My Dog "Happy"

April 3, 2012.  Joe Lizura.  It hasn't even been a week yet, but I thought it was time to write about the loss of a most amazing friend, my dog "Happy".  People often name their dogs after characteristics, and that's why we named him "Happy" - quite frankly, he was Always a happy dog.  Now it's true, those who knew "Happy" certainly knew that we could never give him the name of  "rocket scientist" because he never learned to fetch, catch a ball, catch a treat in his mouth, or even lift his leg in the yard to go potty.  But there wasn't a single day or even a minute that went by when "Happy" wasn't the happiest dog in the land! 

I remember the day we found him in the Mall petshop and how upset I was that they would have such a large dog (Burnese Mountain Dog) in a tiny little plastic cage.  So rather than arguing with the shop manager, we just brought him home and made him a part of our family even though we knew that as such a large dog that we would probably only see him for about 6 or 7 years before he would pass away - but nobody in our family ever thought that the time would pass so quickly, so last week when "Happy" passed away we were devastated.

"Happy" will live on in our hearts but this summer when we are swimming and BBQ-ing in the back yard, we will miss him dearly.  R.I.P. "Happy" - you'll be in our thoughts forever.

Joe Lizura
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