It’s been a year today since my incredible dog, Joshua, departed this world. I cannot believe he has been gone an entire year. I still get emotional when I talk about him, but I wouldn’t trade our fourteen years together for anything.
Joshua was very much a part of our family. He came to us from North Shore Animal League at just eight weeks. A border collie mix, he was super smart and incredibly sensitive to our feelings and needs. He loved treats and quickly learned a number of tricks. Show him a treat and he would start going through his entire repertoire before you had decided which one to ask for.
He was phobic about thunderstorms. Even minor storms threw him into a panic attack from which he could not be distracted. So when I awoke this morning to a torrential storm, complete with thunder and lightning, it somehow seemed as if sent from Joshua himself to me.
He’s now beyond such worldly cares, but it was the perfect way to remember and celebrate the life that he so generously shared with us for an all too brief interlude.
Tags: death, Dogs, panic attack