Goodbye My Sweet Sarge

Around 12:30 AM on Saturday Sarge was hit by a car.  I'm pretty sure...I hope...he died right away and didn't feel any pain.

10/18/2006 - 10/30/2010

He was such a good puppy.  He wanted nothing more than to please his humans.  He was the sweetest most cuddly little pup a family could ask for.  He was 8 pounds of energy and bat ears, but his doggy heart was much much bigger than that.

He's provided many moments of amusement here at the Pink Park Bench over the years with mice catching, sombrero wearing, and a Lt. Dan complex.  He also saved Lil Mootz's life.  He loved his boy more than anything which he proved when he let Lil Mootz pull ears and tail, pet harder than necessary and give hugs harder than what his little body probably should have been hugged.  At the end of the night he would curl up beside Lil Mootz during storytime, happy to have a boy just his size.

Pippy seems to be doing okay.  I think she might have seen Sarge get hit or at the very least saw him after he had been hit because she ran into the house, her tail was down, and she hid upstairs.  Her and Sarge have been best buddies since they were both puppies.  I'm not really sure how much a dog can understand about death, but I think she knows something happened to Sarge.  There are times, such as when its time to go outside, that she seems very hesitant or unsure because Sarge led the pack at those times.

 
We buried him Saturday morning while it was still dark outside at the back of the yard by the trees and field he loved to explore.

I know it's so silly, but I keep thinking about how cold it is outside.  Sargie was so small he didn't handle the cold too well.  When he was a baby I couldn't find a doggy sweater small enough for him, so I made one out of a sock.  He looked so cute in his little argyle sock-sweater.  When he got bigger I made one for him out of an Army sock.

I miss you so much Sargie-Pargie Puddin' and Pie!

I'll always love you sweet boy...