I am so sorry that I have not been updating this site as often as I would like. The entire ‘real life’ thing gets in the way of the more fun aspects of this job

Thanksgiving is rapidly coming upon us. Goodness! Just over a week away as I write this! During the holiday season it becomes common for me to reflect on the year. While there have been great times and meeting new clients, I often find myself drifting into a melancholy whenever I think about the friends that we’ve lost this year.

Kahlua

We said good-bye to Kahlua this month. It was heartbreaking for us. She was an absolutely gorgeous Dobie, wearing her age well with a little bit of white about her face. She was the elder stateswoman while her sibling, Molson, was the gangly clown in the family. With a calm, easy going demeanor Kahlua easily stole our hearts when we met her. The expectation when you meet these dogs typically used as guards is that they will be mean and agressive – a stereotype that normally hurts the perception of the breed. Kahlua was proof that those stereotypes are baseless. She was gentle and loving. You just wanted to hold her and baby her because you knew that, as an older girl, a lot of attention probably went to her little brother. Woofie’s was lucky enough to see her on her last day. Saying good-bye is never easy.

Rascal Boo-Boo Bowers

Many of you may remember our spotlight on Rascal BooBoo Bowers. His companion, Joan, left us a lovely note on his spotlight. It is with a heavy heart that I now inform you, dear readers, that BooBoo has passed and has left this world. It happened the way it does with most of our beloved pets – unexpectedly. One day he seems fine and then it feels like you’ve blindsided by a truck. That silly little man is missed dearly. He was always such a joy to walk and he was always so dashing with his grooming.

Over the years we’ve lost many clients to sickness or old age. As a dog walker/pet sitter, it doesn’t really get easier the more you experience it. As with many of you owners, we develop close bonds with your babies. Sometimes it is easy for us to take them for granted. Other times we realize that their time on this earth is considerably shorter than ours. At woofies, we try to give your precious family members as much love and attention that we can in the short amount of time that we spend with them. The emotional attachment becomes very, very strong between walker and pet. When one of our clients passes on it hits us like a ton of bricks; we feel an ache in our hearts and sense of emptiness, too.

This year, I am thankful for all of our clients. I am lucky that I get to meet them, even if I only get to walk them once. I am thankful that these little beings, be they cats or dogs, fish or turtle, bring so much joy and enrich our lives so much. And please be assured this holiday season – we will care for four legged family members as if they were one of our very own.