Put down a FRIEND

[RidgeRunner]

Husky Chow mix. Found him near 14 years ago tossing a neighbors garbage can for food. Someone had abandoned this little puppy. Cleaned him up and wormed him. He spent the better part of his life bringing joy to mine. What a dog he was.
Houdini would have been a better name for him. He could go through the squares on a chain link fence. I will never forget when he chewed the siding off the side of the house, or the time he opened up a new hole to the outside world in the garage. The countless times he would bring a snake or squirrel to the sliding glass door. He was such a proud hunter. He even chewed the new harness off a boat trailer and started working on the transducer. I installed a special (electric) fence around the boat on his behalf. In doing so (not so proud moment) I broke my fifth metacarpal on his hard a$$ head when he ran away with the spool of wire putting a dozen kinks in the wire that I was attempting to straighten and install in an attempt to keep him away from the boat.. All he wanted was to chew and play. My glasses, Rockport boat shoes, Barbie dolls, there wasn't much he didn't have a fetish for destroying. He didn't have a mean bone in his body. He had no fear with the exception of thunder and fireworks. Always happy to see me and always full of vim and vigor is how I will remember him.
Of late he would have a very difficult time getting to his feet. White fur had replaced his shiny black coat. His always alert ears and eyesight had all but failed. So I set the date and at 3:30 on Friday I took him to the vet for the last time. I held his head in my hands as he drew his last breath. Max my first dog, RIP old friend.