We had a Beagle that we lost due to bladder cancer 5 years ago. I was so tore up over her passing, grieved for about 3 years. Initially at times, I would cry like a baby I missed her so badly.
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Then one day in Nashville, my son was on his way home from work. He saw two dogs at the side of a busy highway. In the past, there were 2 dogs that he was very close to (one was his) that got killed on highways. So seeing a pair of pups in danger of meeting the same fate was a sensitive issue for him. He stopped his truck and one came running over and jumped right inside, the other took off. So he was able to save at least one of the two. They brought her home and added her to the other two they had previously abopted.
About the same timeframe, I had gotten out of a business I was in. Since I no longer was on the road all all the time, and Mrs. TG was working nights, I started feeling the need for another buddy. Mrs. TG was dead set against it, so I had to enlist the help of our kids and a couple of videos to persuade her otherwise. She eventually gave in and I met my new buddy for Christmas 2005. Since then she has become my inseparable buddy. Only then was able to get totally over the loss of my Beagle 3 years prior.
Talk about things being meant to happen, I think this is a perfect example. Had all the variables not come together just right, what are the chances that a dog in Nashville would come to be with me in Upper Michigan? I'm glad all those things necessary to be just right, were so. She is the best, most loyal well behaved dog I've ever had. She has even displayed a instinctive protective streak with babies and small kids. When my expectant daughter came to visit, my dog was at her side constantly and would jump up on the sofa next to my daughter, sniffing at her tummy. So she definately knows what's up, animals are very intuitive sometimes. I don't think Mrs. TG & I are going to be the only ones excited when the baby comes to visit for the first time.
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Congrats on your new buddy there Robert. There is something very special about a dog that finds you instead of the other way around.