourself and nobody touches you while you're trying to sleep and you can run around all day and come in and go out as often as you'd like! And of course, we hope your mental suffering is over and you have no more seizures. <3

Watching the light leave his eyes was extremely tough but I am glad I was there for him at the end. I ate some popcorn with Jack tonight and just know he would've been right there with us if he could have been scarfing it up.