We brought him home on a late summer day in 1999. Within 24 hours we bundled him in his laundry basket bed and headed to "the boat." He took to it like, well, a water dog to water. Definitely a homebody, and never a fan of the great outdoors, no one was more excited when the car pulled into the marina parking lot. Nothing was better than a sniff of salt air.
He had slowed down of late -- deaf, hobbled by bad hips, a growth in his mouth making eating difficult, but still, always at my side. His quality of life was poor and he told us so.
We said goodbye as the new year began. He was:
Miles James
Bodyguard and Boyfriend Companion and Confidante
Lover of the Boat Life
Enemy of the Vacuum Cleaner
May 25, 1999 - January 7, 2014
We will miss him
We will miss him
Martha, Cary,
ReplyDeleteReally sorry to hear about Miles.
Safe travels,
Jeff