Chewie

Hey all- it's Kris. Shamus has been asking me to do a "guest appearance" on his blog and I always tell him no. I am the one who is taking care of our lives while he sits on his laptop enlighening the world through his blog. After all, someone has to do it. However, I finally have something I feel compelled to blog about. Yesterday, Shamus and I came to the very difficult decision to put our dog, Chewie, to sleep. This decision has been a long time coming and I can't say that there was a specific event in the past few days to lead us to this but more like a culmination of things that were already beginning to concern us. As much as we agree it was something that had to be done, it has not made the past 24 hours any easier. So, I put together a little video montage as part of my mourning process (see below).

Here is my "top ten list" of memories for Chewbacca:

10. His fluffiness
9. His puppy dog eyes that he gave you when he was being bad
8. Trying to take food off my plate, every meal, every day
7. His ability to hump all things, both animate and inanimate objects
6. Knowing he would be happy to see me whenever I came home
5. How he let the cats and Aiden beat on him
4. The many pairs of my underwear he ate, and then threw up
3. The way he assumed it was his God-given right to sleep on my pillow, in my spot in the bed for the past 10 years
2. Him licking my feet (OK, I know it's weird, but I liked it)
1. His unconditional love

Chewie from shamus smith on Vimeo.