May 8th, 1999
Thank you TERRI
TRIBUTE TO DANDILION
And TABU
On March 3rd ,1982 our female
Lhasa Apso Tabu gave birth via
c-section two puppies.
Both were males. One was so
big that his neck had been broken
while trying to be born.
The second was a tiny little thing
Barley longer than my thumb.
We took mother and son home
Two hours after she gave birth!
Tabu was the most attentive mama
Dog I have ever seen. She insisted on
Washing her puppy to the point that
We had to dry him with a towel so
That he would not catch cold.
We decided on the name "DANDILION"
Because the Lhasa Apso is know as the
"bark lion dog" and he was a real "dandy"
of a puppy to us. And so his nickname,
"Dandi" came to be.
The two dogs were always together. I
even had to take them to the groomers
at the same time because when I made
the mistake of only taking one the other
was jealous and pouted for the entire day.
Dandi was a gentle dog. He loved to play
and his favorite game was chasing balls. He
had a knack for sniffing them out no matter
where they were in the house and as soon
as he found one the chase was on.
We would throw one down the hall and
he would run like mad to get it and tear back
to where we were, meanwhile we would
throw a second one down and he would
drop the first one and go for the second
one.
This game would continue until we
just gave up. Never once was he the
one to stop first!
Tabu was more of a loner, and took to
our son more. Dandi was a loving dog and
was always coming to me or my husband for
attention. He loved having his back and ears
rubbed and his tongue would wag with total
happiness, and then begin licking.
For Some reason he loved licking my
husbands legs. I do not know if it was the salt
or what but he would stand there licking, tail
wagging until my husband could stand it
no more.
Outside Dandi loved to run and
explore the
yard, treating everyhting as a wonderful
new game. He would watch birds
up in the trees
and had this look on his little face
like he too wished he could fly.
The years flew by and when he was 12 we
moved from the only home the two
dogs had ever known in Connecticut
to another one, in Florida.
We were concerned about the drastic
change in their lifestyle and the
temperature but they adjusted without a
second thought.
The only difference was that they
did not spend all day outside in their
"play yard" which was a 15X15
cage made for them.
It was too hot, so we took them
out several ti mes a day to potty
and play and they seemed okay with
this new plan too.
When Tabu was 14 and Dandi
13 she brgan to lose her sight and
he began to lose his hearing.
They became the eyes and ears
for each other. One day Tabu
was accidently left out when
we brought them in and it was a
n hour before we missed her.
We looked everywhere and
she was totally gone.
We called neighbors and made
"lost dog" posters in the
morning went to hang them around
the neighborhood.
My husbnad called the dog
pound and they told him that
she had just been brought in by some
nice people.
After going for her and finding
her so scared
and upset we came home, got her
settled in and then called the people
that found her.
They told us that she had been
sitting on a corner about two
miles from home when they
went by the night before
and because they fingured she
belonged to someone near-by
they left her. However in the
morning when she was still there
they decided someone had
ditched her there and took her
to the dog pound..
We figured someone had
stolen her from the yard
thinking she was a cute puppy
and then realizing she was
old and almost blind just
dumped her off.
Almost exactly a year later
she disappeared again.
This time we were not so
lucky as she made it to the
main road and was killed by a
car and left lying in the moddle
of the road alone.
We buried her at our son's
farm, and placed a marker
and flowers on her grave.
Dandi mourned his mssing
mommy and it took him a while
to get use to being alone for
the first time in his long life.
Over the next two years his
hearing was toally gone and he
too became blind.
He bumped into everything
and startled at the least thing
outside, like a blade of grass,
not knowing what it was.
Gone forever was the excited,
playful puppy we had known
and loved for so many years.
And we knew that soon God
would take him home to be
with his mommy.
But months went by and still
he remained a loving dog, licking
us at every chance (I think
it was the only communication
with us that he had left).
He slept more and ate like a horse.
He was healthy and
not in pain so we could not bear
to think of having
him put to sleep.
