Touching Dog Story - made me cry

[Dez921714]

A GREAT DOG STORY

 

 

Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you

don't, and you may even decide you need one!

 

 

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.' Lucky was

a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a

weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their

luggage open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck

his fancy. Inevitably, someone would forget and something would

come up missing.

 

Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and

there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys.

Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very

particular that his toys stay in the box.

 

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer.

Something told her she was going to die of this disease....in fact,

she was just sure it was fatal. She scheduled the double

mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders.

 

The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled

with Lucky. A thought struck her...wh at would happen to Lucky?

Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog

through and through. If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary

thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him.

The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.

 

The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors

had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks.

Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog

just drooped, whining and miserable.

 

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When

she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even

make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife

comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.

 

Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when

she called. It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and

she dozed. When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand

what was wrong. She couldn't move her head and her body felt

heavy and hot. But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary

realized the problem. She was covered, literally blanketed, with

every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the sorrowing

dog had made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved

mistress all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his

love.

 

Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living

again, walking further and further together every day.

 

It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky?

He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box but

Mary remains his greatest treasure.

 

Remember...live every day to the fullest. And never forget....

the people who make a difference in our lives are not the ones

with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards.

They are the ones who care for us.

[Alyssa]

aaawww...i don't know if it is true or not but i want to believe it!

[lucy106]

How incredible! Totally true or not I believe in the power of healing a dog can provide!

[alex]

Wow, beautiful story!! I believe it because my parents dogs will bring you their 1 favourite toy when you're sick. Animals just know!!

 

PS - this is the 2nd thing on BDW in about 5 minutes to make me cry!

[TammyB]

I love stories like this..

[Dez921714]

I don't know if it's true, but I could see it...just knowing how attached to me my Daisy is (if I go away for the weekend and leave her with FI, she gets mopey).

 

We used to have a friend staying with us and she had a stuffed animal on her bed. I know Daisy and warned my friend to keep her door shut, well she didn't. But the funniest thing is that Daisy left her 24inch rawhide, which she LOVES, on my friends bed and took the stuffed animal. She did this THREE times in a row, twice in front of us. I guess she felt that if she left her favorite bone, it'd be ok? It was soooo cute and we still laugh about it.

 

Oh, and in the long run, Daisy did get, and destroy, the teddy bear lol

[TammyB]

Dogs have such a great personality. I have told Dh before that I hope my younger dog will pass away before my older one, not because I want him to pass away, he's my baby boy.. But because he has such a stong bond with my older dog that I think he would end up killing himself if my older passed away first. He gets so depressed when DH takes our older dog to the store and my younger is left behind (he doesn't like car rides)

 

My lil foster girl used to sleep with her favorite ball, it was like she was protecting it from the other dogs. :-) God I miss her..

[ErinB]

Thanks! I'm a total mess now! I have cried at the last 3 posts I've read!

 

Morgan, we need a ferret, STAT!

[jajajaja]

Awww such a cute story. I can totally believe in it. My dogs always know when I'm sick or upset. While they don't bring me their toys (greedy little things) they always lay by my side and won't leave.

[CarrieRN]

I had a cat that whenever I cried (and when I was with the guy that I was dating at the time, it was more frequent than I would have liked), she would immediately come sit with me, meow at me and give me love. Then she went deaf at some point...literally, not just deaf to my tears