Monday, February 14, 2011

Bye bye, boys



These are Spike and Zoey, a pair of Italian greyhound brothers who live with a friend in Tokyo. I'm fond of them because I first visited Tokyo when they were newly acquired, and slept in the guest room which also served as the dogs' room. So they were a big part of my first Japan experience. That was more than 10 years ago.

Spike died a couple of years ago. Zoey died yesterday. He was getting on in years, but seemed fine. Then he went to bed and never woke up. It is somehow comforting to know that he was a good boy to the end, didn't put anyone through that last trip to the vet, and that he went peacefully in his sleep, on his own bed.

But he will still be missed.

1 comment:

dona said...

So sorry to hear of Zoey's passing, but like you am glad he went peacefully on his own. Too many of my "babies" have had the unavoidable last trip.

This post got me thinking of all my missed babies.