All For Gus

So we have tentatively made our goal to be $500. This donation will "buy" a rock underneath the shelter's giving tree which we are going to donate in honor of Gus. Gus was our lovable wiener dog who lived to be 18 years old and died this year on New Year's Day. Gus was well known around Hayward and among all of my brother's and my friends. He was sweet and hilarious and ran like a banshee is his heyday! He had many nicknames including Schnitzel, Giblet and Gibby and loved nothing more than curling up in a basket with his randomly acquired but perfect soul mate, Arnold. He slowly became demented in his old age but still kept up a resilient spirit, hobby horsing all around the house and getting stuck in corners because he forgot how to reverse. He never did get boring up until the very end!

When Gus passed away we were all very sad, but especially Arnold and Jackie, who had spent 24 hours a day together at home, the office, sleeping, literally almost 24 hours. Kinda co-dependent sounding, huh? In order to relieve some loneliness and a spot that could never quite be filled by Gus, my parent's decided to adopt an older dog from the shelter to keep Arnold (and the rest of us) company in Gus's absence. A few weeks later along came Dora, a chubby, 12 year old pug that honestly probably didn't have much chance at being adopted. She was welcomed into our home (and welcomed herself to the bed, the cat's sleeping spot, Arnold's bed, etc) and has quickly adapted to life with a weiner dog, 5 cats, and 2 derranged adults.

Daddy buried Gus in the front yard on New Year's Day after building him a mini weinerdog sized coffin and placed an American flag on his grave (how appropriate). A few weeks ago we planted some flowers on him and they have been growing like crazy. I guess Gus makes a good fertilizer, he must be making up for all the plants he killed marking his territory!

Thanks to our first donors!:
Barbara- $50
Jo- $20
Rick- $25
Emily- $20