Woke up this morning with a fur of sadness. Not a feather or petal that summer may bring in the air. For our only house dog flew to heaven early this morning. I heard him howling by midnight that confused me for a moment if that was our toddler who was crying till it occured to me that was our dog. He was with us since 2011 perhaps not so sure about the exact year but that’s it. He’s gone due to old age so that’s a natural cause, maybe this summer took his life as heat stroke affected him. I hope not because I fed him a small fish that might hurt him. Though I would say we might referred to him as a male dog coz he didn’t conceive but I didn’t look closer for his actual male genitals. Nor did I cuddle or hold him even for a few seconds of his entire life. How sad for a loving dog who lived in a cage in our backyard. Would cherish the years but time flew so fast that I captured no single picture of him that could grace this post.
I learned just today that the average life expectancy of a dog is between 10 to 13 years just like the time our dog Kulit stayed with us. Though I’m not an animal person so I just researched a while ago what type of dog he was. Maybe he was a kind of retriever though he had short legs ,if inborn or that was caused by age, I can’t be certain.
Indeed, how could you write a blog for something you have a little knowledge of or not passionate about. But for a dog that managed to survive almost 2 years after our mother died, with a superstition that the death of a house pet saves a life of a family member, yet our household has no major known health problem to cause a panic or anxiety as of the time being, I wrote this blogpost as a fitting tribute for “Kulit”
I will surely miss feeding this fur buddy that always reminded me of someone who gave us Kulit once upon a time. Together with our 4 cats, Kulit would always bark for food. Maybe thinking they would get his share for lunch and dinner. Sorry for the times I skipped to give him food since he didn’t eat rice, vegies and noodles.
Send my regards to our loving family members if you ever see them where you are Kulit, for sure you will be in heaven.