Once there was a little black puppy that
was taken from his mommy by some kids and dropped at another unknown place. The
little puppy was a happy guy so instead of finding the new place a scary big
world he decided to make it his new playground.
His enthusiasm towards life and love towards other dogs and humans made him a famous little guy in this new
area. Most humans loved him to bits. One such human named him Sweepea. He was
also known my many other names like Oreo, Blacky, Chotoo, Raja and so on.
He was not a fussy eater, ate whatever was
given to him like pedigree, chicken, mutton, dal rice, milk rice. Although, he
did prefer a particular Pedigree food over the others. He would not touch the
chicken n vegetable variety and his favorite flavor was meat and rice.
Every morning when the humans would walk
their furry buddies, this tiny bundle of joy would run along in the big field
and play with those dogs and their humans alike. There was never a day when Sweepea
would not greet them with a big woofs, ear-to-ear smile and super fast swooshes
of the tail. So it was rather out of the ordinary when yesterday the humans did
not see this ever smiling big baby greeting them in the morning.
By evening they figured out that the boy
was ill and needed immediate medical care. Some of these good humans took
Sweepea to the clinic and after fighting with death the entire night young
Sweepea took his last breath early morning today.
As one of Sweepea’s humans I have this gut
wrenching feeling that I cannot get rid of. I am devastated. I
realized that the most painful and helpless feeling in the world is to see someone
breathe his last in your arms but you cannot do jack shit to keep him alive.
I understand the basic concept of life that
whosoever is born shall perish eventually. Though it will still hurt incredibly
I can come to terms about someone who has lived their entire life and have died
of natural causes. However this is the case of a 7 to 8 months old healthy puppy who dies consuming something poisonous.
He was loved by many and everyone stood
teary eyed at his burial and we bid him goodbye with a heavy heart.
Rest in Peace Dear Sweepea!!! You shall be
missed....
Photo courtesy - Radhika Borkar