Then the decision was made
for us. He lost control of his
bladder and his bowels and
was going
to the bathroom wherever he
happened to be at the moment.
We found ourselves mopping
and cleanning floors numerous
times a day and it got to be too much.
On top of this we were planning
to go away for five days over
Thanksgiving and we knew that
there was no one to watch him
while we were gone.
On Monday November 24,1998
we made the final decision that broke
our hearts into little pieces.
We made the arrangements to take
him to the veternariand to be put to
sleep, with us there holding him as
we had since the hour he was born.
With tears in our eyes we loaded
him gently into his carrier for the
last time and drove in silence to the
vets office.
Our vet is one of the kindest, more
human people I have ever met. He came
into the room where we stood holding
Dandi and talked softey with us about
this coming moment.
Then he quietly left us alone to be
with him for a few last moments.
The vet reentered the room with his
nurse, carrying a needle, and gently
stroked our dogs headed. As always his
tongue panted outside of his mouth and
he looked like the puppy he had always
been.
Asking us if we were ready we replied
"As ready as we could ever be" and with
gentle hands we held our dog and the vet
slowly injected him through his left paw.
His little tongue continued to pant
for maybe 45 seconds and slowly he went
limp in our hands.
We laid him down on the tabke and the
vet listened several times to make sure
he was gone and told us he would be back
in a few minutes, leaving us to grieve in
solitude and silence.
I was nealy inconsolable with tears as
we stood there holding the lifelwss body
of this pet that had been so much a part
of our family for nearly 17 human years.
The only thing that brought me solace\
was the fact that he was now at peace and
had crossed over the "Rain Box Bridge" to
join his mother and all of the other beloved
animals there.
The vet returned and spoke with us again
and the nurse took his lifeless body to the
back room, returning with it wrapped in dark
plastic so that we could take him home to be
buried.
We drove again in silence and when we got
to the place he would rest along side his
mother, we knelt and said a silent prayer
for them both.
We buried him there and slowly walked
towards the house, our hearts heavy with the
pain and grief of this day.
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On March 3rd ,1982 our female
Lhasa Apso Tabu gave birth via
c-section two puppies.
Both were males. One was so
big that his neck had been broken
while trying to be born.
The second was a tiny little thing
Barley longer than my thumb.
We took mother and son home
Two hours after she gave birth!
Tabu was the most attentive mama
Dog I have ever seen. She insisted on
Washing her puppy to the point that
We had to dry him with a towel so
That he would not catch cold.
We decided on the name "DANDILION"
Because the Lhasa Apso is know as the
"bark lion dog" and he was a real "dandy"
of a puppy to us. And so his nickname,
"Dandi" came to be.
The two dogs were always together. I
even had to take them to the groomers
at the same time because when I made
the mistake of only taking one the other
was jealous and pouted for the entire day.
Dandi was a gentle dog. He loved to play
and his favorite game was chasing balls. He
had a knack for sniffing them out no matter
where they were in the house and as soon
as he found one the chase was on.
We would throw one down the hall and
he would run like mad to get it and tear back
to where we were, meanwhile we would
throw a second one down and he would
drop the first one and go for the second
one.
This game would continue until we
just gave up. Never once was he the
one to stop first!
Tabu was more of a loner, and took to
our son more. Dandi was a loving dog and
was always coming to me or my husband for
attention. He loved having his back and ears
rubbed and his tongue would wag with total
happiness, and then begin licking.
For Some reason he loved licking my
husbands legs. I do not know if it was the salt
or what but he would stand there licking, tail
wagging until my husband could stand it
no more.
Outside Dandi loved to run and
explore the
yard, treating everyhting as a wonderful
new game. He would watch birds
up in the trees
and had this look on his little face
like he too wished he could fly.
The years flew by and when he was 12 we
moved from the only home the two
dogs had ever known in Connecticut
to another one, in Florida.
We were concerned about the drastic
change in their lifestyle and the
temperature but they adjusted without a
second thought.
The only difference was that they
did not spend all day outside in their
"play yard" which was a 15X15
cage made for them.
