12/29/2024
It’s posts like these I hate to make. This month we have lost both Rambo M and Schuyler I. Just a little over a week in between two of my favorite dogs between passings. I lost a fair amount of dog friends during the hurricane, it makes it even harder to lose my dog friends after the fact.
One thing I feel a lot of people misunderstand about me and how I do my business is my heart. I feel that a lot of people don’t quite understand how much of my heart I give to what I do. My entire life is centered around dogs and researching about them so I can better communicate with them. I am yet to stop my dedication to understanding them, working with them and providing them the ultimate care. I love every single dog I meet. I become friends with dogs I see on the regular. I get to know their little personalities, their liked, their dislikes, what they tolerate and what they don’t. I think of them like I do my friends. I prioritize them and make sure they receive the most love and respect possible.
I tried so hard to display this when I had my salon in Unicoi. It was always my dream to be there and focus on the dogs. I just don’t think the majority of people was able to see how much I loved the dogs and what I do. It was getting to a point where it was burning me out and wearing me down. People assumed I was just there to make money and not care for their pets. It always hurt my heart and my soul whenever people would constantly talk to me like I was there to hurt their pets or drug them or mishandle them. The constant assumption that talking to me like a recording on the phone line wouldn’t get to me ate at me.
I stepped away from many reasons and the biggest one was to protect my heart and what I love doing. I love working with my dogs in their homes because the people that allow me there know I love their dogs like they are my own. They know I cry with them when their dogs pass. They know when I’m there grooming, training or pet sitting that I am advocating for their needs around the block.
These are two guys I see on the regular and knowing I won’t ever get to see them again makes my heart hurt. I knew the last time I seen Rambo it was the last, he told me. I wasn’t prepared to say by to Schuyler as he was running around and doing just fine when I seen him a couple days before Christmas.
Rest in peace little pieces of my heart, Rambo & Schuyler. I will forever miss your sweet faces and love.
