We said goodbye to this handsome fella today.
Hard day around here.
We’ve known it’s been coming for a while and I have no doubt he is no longer suffering or miserable or in pain…still a hard thing.
We got Trigger from a friend the first year we were married. (I’ve known him longer than my kids or most of my friends!) I’ve always loved these dogs (Chinese Cresteds) but they aren’t cheap. No way I was gonna pay $1000 for a dog!
A lady we knew in Northern Colorado raised show dogs and Trigger’s ears didn’t stand up properly so she kept him as a pet. Unfortunately, he liked to chase cars and they lived right on the road so she gifted him to us.
He was a snuggly, spunky guy!
His favorite place to be was in your lap…or chasing goats or a four-wheeler! He thought he was a bonafide farm dog and he sure made himself fit right in!
He was my (second) main man all those days and nights when Wrexy was working late. He went to work with me on occasion and he always garnered lots of attention.
He was a little bit of a high maintenance dog. Winters were hard because he had no body hair and summers were hard because he would get burned if we didn’t put sunscreen on him. He took some work, but he brought us a lot of joy!
The way he ran around the farm when we were in Brighton was almost inspiring. He loved life and showed it!
He dropped in rank as the kids were born and slowly started getting more arthritic and less active. The last six months have been really hard on him and today was his day.
Trigger Digger, we love you buddy. You were a good ole friend…and you’ll be missed, it’s true.
We all spent some time telling him goodbye before we left for church this morning. Sawyer took it harder than I thought she might. (He had gotten kinda cranky in his old age and often tried to bite her. Sweet girl still showered him with love.) Poor sweetie cried a lot this morning, as did her momma. She laid in his bed with him, church clothes and all, and hugged him and cried before we walked out the door. It was a sad and beautiful thing.
I know this will be just the beginning of loss she will experience in this old world but it didn’t make it any easier on this momma’s heart.
We praised Jesus for the time we had with him and we thanked him that Trigger’s no longer sore and miserable.
We love you, buddy!