It was too hot, so we took them
out several ti mes a day to potty
and play and they seemed okay with
this new plan too.
When Tabu was 14 and Dandi
13 she brgan to lose her sight and
he began to lose his hearing.
They became the eyes and ears
for each other. One day Tabu
was accidently left out when
we brought them in and it was a
n hour before we missed her.
We looked everywhere and
she was totally gone.
We called neighbors and made
"lost dog" posters in the
morning went to hang them around
the neighborhood.
My husbnad called the dog
pound and they told him that
she had just been brought in by some
nice people.
After going for her and finding
her so scared
and upset we came home, got her
settled in and then called the people
that found her.
They told us that she had been
sitting on a corner about two
miles from home when they
went by the night before
and because they fingured she
belonged to someone near-by
they left her. However in the
morning when she was still there
they decided someone had
ditched her there and took her
to the dog pound..
We figured someone had
stolen her from the yard
thinking she was a cute puppy
and then realizing she was
old and almost blind just
dumped her off.
Almost exactly a year later
she disappeared again.
This time we were not so
lucky as she made it to the
main road and was killed by a
car and left lying in the moddle
of the road alone.
We buried her at our son's
farm, and placed a marker
and flowers on her grave.
Dandi mourned his mssing
mommy and it took him a while
to get use to being alone for
the first time in his long life.
Over the next two years his
hearing was toally gone and he
too became blind.
He bumped into everything
and startled at the least thing
outside, like a blade of grass,
not knowing what it was.
Gone forever was the excited,
playful puppy we had known
and loved for so many years.
And we knew that soon God
would take him home to be
with his mommy.
But months went by and still
he remained a loving dog, licking
us at every chance (I think
it was the only communication
with us that he had left).
He slept more and ate like a horse.
He was healthy and
not in pain so we could not bear
to think of having
him put to sleep.
Then the decision was made
for us. He lost control of his
bladder and his bowels and
was going
to the bathroom wherever he
happened to be at the moment.
We found ourselves mopping
and cleanning floors numerous
times a day and it got to be too much.
On top of this we were planning
to go away for five days over
Thanksgiving and we knew that
there was no one to watch him
while we were gone.
On Monday November 24,1998
we made the final decision that broke
our hearts into little pieces.
We made the arrangements to take
him to the veternariand to be put to
sleep, with us there holding him as
we had since the hour he was born.
With tears in our eyes we loaded
him gently into his carrier for the
last time and drove in silence to the
vets office.
Our vet is one of the kindest, more
human people I have ever met. He came
into the room where we stood holding
Dandi and talked softey with us about
this coming moment.
Then he quietly left us alone to be
with him for a few last moments.
The vet reentered the room with his
nurse, carrying a needle, and gently
stroked our dogs headed. As always his
tongue panted outside of his mouth and
he looked like the puppy he had always
been.
Asking us if we were ready we replied
"As ready as we could ever be" and with
gentle hands we held our dog and the vet
slowly injected him through his left paw.
His little tongue continued to pant
for maybe 45 seconds and slowly he went
limp in our hands.
We laid him down on the tabke and the
vet listened several times to make sure
he was gone and told us he would be back
in a few minutes, leaving us to grieve in
solitude and silence.
I was nealy inconsolable with tears as
we stood there holding the lifelwss body
of this pet that had been so much a part
of our family for nearly 17 human years.
The only thing that brought me solace\
was the fact that he was now at peace and
had crossed over the "Rain Box Bridge" to
join his mother and all of the other beloved
animals there.
The vet returned and spoke with us again
and the nurse took his lifeless body to the
back room, returning with it wrapped in dark
plastic so that we could take him home to be
buried.
We drove again in silence and when we got
to the place he would rest along side his
mother, we knelt and said a silent prayer
for them both.
We buried him there and slowly walked
towards the house, our hearts heavy with the
pain and grief of this day.
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A LETTER FROM DANDI
IN MEMORY OF CHELSEA
Please visit my:
"Gone to the Dogs
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