Sad Day at the Vosicky Household

Last night the family had to make the painful decision to put our dog Goatee "pooty-poo" down. For the past 14 years, you could always count on Goatee to greet you at the door when you came in, him barking at this own reflection in the door, and his love for only drinking water from his bowl if it were fresh with ice cubs!!!!!!! He will be missed, that's for sure. 

The story behind the reason why we had to put him down was because he was literally suffocating. All in all, he either had a heart attack or had cancer and his body was shutting down. It was so hard for him to breath and it was just so painful to watch him suffering. Dad took him to the vet and she just told him the best option was to put him down and so Mom and I cried out way up there to say good-bye to our faithful partner. Mom left because she couldn't be there with him when he got the shot that put him to sleep. I stayed and held him. He was my buddy and there was no doubt in my mind that he was going to go out alone on some hard, cold exam table. 

Its never easy to lose a part of you family, and this was no exemption. It may take time to stop looking around the house for him when  I come over to visit, and it will definitely be different in the kitchen at dinner time when we drop something, we might just have to pick it up off the floor!! He was a great dog and he lived like a King in the Vosicky household.