{"id":8086,"date":"2014-06-28T14:09:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2014-06-28T14:09:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:09:37","slug":"goodbye-dende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=8086","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Dende."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dende<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

This morning we said goodbye to Dende.<\/p>\n

He will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n

But it was time.\u00a0 He was clearly in pain and not truly living anymore, but rather working to stay alive.<\/p>\n

So, we all said our last goodbye’s and Tim loaded him into the truck to take him to the vet.\u00a0 On the drive Tim rolled down the windows to let the breeze come in across the seats.\u00a0 As they were driving Dende lifted his head and took some deep breaths of the morning air and then peacefully stopped breathing.\u00a0 I would like to believe that he enjoyed his last moments of smelling the wonderful outdoor scents.\u00a0 Those scents that used to send him howling in one direction or another.\u00a0 Or maybe a thought of chasing a squirrel ran through his head.\u00a0 Or maybe he remembered our countless walks, with his nose plastered to the ground searching for dropped morsels of food.<\/p>\n

We were lucky to enjoy almost three extra years than we had expected with him.\u00a0 They diagnosed him with Lymphoma on Valentine’s Day 2011.\u00a0 He was predicted to die within the month and he kept holding on and holding on and made it all the way to June 2014.\u00a0 I’m happy that Chloe will have so many memories of him and that Josiah (even though he probably won’t actually remember him) will have pictures of himself with Dende.<\/p>\n

He was a good dog.\u00a0 The first real addition to our family.\u00a0 That will forever hold a special place in our hearts.<\/p>\n

\"flying<\/a> \"IMG_0189\"<\/a> \"OLYMPUS<\/a> \"cutest<\/a> \"dende<\/a> \"sleeiping<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dende<\/p>\n

\"Dende<\/a>

Dende and the kiddos<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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