K9 reality.
There was a dog. A dog I've never met, and until yesterday didn't know existed. This dog made me smile yesterday bigger than I've smiled in a long time. Then that same dog made me cry more than I've cried since 2003. I cried huge tears. Big ones. Maybe it's the colors, maybe it's the fact that I'm letting myself feel again.
So, how does such a thing happen? Why this dog? Why this time? Who knows. It happened. His name is Joop. Search Flickr You'll see a truly remarkable, photogenic, dynamic dog. A dog that many have been enjoying the pleasure of for a long time. A dog who's days are numbered and he probably doesn't even know it. Doesn't even care. Wants to enjoy everyday with his humans. We could learn a lot from dogs.
Rusty.
2 Comments:
I cam across Joop yesterday as well from a post on Metafilter. I went through every picture I could find of him. It was hard to explain how much the photo's touched me. Then I came upon the bad news and then the end.
Thank you Amblin. Joop seems to have been a pretty special dog. He will be missed by a lot of people.
It was impressive to see the outpouring and sharing of loss. I think a lot of people have a loss like that, and certainly being able to share it helps everyone get through it.
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