{"id":1212,"date":"2009-07-07T20:56:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T03:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2009-07-09T14:59:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T21:59:20","slug":"artie-died-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1212","title":{"rendered":"Artie Died Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I still can&#8217;t believe it. \u00a0Artie died today.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know why. \u00a0All we know is that he went very quickly from his normal frisky self to a dog in a great deal \u00a0of pain and suffering and all we could do was say good-bye and let him go. \u00a0But honestly? \u00a0I haven&#8217;t. \u00a0 I&#8217;m holding on to him as tightly as I can in my heart. \u00a0Looking at his unfinished dog bones, sweeping up his hair from the kitchen floor, passing his empty food dish and listening for the skitter of his claws as he rounds the corner into the kitchen. \u00a0I know we couldn&#8217;t keep him here any longer but oh how I long for just another day. \u00a0Just one day to take a last walk together. \u00a0I swear I&#8217;d throw him treats every other step. \u00a0Just one day with him snoozing in front of the sofa, or sprawled under my feet. \u00a0One last moment to bury myself in the scruff of his neck and tell him how much I love him and what a truely wonderful dog he was.<\/p>\n<p>Because he was. \u00a0Wonderful. \u00a0The best. \u00a0My constant companion for the last nine years. \u00a0Oh Artie, I am not ready for this. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think my heart can take losing you. \u00a0I am so thankful for having you but I&#8217;m so greedy I wanted more. \u00a0Much more. \u00a0Instead, I&#8217;m left with this pooch sized whole in my heart that I&#8217;ll carry for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>Artie dog McLaughlin. \u00a0Best dog ever.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8YYpj4yULxk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8YYpj4yULxk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"A Girl and Her Dog\" src=\"\/pictures\/Leina&amp;Artie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Me and My Dog\" src=\"\/pictures\/2009\/Chrissie&amp;Artie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still can&#8217;t believe it. \u00a0Artie died today. 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