Well Beauregard was my best friend for 14 years, I got him when I was 9, he was 8 weeks old, but he was only 6 weeks old when we met. He was a Lhasa Apso and him at my side got me thru moving all over the country with my family, childhood, teen-hood and into adulthood! He was an always listening, never judging friend to talk to...he loved me first and foremost, would NEVER choose anything over me, and he also had a very close bond with my Mum, who cared for him when I moved out, both times...in his last few years he VERY much so belonged to both of us!
We lost him in May, his back had given out, and the pain meds he was taking had taken away his appetite, he wouldnt eat anything, thus couldnt keep his meds down...and thus couldnt walk or move without VERY bad pain! He had only been living with me again for 2 weeks, he had just moved back in with Jesse, Rhett, Brody and me in early May....it was an...interesting experience, but he Rhett bonded(which was shocking because Beau didnt like most dogs) and he excepted Jesse as well.
But it wasnt to be, he seemed to have held out just long enough to come back into my life, just to leave...for the last time.
The day I took him to the vet my good friend drove us, and when we got back home, without Beauregard, Rhett searched ALL OVER for him! For the next 2 weeks every time he would hear a noise he would go looking.
I like to think that because of the connection between my self and Beauregard and my self and Rhett and that they some how have a connection still!!
(Rhett the 2nd day after Beau "went missing".)
I will always have a hole in my heart that will always be his. I have the box that his ashes are in along with a plaque that was carved for me of his likeness over looking the living room, and his collar and tag hang on the mirror of my car to always be there with me.
So that is where the name of this blog comes in, he was named after the Civil War General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, who was also from Louisiana, and it means both "Beautiful Gaze" and "easy on the eye".
More to come!
(Thanks for reading!)
Wow so beautiful to read... The pictures brought tears to me.Mum
ReplyDeleteAww Abi, this post choked me up too! I have the same bond with my Lucy girl. Even though she is Bichon/Shih Tzu she has the same look as your Beauregard. She's only 4, but I dread when the time comes for her to pass.
ReplyDeleteAwww everyone has one of those dogs I think. You and I have had a very similar experience with it, just remember how much they taught you and that they are always with you. Tex has a tree growing on his spot that I can always think about when I feel sad and it makes me feel a little better.
ReplyDeleteThank you all.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jess...when I see your Lucy I think of my sister's Lhasa, Bonnie(who is still with us at 16 years old!:)) and of course Beauregard! She makes me smile when I see her!:)
and thanks Tiff....I agree, you and I have a lot of the same story with Tex and Beau....I plan on putting a tree over Beauregard when we end up with our own place!;)