rex

my puppy rex died about a week and a half ago. he was over 14 years old, and lived a good long life. he was quite possibly the best dog in the whole world. he found us and slept in our garage one night about 14 years ago, and being the little girl i was, i set a bowl of dog food because i didn't want him to starve, and he kept coming back. his owners never searched for him, "can we keep him, puh-lease?" so we kept him.

we took long bike rides and he would chase after me and he would chase cars too :) he had the biggest water bowl of any dog - he drank out of our swimming pool (i think i would bet that's why he lived so long... chlorine... it lengthens a dogs life :)...) he was so sweet to us. he would nuzzle his head under our hand so that we would scratch him.

he outlived any of our other dogs. he taught amy and mocha how to play out in the street, but forgot to teach them how to avoid cars. he got a little jealous when toby came to live with us because toby was a little demanding dog with more energy. but rex was sweet, stable, lovable rex.

he was a wimp when it came to bad weather. if there was even a drop of rain, he would start wimpering until someone let him come inside to go to the garage. because he was an outside dog, he didn't come in much. when he did, we would get really excited and run around the house like a squirrel being electrocuted. he was so excited he would even pee a little bit :)

rex was our little garbage disposal. "mom, i don't want the rest of this chicken." "give it to rex." one time we gave rex waffles. he scarfed them up like he hadn't eaten in years. so anytime i didn't finish my waffle, i tossed it out to rex. my dad was putting in a sprinkler system in our backyard and dug up some tunnels for the pipes. he dug right into a little waffle graveyard. apparently rex didn't really like those waffles.

a few years ago, rex kept getting out of the backyard and we couldn't figure out if there was a hole in the fence or if he was just pushing hard on the gate. so i watched him from the back window. he casually walked over to the back corner of the fence and took his time. he stopped and looked around for a little bit to see if anyone was looking. he looked at the back door to see if any of the heido's were watching him. then he made his move. he dug a little hole under the fence and he slid through the cracks... i just died laughing because he was like a little human, watching his back, trying to get away with something!

i'll miss that little puppy! he was the sweetest thing i ever did see!