Banner was such a good boy!
I hope he found Truman. Banner loved Truman more than Truman loved Banner 😂 but Banner loved hard and they were definitely friends.
Goodbyes are definitely bitch.
2-16-22 morning.
For those that don’t make it over to Instagram…
February 6, 2022… my notes from this day…
He went to the vet again for oxygen and fluids. He is unsteady on his feet, he is circling a bit, and I think he may have had a bit of a vision loss. He seems warm. I put him to bed and then went into the office to work. He came and “got me”. He never went to bed without me until recently. My notes are to call to schedule home euth (which doesn’t end up happening) and that he may have hD another small stroke.
This is when I should have let him go and I did not. There was no way. I had been asking him for one more day for a couple of weeks at this point.
#petloss #trumanbichon🌈21622 #trumanmemorypos
*Uncropped non fuzzy version on Instagram along with a lot of other Truman videos you missed!* if you bought a calendar and this is a surprise you missed the card!
Everything after Truman is just Gravy.
INTRODUCE YOUR DOG
Name: Gravy
Nicknames: Grave, Gravy, Mr.Gray, Gravy Train,
Breed: 81% Poodle,14% Bichon Frise (tail and eyes) 5% Cocker Spaniel (big paws, and cocker ears)
Age: 4ish years old
From: OCAC via Fullerton “stray” (🙄he’s epileptic and he isn’t a runner, so I am guessing he has more of a backstory, but I guess we won’t ever know)
3 adjectives: Playful, sweet, cute
Favorite food: Ground Beef or True Chews treats duck or hamburger flavor
Favorite Human: “Ron is Mr.Fun but my loyalty is with my Mahm.
I don’t have a favorite”
Favorite Things To Do: “Go for walks, sit at the front door waiting to bark at people or dogs on the sidewalk, fetching my ball, chewing on my Kong black toys which are the only toys that I can play with without supervision due to my love of destruction .”
Favorite Toy: Black Kong Ring or Black Kong bone… or anything that looks like a frisbee. Paper plates will do. Until I rip them apart
Car Rides? He’s ok until we arrive at our destination and then the anxiety starts over what’s about to happen.
Worst Fear:
1. Smoke Alarm noise or anything similar
2. Fireworks
Hates: Alarms, honking cars, fireworks, mailmen, anyone that walks into the house without proper Introduction! Burglars beware if you don’t want a poodle hanging off of your leg pick another house😂
Where do I sleep: “Usually on the floor next to my Mahm’s side of the bed or under the bed on the same side.
#MeetMyDogChallenge #Trumanthesequel #sequelsdontalwayssuck
#sequelsarentasgoodastheoriginals
#thesequel #nottruman #ifetch #frisbeedogwannabe #deepbarker #poodlebichoncocker #mostlypoodle #squirrellover #kindanuts #epilepticdogsofinstagram #shelterdog #ihatethemailcarrier #workingonmyissues #fullertonstray #isnore #ialsosnort #ch
11-19-15 8:20 am
Peekaboopalooza.
🥰 The day before he came home. He was so nervous in that kennel. #souldog #trumanbichon🌈21622 #trumanmemorypost #bichonlove
No paw for you! 10/25/2016 1:07 pm
#trumanmemorypost #trumanbichon🌈21622 #bichon #nopaw
10-18-2017 Truman in training to be another Norbert but he never made it 😂 Ah well. Just trying to get to 1000 on Instagram is proving to be a challenge. in the last 90 days we have gained 50 followers but lost 25 who are apparently not interested in seeing a dead dog. Which is funny since it’s not like they ever met him. What’s the diff? #trumanmemorypost #trumanbichon🌈21622 #bichonfrise #bichon #gimme5 #norbertwannabe
8 months later. Some days are good and some days are bad. I still wonder why some dogs that haven’t gotten nearly as much care and are constantly wandering around unattended are surviving life and Truman didn’t. We called him 4 years old upon adoption. OCHS said 1 year old and another vet said definitely 3-6 years old. 4 seemed correct and that made him 15.5 upon departure. I guess he could have been 14-17.5. I hope he was 17.5. Unless his life before us really sucked then maybe not. Some of you have asked if we are ready for another dog. I know you’re worried because I’m still posting (nearly) every day. Other dogs are ok. There will never be another Truman. And everything after Truman is just Gravy. #trumanbichon🌈21622 #trumanmemorypost #bichonsofheaven #irreplaceabledog
In case you’re still an Instagram hater… (click for full screen) Part two comes tomorrow.
