Jesse James, my little man, he changed my life from a high
school teacher to a dog trainer. He gave me an understanding that not all
aggressive dogs need to be put down. He assisted me in my most difficult dog
cases as he understood other dogs better than any human could hope too and he
was fearless. He started agility classes at age 12, after having two cruciate
surgeries at age seven and eight. He was strong and kept up with the youngest in
the classes.
I thank Jesse for helping me grieve the loss of my golden
retriever Winston at age seven and in helping to raise his companion - my golden
retriever William. I thank Jesse for opening up a whole new world of friends
at the cocker spaniel adoption center. I thank Jesse, my little man, who
was known by many names; "skeeter", "roo", "magoo" and "J" for just being Jesse.
Since you have been gone we have honored your memory and
life by adopting another cocker age 3 and his name is Jay. He is named after
you.
Goodbye Little Man run free with your brother Winston and
watch over your "famiwee" until we can be together again. Jesse was adopted from
Cocker Spaniel Adoption Center on March 5, 2000 and went to the rainbow bridge
on January 25, 2012.
He will be loved forever
What a beautiful story! Jesse was a very lucky boy to have you. And he will love you forever, also.
ReplyDeleteJesse will always have a special place in my heart because he was so much like my Barney, also a CSAC rescue. You adopted Jesse around the same time as we adopted Barney, and they shared not only a striking physical resemblance but also some of the same behaviors. Barney left us for the Bridge in 2005, and the thought of Jesse and Barney running around and playing at the Bridge together makes me smile. You were his Angel, Roberta, and now he is yours. :-)
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