Just one day after Greta, on August 24, with help from Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice ,Clark joined Greta across the bridge.
Clark had been an island onto himself since he and Greta came here in March. He didn’t like to snuggle or be held and had some cognitive issues that were manageable for a while, but as the days and months wore on, his little mind gave out on him. Clark needed to be “rebooted” many times a day when I found him in stuck and barking in places he should not have been – wedged behind things, under things, stuck in places he really wasn’t stuck in (behind a door that moved if you pushed on it) and in places that involved moving a washing machine at 3AM to get him out or having to hang up on Pam as he had somehow gotten his head and shoulders through the braided plumbing behind the toilet and I had no idea how I was going to get him out…
Clark wandered in circles throughout the house and his two favorite activities were napping on hard surfaces and walking through things he shouldn’t have been walking through. Clark walked through food bowls, the water dish, and he also caused the coining of the term “poop foot” which was a phenomenon caused by Clark repeatedly walking through poo deposits on the pee pads which caused great cleaning and bathing issues when I would get home.
It had gotten to the point that I was afraid to leave him as I didn’t know where he would get stuck and that was the sign that it was time for him to transition.
So today, we had a picnic in the guest room where we shared a cheeseburger and fries to send him on his way with a full tummy. I got to hold him for the longest time ever as the first shot took hold and then he was gone from this life, restored back to health and running again in the sun, stuck in places no more…..
God speed little man…I am sorry that guy in the fleece was cursing up a blue streak about how many dogs there were when you got there. Give him some time and he will simmer down…he has a very soft heart and gives good ear scratches 
Until we meet again
