Well, the last week has been a very sad time in our lives at home and then totally drastic change. My husband and I adopted our first (at least he was my first) dog Jehu when we moved down to Northfield. Jehu was absolutely amazing. I was never allowed to have animals in our home growing up and I remember begging and begging my dad any chance I got. He always said no. So when we got Jehu it was so cool. I finally had a pup. He was awesome up until around November where we started noticing a change and then he was having a lot of difficulties. We thought he’d get better. We didn’t want to believe that he was sick. But when we went on our trip to Hawaii and came back it was worse. We took him into the vet and they told us he had a tumor on his bladder. Jehu was to the point where he was just laying there. But since, we weren’t ready to give up on him we kept nursing him. It only got worse.
The last day we had Jehu, I took some photos of him. He was seriously an amazing dog. He was such a lover. Maybe to much of a kissy boy but man he was always by our side. He laid with me every day while I was on bedrest when I was pregnant. He was just always there for us. As I write this I am welling up with tears because you don’t realize you love a pet so much until you lose them. I never understood people when they would cry or be upset with a lost pet but now I know. He is a part of the family. He was my boy.
Now, for the drastic change. Literally, this is how my daughter processes things. As John and I were completely torn apart from having to put Jehu down, my daughter starts begging us for a puppy for her birthday. We already have one dog Maggie and she just looked totally out of sorts with out Jehu around. We’ve always been a 2 dog family. When we had gotten Jehu, he was also very bored. He needed a playmate so we adopted Maggie. Anyway, my daughter is begging and begging. So, I was just willing to look on petfinder.com. That was it………….
By Saturday, literally two days later, we went to go see a litter of puppies that was only about 10 minutes from us. I was very upset about going. I didn’t want to come home with another dog. I just lost my dog of 7 years. We were grieving Jehu. My husband said we’d just go and look but I knew that he wanted another one and was planning on bringing one home. I was so mad on the way out there. I really was just angry about it because of all of this. We went in to see this one pup named ’samson’ a brindle colored boxer/beagle mix but that little guy was so rambunctious I said absolutely not. I knew that little guy would tear my house apart. There was only one other boy in the litter and I picked him up and he was so amazing. He snuggled right into me. He didn’t whine or bark. He just loved up on me. My heart totally melted. But even before we went out there I was set against NOT getting another black dog. And now here I am just completely smitten by this puppy who has almost the exact same coloring as my Jehu.
John was like well what do you want to do. Well, I knew we couldn’t just show up there and tease our daughter like that. She was so excited. I was still upset but by then Samson melted my heart. Two nights previously, my husband and I talked about how we felt that Jehu would want to us to get another dog someday. Not 2 days later or at least that’s what I thought. I felt horribly guilty for going home with this new little guy but knowing how Jehu was and his personality, he would have loved this puppy.
So, I took photos of him last week. Knowing I didn’t want to share it with anyone because of how guilty I felt. But, you know I’m ok with it. I loved Jehu like nothing else. I can’t get him back. I just can’t. So, here’s our new little guy Samson.
After this shoot, I would love to do more pet photography! It was so much fun! So if you know anyone that wants their dogs photographed I would love to do this! I’d tell you I’d love to photograph cats but I can’t. (allergic.)
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