Our beloved Watty, your heart was too big for this world. Thank you for 10 perfect years. You were born the bravest of German Shepherds, sweetest of American Staffordshires, and most regal & snobby of the Great Pyrenees. We will never forget your love stares, love gulps, sneaky kisses, airplane ears, and goofy smiles. You were kind to all people and animals, and always tried to make everyone laugh, even your fellow doggies by your howls and hoots at them. You were a CARD alright. From the moment you picked us as your family at SAVE, we couldn’t help but fall in love with you. You soon forgot your first three years as a shelter dog and were so proud to have your very own forever family and a forever mommy. How lucky we were to have found you. You were our family’s glue and brought us nothing but pure joy. We will never forget finding our own secret trail in the Adirondacks, where you could roam off leash; swimming and river rafting together in the summer; apple picking in the fall; sledding in the snow on the golf course; walks to the pond; Rulfs Orchard; Ralph’s Ices; our ferry rides and long car trips, and how you loved froggies and “frogging” (watching the frogs jump in the pond). You were most fond of big, green fields; weekend trips; squeaking tennis balls and stuffed animals; herding your cats, Jenny and Winnie; the Lake Placid dog park; ice cream; presents and holidays; the seashore; playing with the hose; spin jumping; rolling in the grass; snuggling; and sleeping upside down in our arms. You loved the deer family that would visit us daily at your Adirondack home, especially Sweetie-bird, watching the birdies and squirrels from the window, and the nightly visit from the raccoon family. Along with your incredible sweetness, you were a true guard dog without our even asking you to be. Your only true fears were feathers, thunder, and fireworks. Our great joy was seeing how over the years you learned to let your guard down a little, although until the end you always loved to give the UPS man and the gas station workers a good talking to. Watson, you truly are one of a kind — an irreplaceable, extraordinary being — beloved beyond words by your family. We will miss rolling you over every day, holding you in our arms, hugging your big neck, and getting kisses after work. We are all very heartbroken without you, and further devastated that Hemangiosarcoma ripped you from us with so little time. We will try to be the best we can be in your honor and to help other animals as you would have wanted. We will try to remember the joy and happiness that were the majority of your life, and not the sadness we have felt these last weeks in losing you. We wish we could have given you all the things you loved for longer here on earth. We will cherish our most beautiful last day together, the first day of spring weather in Hopewell, when you sat with us outside on the farm under the trees, listening to the birds singing, with the leaves falling on your nose. We did not know it was your last day, but it was the perfect kind of day for such a perfect creature. We hope where you are now is better beyond even our wildest imaginations, that you are at peace, free of all pain, and that you are being taken care of by Jenny, Yaya, and Chocolate. Watch over us forever as our guardian angel. We will look for you in the stars and the clouds, in the ocean waves and the blowing winds on the mountains. We miss you for now our sweetest and most loving friend, and long for the day we can see you again.
— “And Yes, we know you are with us. You are our moon. Our Sun, you are here with us. We’ll go with you on ships across seas, which we know exist no longer. With you, we shall experience them again.” —
Category: Memorials
