Mia, my family dog passed away yesterday. She had been fighting cancer for quite some time but had never seemed to be in pain or bothered a lot until the last few days. We are going to miss her. I can't picture my parents' house without her but I also am sure she is much happier now.
I have so many memories of Mia. She came home when I was twelve years old to be a part of our family. She is a german short hair and we picked her partly because she was the runt in the liter. We should have known by her huge paws, but we thought she might be a little smaller since she was the runt. Instead we often felt like we were training and walking a horse. She was a 90 lb. dog who ussually walked us. I picture the movie Marley & Me as a good description of our dog at times. She was such a happy and hyper dog through most of her life. She was untrainable in a lot of ways but she loved everyone who came into the house.
Their was lots of yelling over chewed up stuffed animals, eating out of the trash, stealing people's food and even trying to sit on people. She always thought she was smaller than she was and if the cat can sit on you, then why couldn't she? When she was much younger, she loved to run away. She would take off out the front door and run until one of the neighbor kids or really a collection of the neighborhood would catch her. That was incredibly stressful.
It wasn't long after her first battle with cancer, that she went running out of the front door. My sister and friend went to track her down when Mia ran into a busy road and was hit by a car. My sister devastated who was sure she had died, ran to get my mom. My mother rushed to go to the road and find Mia but when she opened the front door, there was our giant horse dog sitting on the porch. It was later found that she had been hit by the car and after a minute of shaking it off, she walked straight home. After that, we knew she was a super dog. She also never ran away again.
Mia was a kind and sweet dog. She was naive and full of joy. She taught me to be patient, to remember whats important, and that a smile and a lot of dog slober makes everything better.
Mia, I will miss you! I know you are in a better place. I hope heaven is equipped with lots of ice cream, chew toys, and I hate to say it ---but even that cat liter you would also get into. love always, kath.
