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Saying goodbye to a special pet can be the hardest thing of all. It's like losing a friend who was always there for me -
a companion in times of loneliness,
a comfort in moments of sadness,
an everyday joy that touched my life.
Saying goodbye to a special pet can be the hardest thing of all..
until I remember I'd never trade one precious memory
or one single moment spent with my pet who brought so much warmth to my life.
And left so much happiness in my heart.
This journal entry is for Leo, the greatest dog and best friend i ever had. Today would've been his 21. birthday.
I lost him 3 years ago but it feel like it was yesterday.
I spent 18 years of my life with him by my side. I was born on 01/19/1995 and he was just a year later born on 02/19/1996.
I always liked that and so little one year old me grew up with him.
This is the first pic there is from us. He is sitting in my chair (even though he wasn't really allowed too)
Since we grew up on a farm and cameras weren't really a big thing and expensive this is the second shot of him and me that i found.
When he was too big for my kids chair he always tried to sneak up onto the armchair in the living room.
On Christmas we always had 1 or 2 wrapped gifts for him under the tree and he was almost more exited than us kids to finally find them and unwrap them.
He always was a very energized dog who loved to play outside and keep a guardian eye over us kids and his cats! Yes he adored our like 10 outdoor cats! Strangers had to get his permission to pet our cats.
On rainy days the cats would come up to our front door and look inside through the glass. Leo had such a big heart that he learned to jump on the door handle to open the door for the cats and let them all in! Oh it was always a fun disaster to catch those cats inside the house and get them back outside. 
But he also jumped on the door handles inside the house to get into our bedrooms to sneak onto the bed (which was a huuuge no-go) or to steal our chocolate! Yes usually chocolate is bad for dogs but he loved it and it never harmed him and he would get it himself anyway no matter how good you hide it. And he lived a long life! Also he loved cheese and cucumbers, he would even steal the growing cucumber right out of the garden.
With 15 or 16 he had a real down time. He wasn't playing anymore and his whole motivation for everything was gone even though he was healthy. So we decided to get a new puppy to hopefully get him on his feet again with some companienship. And it worked like a charm. He became a puppy again, which could be exhausting for us but it was fun and better than seeing him miserable!
They loved each other so much they became inserperable.
This is his half unwrapped Christmas gift
When I turned 18 I was going to live in New York for a year and it was the longest time I've spent apart from him. When I decided to stay a second year, I also decided to fly home for Easter. I knew his health wasn't good anymore and with his 18 years his last days were coming. But knowing that doesn't prepare you at all for when it happens. I was less than 2 weeks away from flying home and excited to see him a last time, to cuddle him again and show him that I'm still there. But then I got a call that he passed away and it really crushed me.
Coming home felt weird, he wasn't freaking out when I came in the door no big dog jumping at me almost to get me fall over. There was just this huge emptiness. In that moment I was glad that I just stayed 2 weeks because I couldn't handle this emptiness. The house wasn't the same anymore without him.
But I am grateful for those 18 wonderful years and I will always keep all those great memorys with you. You are unique and truly unreplaceable.
19.02.1996 - 14.03.2014
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Beautiful dedication! Never easy to lose a pet, they become such a part of you. I'm sorry for the loss.