My dog duke .

Born January 2nd, 1990 Died August 7th, 2004

Yes this is 2 years after my dog has passed on. but when this even happened was teh day i went to california for 2 weeks.  it was 5 minutes before i left i discovered that duke had died.  I had just came from where he lay in the basement a half hour earlier when i said good bye to him for the long vacation to come. I couldnt get over the look he gave me when i was walking away. Maybe he knew i was leaving and wanted to let go while i was still here. I dont know but thats the hope i hold onto. I really never dealt with thats since i was distracted with vacation seeing my famiy across the united states. Since then, something deep inside me has drawn closer to dogs and especialy thier cousin  the wolf. Something spiritualy inside of me calls me to thier attention. Duke was 1/4 timber wolf as his uncle my previous dog.

 It wasnt untill this passed weekend when my emotions came through. I was at the movie theature watching 8 below which captures a story of  8 sled dogs led to survive for 6 months after they were stranded on antartica due to a servere storm. 6 months later thier keeper finaly returns after being able to find a passge into the artic in the middle of winter. Im not going to reveal what happens for some has not seen this yet. But during the end of the movie was a very heart felt part which reached down inside me unleashing the feelings i hid when my beloved best friend passed away.
he lived for 14 long good years.

It took a while after the movie ended to finaly catch my normal state. i think it just goes to show you cant hold everything inside but it was good to get it out.  All my friends and fam knew him through my antics and the metephors illustrating my dog as the massive beast he was. But what loyalty he showed and a bond that we both had and have to this day. 

   His ashes still sit on my desk and i cant wait untill i get my own place where i can take in another 4 legged friend and live on his legacy.

good boy..