6/12/09. I miss you, Ruby.
Most if you have had a pet that's died before, yeah?
I haven't. I haven't had a pet die, that's been so close to me they're like a sister. She'd hug me at night, whenever I was sad she's cheer me up by rolling on the floor and smiling at me, she'd always be there as a friend whenever I was down, she treated me right and never judged me based on what I did or what I looked like. She acted just as a pet should; unconditionally loving you, playing around in the backyard, everything. She was an amazing dog, and I've had her so close to my heart ever since I was three years old. When mum and dad would go out at night as a couple and get closer to one another, Ruby would take over my parents position and watch over me. If anyone hurt me, they'd instantly hear about it.
She was more then just a pet to me.
I miss her so much already.
Last night, I noticed she hadn't moved from my room for around 6 hours. She likes to sleep, she was old and needed her rest. But she just didn't move. I looked at her to see if she was fine, she still breathed normally and had her eyes open, so I checked her. She was fine. The worry was washed out of me but I realized she didn't eat her dinner. That was really unlike her, considering she ate like a pig. But I loved her anyway. I called for her and she slowly got out of the room and wobbled on her feet. Her back left foot kept moving over to her right, standing right beside it. I helped her get to her food bowl in the lounge room when I pointed out to mum that Ruby was acting..different. Ruby just stared through her bowl, hardly noticing it was there. And even if she did notice it, she didn't try to eat it. Mum was worried and watched as the dog walked on a slant with her head facing her front paw. I nearly cried, I had been expecting the dog to die sometime soon but not near Christmas, a thing I had always celebrated with the family. Her, along with my parents and brother, were my family. Christmas won't be the same without her. Dad looked up at us and said to phone the vet, so mum did. I sat down shakily and watched her as I started drawing. Ruby was rushed to the vet while I stayed home with my brother - it was around 9-10pm at night, and I'm scared of everything that moves. I'd rather stay inside.
Ruby was told to stay at the vets overnight, cause apparently she stopped all the weird shaking and leg-pulling once she got there. Mum and Dad came home, told me what happened and we went to bed.
In the morning, today in fact, I woke up around 10 and saw the dog still wasn't here. I checked my parents room and saw that they weren't there either. I figured the vet had phoned, or they went to check up on the dog. I cleaned up a bit and went on the computer till 11, when Mum phoned. I picked up the phone and she said to put on my brother. I knew it had been rather bad if she wanted to talk to both of us, but Michael first. Michael can handle things so much easier then I can. Michael nodded on the phone and passed it to me, where Mum told me Ruby had to get put down. I cried and asked her why, and Mum said that Ruby had a massive tumor around her liver and it had burst. She's a hemophiliac. I said okay and Mum asked if we wanted to say goodbye to her one last time. I agreed, I didn't want my last memories of the dog to be me worrying about her. Me and my brother went to the vets, me crying the whole ride, and we went to see Ruby.
She looked rather happy. I smiled and played with her, we took her for a small walk and gave her some biscuits. She likes food, haha. We hugged her and said goodbye and that we loved her, and put her back in the cage. Me and my brother waited outside for mum to come back, she was going to comfort Ruby while she was being put to sleep. Once Mum came out, her whole face was red and she couldn't stop crying. I asked her if she was okay, and she said "yeah, she died in my arms when they put her to sleep." I tried to make her feel better, feeling my own tears spike my eyes again and told her she was in a better place now, she wouldn't feel any more pain. We drove back home, and here I am. Still haven't stopped crying.
I loved her so much.
TL;DR: My dogs dead and she was awesome.
I'll remember you forever, Ruby. Love you..♥
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