10-9-2017 Truman meets Buddy. He was so chill. So was Buddy 🙃 #bichon #trumanbichon🌈21622 #trumanmemorypost #dogmeetscat #persiancat
Just a quick reel I had posted onInstagram... posting here for the IG resisters.
Sept 6, 2021 the day before our countdown began we had a good day. Well Truman got a bath haha… once that was over he had a good day! #trumanmemorypost #trumanbichon🌈21622 #bichon #bichonfrise
Video: I am going to guess FB will take this down bc of the music. New reels on Truman’s Insta. Go check ‘em out.
Video- 7/14/2017 Sooo Truman helped
rerescue Domino. Domino had been adopted a few years previous yet he was found tied up in a park in poor condition. His adopters didn’t ever post lost ads or flyers (or notify the rescue he was lost). They never added themselves to the microchip, which was apparently for the best as we got the call that he was at the shelter. I was a volunteer with the original rescue so I went to Wags in Westminster to pick him up. He was so sweet and he loved Truman and Truman didn’t mind him either. Normally Truman wouldn’t casually share space with another dog but he was totally fine with Domino. Domino was adopted again. No matter how much screening a rescue does prior to adoption things can go wrong. All we can do is try. #trumanvideo #trumanmemorypost #trumanbichon🌈21622 #bichon #bichonfrise
Weirdly I only have one photo for today so instead here is a VIDEO (click it) from 7-7-2019 showing Truman distressed that we had tiny @peekapoo949 as a houseguest. This was before Simba and right before Peekapoo was adopted. Truman was full on annoyed and pouting that Peeka was in his spot on the couch. (Sorry about the annoying TV.) This is about as jerky as you’d ever see him. #trumanmemorypost #trumanbichon🌈21622 #bichon #poutybichon #getoffmylawn
100 days without Truman is in the books! (12:45 PST) We all have pets we missed whose bodies aren’t with us anymore… I’m nothing special. So if you’re like … 🙄 here we go again… I get that. I celebrate your dogs as well if you do.
I was really clear on the different ways people grieve while I awaited Truman’s fate. I’ve been watching you. I didn’t know which way I would go, but I’m happy with where I am. I prepared as much as possible (you really can’t prepare much honestly).
A friend send me contact info for her trusted animal communicator on what would be the day before he left. I had spoken to 3 or 4 anklimal communicators in the past 11 years, only one impressed me much. (Hence the fact that I can’t recall if it was 3 or 4) so I was hesitant to contact them, but did it and it was the best thing I could have done. I think that connection changed everything about how It all went (positively). I did the best I could with what I had to work with that day, but it still stings and it didn’t go as “planned”.
I have since again spoken to an animal communicator, and yes I can tell the difference between real and not. Happy to share their info. DM me if you would like it. Although I’m still not happy with how it went and the explanations I received at the vet, it doesn’t really matter. It was his time to go. As you would suspect, Truman is in fact an old soul with a sense of humor. I already knew that he was.
Truman was (and is) my number #1. More importantly I was his number 1, which is something I am not and never have been for anyone else. That is a fact. He’s my once in a lifetime dog. He made tens of thousands of people smile by his pure joy just in passing even without stopping.
He was never taken for granted, and I was grateful for every day he woke up. I literally said every single day for at least his last 4 years… “it’s going to be a good day… Truman woke up! “ (see video for proof)
