And he walked alone

Dated November 20,2011
It’s been 9 days since our beloved Patches left us. It ended his suffering or so I would like to believe. Life hasn’t been the same for any of us, definitely not for me. I miss him every minute of my day and I cannot seem to get him out of my system. Relationships are so important to everybody but some of them make such an everlasting impact on us. We would like to believe we can walk alone, but we never do. We need some source of love to keep us going. Like the saying goes relationships are like crystals, you don’t realize how important they are until they are broken. For people who have not had a pet, you will not experience unconditional love unless you have one.

Patches, was a true gift to us. We rescued him from pet rescue organization when we lived in NY. He was thoroughbred. He was given away because he couldn’t be shown in AKC. He was short for a male cocker. Like I said, we were very lucky. He was sold for a reduced price to a couple in Maine, who gave him up to another couple in CT and they couldn’t keep him because they found out soon after they were expecting a baby. They couldn’t deal with housebreaking a puppy and a first pregnancy. That’s how he landed in the rescue in NY. We met him on a Saturday morning after a series of phone calls to make an appointment to meet him at the rescuer’s house. Well we made it, but we meant to see the buff female not a tricolor male. But we realized she found her forever family, the day before and we just missed her. Well we were there and we thought we would spend sometime with Patches a chubby 11-month-old cocker so full of energy. All he cared about was his tennis ball. I fell in love with him instantly. He was so innocent and so content with just a dirty old ball. Why can’t we be like him? We were going to make him family. But it wasn’t easy as soon as they knew we were Vegetarians. They said another couple was seeing him and they would decide and call us. We kept our fingers crossed.But,like I said we were lucky.Marla called us before we got home.She said the other couple had another dog and he didn’t seem to like Patches. So we were the lucky one. Hurray!! for us.

We met at the nearest Petsmart signed the paper work and spent a fortune on our new baby. I was more than ecstatic. He has been the center of my universe since Feb 15,2002. He stood by me unconditionally with unwavering love. Always there for me through the rough sleepless nights with the two babies when the whole house slept. Through the terrible moods and the depressing days of postpartum. My pal was always there. Its just something different to experience unconditional love. He is physically not home now but I carry him in my heart always and he will be back to hold me together again. He walked alone but I think he will be back.

After he passed, I managed to get his adoption papers just to let Marla know that she made the last 10 years so bright for us and we learnt so much about love and patience from our beloved Patches then called Winston/Blaine.We wanted to convey our thanks to have made us so lucky. She remembered him in a heartbeat. We managed to get in touch with the breeder who had Patches’ family. We got in touch and coincidentally her next breeding is from Patches bloodline and she said she would keep us in our mind for an adorable puppy. We are now waiting for our Patches to come home to us again. I think we need him more than he needs us.