A day of mourning...

R.I.P SID
2 / 20 / 09

Its been 2 and a half years since i adopted my dog SID from a local shelter which i found online.
I remembered browsing through different profiles of dogs that are up for adoption when i found his pic, Then i decided to come up with the money to get him. Then when adoption day arrived hurried to get to where the adoption place was at and hoping that i could be the first to get him. At first i thought someone else already adopted him, we got there and there was a lot of different breeds of dogs from small to really large and some loud to really quiet and shy. I couldn't decide which one to get since i wanted a big dog, but there wasn't one that i really like. Then i saw a girl holding a brown fluffy dog, which i thought wasn't included for the adoption. I told her the dog was cute and i asked her how old it was and is it her dog. Then she told me she was just dog sitting and yes it was up for adoption too. So i asked her if i can hold the dog and try to walk it around and for some odd reason it already listened to me when i call his name :). Then i asked the girl why they named it SID, found out it was named after a late rockstar " Sid Vicious " who died from overdose. Then so i asked the girl if it was potty trained and some bit more info on how did they get the hold of the dog, and if it has some medical problems. Since SID seem to be fine, i told her i want him and arranged all the paper works and after a few signing and talking to them i get to take SID home with me. Finally i got a over sized pomeranian( since he was too big for his breed ).
I remembered taking him to the dog park at Fort Funston, He started chasing after other dogs which i think was a little weird. It seem that he doesnt like other dogs, for a quiet dog like sid, He is vicious when it comes to other dogs. He will try to get at them and growl and bark at them. So i decided to just walk him away from other dogs. Fun times. My family started to treat Sid as a baby and spoiled him like a kid. He even learned that im the dad, my mom as his grandma, and my dad as his grandpa. Which i find really cool. We always talk about its gonna be a sad day when sid leaves us since he is really becoming a big part of our family and to consider having a pet come up to you when you get home and having a pet to play with.
Few months back he started having breathing problems and so we decided to take him to a ve and get him checked, they said he is overweight and needs to lose it because thats causing his shortness of breath and since my dog is a couch potato like his dad :), he needs to run more and take long walks. So we try to put him on a diet and walk him but the coughing got worse so we took him again to the doctors and they prescribed him different meds which the last one he took which we thought was making him better was really making a big difference. He was coughing but not as bad anymore, So we thought that he was getting better and soon he will be able to go back like he was before.
So today when i was at work, my dad called me on my phone and told me to call my mom to check up on her and SID. I asked what happened, my dad told me that my dog had a seizure and she took him to the vet. So i called my mom and asked how my dog was, Then she just said " SID is gone " , " He passed away ". My heart just fell and i asked what happend, I didnt expect this to happen so soon and its so unexpected. Since last night i walked him and he was still fine. Then i saw him this morning before i went to work and he was still sleeping. It was just so unreal, havent lost a pet before so for me i thought its like a goldfish, that when it dies you can get another. Sid was part of my family already and we already got used of having him around. We will surely miss him. This is just another example of the saying " Never take someone or something for granted " Spend as much time as you can with them even if its just a pet. Because we might never know when they will leave us.