The maturing dog

My friends know me for being a dog lover. Well that's me I love dogs since when I was a child. I just noticed my dog just last week, by the way he's name is Woody an almost two years old ordinary dog. I noticed some changes is occurring to his behavior.

Last April 21, 2010, Our other dog, Goku died because of age. Remembering him, fighting for air to breath makes my eyes shed tears. Goku is a 10 year old ordinary dog but he's with us for 7 years. So it was very hard for me to see him that way, dying. While touching his head I'm telling him "it's okay, you can go now, thank you for the years you spent with us." I was crying when Woody sat beside me and put his chin on my knee. I left Goku in our living room. When morning came he died and we buried his body in our backyard.

Few days after Goku's death, I saw Woody became unresponsive and just wanted to lay on the kitchen floor. Typically he always go outside, run crazy around the house, or hunt for cockroaches or mice. After few days his energy came back but not as hyper as before.

Now, when I told him not to go outside he just sit or lay down in the living room or in the kitchen. But before I have to run before him outside for him to get him back inside the house, but now he don't go outside often. He is going outside just to pee or loose some waste. Moreover before, when we were eating he constantly bark on us just to give him food and he gets furious to Goku when Goku is also going to the dining area. But now, he is waiting for his name to be called for food.

This changes I'm noticing on him is kinda new to me because I never saw this to Goku before. Maybe because Woody is also affected by Goku's departure. Dogs can also feel sadness, like Woody's actions these emotions he is showing is making him mature, I think. Maybe I'll just make myself used to the changes from Woody. But I missed the stubbornness of my little dog. But I thought of something with this maturing thing, maybe Woody is telling me to be more mature.


oNzey