For the 1st time in 12.5yrs I am truly alone. I know many will not understand the loss and will think he was only a dog...I can only hope that one day every single one of you find your Haven. My best friend has lost his battle with cancer. Haven has been with me since May 2002 and took his last breath here at home earlier today. I cannot begin to explain the connection I had with this dog. Haven lived up to his name. He was my rock and he was my safe place. I can honestly say that if it wasnt for him I would not have known about 98% of my friends. There would never have been New Beginnings, there would never have been Take the Plunge, there would never have been the dog baths at Critter Jungle and most important 100s of dogs may not have been saved. 100s of people who adopted their dogs through me have Haven to thank. It is because of him that I got involved with rescue. Haven was an amazing big brother to many foster dogs and taught many of them how to be a dog. As long as I could remember I wanted an Australian Shepherd. May 2002 I went to meet a litter of puppies. I went there to pick out a female pup. When I arrived there was two females that I was trying to decide between. Haven decided that I was his person. He followed me everywhere and did everything he could to make me notice him. He would sit on my foot while I was holding one of the female pups. When I walked away he followed. While the other pups were running around and playing he was beside me, watching me. When I sat down to play with the female I was sure was going to be mine he put his head on my knee and fell asleep. I could not get rid of him no matter how I tried. So at 10 weeks of age Haven was already so in tuned to me that I had no choice but to bring him home. Haven has taught me so much about life and now sadly death. I cannot have loved him more. Right from the day I brought him home he knew how to read me and knew when I needed him. Many of times he would just come over and rest his head on my knee and just look up at me. He never complained even when in pain. Haven had such a joy of life that you couldntt help but smile when you looked at him. He loved life and you could see it when he ran. He loved to run just for the sheer joy of it. He didnt need for me to throw a ball or a stick he just wanted to run and skip. Swimming was the same. He didnt need for anyone to throw a stick or toy into the water, he just loved the water. He loved water puddles even more. lol He loved to lay in puddles. He loved to find some stinky swamp water to lie in. Haven had a kind heart. I remember on one of our hikes he found a nest of baby birds (the nest was on the ground) Haven sniffed at the babies inside and than he curled up beside the nest. I had to leash him to get him away from the nest. For the next three days he would run to where the nest was and did the same thing. On the forth day he ran to the nest but this time he did not lay down beside the nest, this time he paced beside the nest. You could see that he was stressed. When i went over to get him I saw that all the babies were dead. Haven was my baby boy from the second I walked into the office where he was born. He was mine before I even knew he was mine. Haven changed my life forever and I just dont know what its going to be like without him. Haven I already miss you. You are and will always be my heart. youtu.be/BuHm6mjhVYk
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 19:46:22 +0000
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