A part of me has died

[Catu]

I am very sorry to read this. Even if late, this is a small gift for you:

Oda Al Perro

El perro me pregunta
y no respondo.
Salta, corre en el campo y me pregunta
sin hablar
y sus ojos
son dos preguntas húmedas, dos llamas
líquidas que me interrogan
y no respondo,
no respondo porque
no sé, no puedo nada.

A campo pleno vamos
hombre y perro.

Brillan las hojas como
si alguien
las hubiera besado
una por una,
suben del suelo
todas las naranjas
a establecer
pequeños planetarios
en árboles redondos
como la noche, y verdes,
y perro y hombre vamos
oliendo el mundo, sacudiendo el trébol,
por el campo de Chile,
entre los dedos claros de septiembre.

El perro se detiene,
persigue las abejas,
salta el agua intranquila,
escucha lejanísimos
ladridos,
orina en una piedra
y me trae la punta de su hocico,
a mí, como un regalo.
Es su frescura tierna,
la comunicación de su ternura,
y allí me preguntó
con sus dos ojos,
por qué es de día,
por qué vendrá la noche,
por qué la primavera
no trajo en su canasta
nada
para perros errantes,
sino flores inútiles,
flores, flores y flores.
Y así pregunta
el perro
y no respondo.

Vamos
hombre y perro reunidos
por la mañana verde,
por la incitante soledad vacía
en que sólo nosotros
existimos,
esta unidad de perro con rocío
y el poeta del bosque,
porque no existe el pájaro escondido,
ni la secreta flor,
sino trino y aroma
para dos compañeros,
para dos cazadores compañeros:
un mundo humedecido
por las destilaciones de la noche,
un túnel verde y luego
una pradera,
una ráfa ga de aire anaranjado,
el susurro de las raíces,
la vida caminando,
respirando, creciendo,
y la antigua amistad,
la dicha
de ser perro y ser hombre
convertida
en un solo animal
que camina moviendo
seis patas
y una cola
con rocío.

Pablo Neruda

[Kayos and Havoc]

Carolina,

I just came over here to read this. I had no idea you had lost Mason (Ultro) until you alluded to it on the other board. I just don't come over here very often and I am sorry to have missed this.

I remember how excited you were to get him as a puppy and now to hear he is gone. I am so sorry.

I don't think it ever gets any easier no matter how many times we go through it.

[GSDBESTK9]

Thank you Catu and Kathy. No it never does get any easier.

[RebelGSD]

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost the boy I raised from 8 weeks to cancer two years ago, way too early and I have still not recovered from the loss. He was such a huge part of my life. I know how it feels.

Mason had the best life with you and he was happy because of you. Sadly, there is a point when there is nothing else we can do for them to release them.

That is a beautiful poem.

Run free handsome Mason and watch over your mom.

[elsie]

i just found this...
I'm so sorry, Carolina.

i remember watching him grow up in pictures.

[JazzyLuv]

Please accept my condolences as well...We lost our beloved Jazzy almost a month ago, but it seems like just yesterday she was still here...Mason's tribute is beautiful...

[selzer]

That was a beautiful tribute. Your dog had a good life. It looks like he had a great life. It is too bad that he was only seven. But I think that you gave your dog a gift at the end, not permitting him to suffer a lot.

I am really sorry, you can see how much you loved your boy. They are special. And I know about feeling that a part of you died. GSDs worm their way deep into our hearts, and losing them near enough breaks them. But it wouldn't hurt so bad, if it wasn't that good.

Your boy was very beautiful.

[GSDBESTK9]

Thank you so much everyone. I miss him so much, he was such a great dog. Taken too soon.

[mrsbuggs]

So sorry for your loss, its a hard decison i am sure to make as we have to make that descison very soon ourselves. R.I.P Mason

[elsie]

beautiful tribute... perfect song selection
yes, Carolina, he knows how much you love him
like always, he's waiting, until it's time for you to come home.