01/30/2024
It's been quite some time since my last post. I thought I'd give an update.
The last two years have been exciting and heartbreaking at the same time for our family. We bought a house, celebrated milestones and promotions, and stopped to be more present and enjoy life with our senior pugs.
Unfortunately, we've had to say goodbye to 3 of our fur family members in the past 16-months and each goodbye has left a void in our hearts.
We lost our sweet boy, Ray in September of 2022. It was an incredibly shocking and unexpected loss to our family. He was the second pug to come into our home and he impacted everyone immensely. I miss his hugs and kisses, every time I visit my mom's. He was a foster fail, but ultimately he is the one who saved us 🩵 I will always remember his silly demeanour, his unconditional love and our dancing.
In August 2023, we lost our eldest pug, our dear Sammy. Sammy came into our life at a time where we truly needed love, and that remained through the years and always will. He was our first pug and it's safe to say we became OBSESSED. He may have gotten grumpy in his old age but he loved his mom (my mom) more than anything. He was such a good fur brother and I miss him terribly. He gave the sloppiest kisses and the cutest little chin bites. He was surrounded by his mom, sister and fur cousins as he peacefully crossed to rainbow bridge. ❤️
Then, on January 4th of this year, we lost our baby, my heart and soul, Maya. Maya's journey was not without it's ups and downs. She recovered a slipped disk in 2015 and other health challenges, but in 2021 we started to notice a significant change...by the time we bought our home in late 2021, Maya could no longer operate her hind legs. With this, came the onset of other challenges which we navigated through the help of a great veterinary team. In late 2023 though, we started to notice a significant change in her day to day behaviour and her quality of life was noticeably impacted. Unfortunately, at Christmas we saw a quick decline and as a family, decided we needed to let our girl go with grace. She was surrounded by her family as she peacefully crossed to rainbow bridge. I am grateful for every single day I had with her and am devastated she is gone.
Anyone who has ever been fortunate enough to meet their soul dog, it is a loss that no one can truly prepare you for. It is the purest form of unconditional love you can ever experience. But it feels like a piece of yourself leaves, when you lose them.
I got Maya when she was almost 3, and was blessed with 11 beautiful years of her love. Her love is one that will remain with me for the rest of my life and I will live every day to honour her. I feel her with me every single day and know we will meet again 🩷 "As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be"
For now, we are focusing our time on our boy Diesel as we navigate these heartbreaking losses in our family.
I am not back to dog sitting at this time, but may look to open our home up to visitors in the future.
