Remembering My Dog

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By peace | March 23, 2007

I am constantly thinking of him, my dog, my best friend, Cebest.

I have neglected by children, my house and some of my blogs recently due to so much happenings that had occurred recently. Disappointment, anger, hurt and helplessness is how I feel. There are so many things which sometimes we have no control of, such as how our spouse treat us, how our children fare in their exams, and the fate of our pets.

Since young, I love pets. I have experience of a few types of pets. They were chickens, tortoise, hamsters, white mice, birds, rabbits and dogs. Among these pets, I love dog the most. Chicken is my first pet. I ask my mother to buy me a little chick one day when we went to the market together. It was very cheap in those days. Those chicks were kept in a box and an old man was squating at the market place, selling them.

Keeping pets are never easy. Though my sister, my room mate, hated it, always scolded me for all these pets odour, I never gave up. I love my pets and I did what I am capable of during my childhood days.

These few days I was thinking of my dog again. I had made a video to commemorate his death. And I have found this topic at Helium, which I want to write about him as well. This is what I wrote:

Reflections: My Dog
The reflections of my dog is that life is so unpredictable. It is so fragile and we must learn to treasure life and relationships (especially those that we love).

In life, most of the time you do not know the importance of that person or thing to you when they are always there for you. But when they are gone or leave you, then you realise their importance and how much they had contributed to your lives while they are with you. This is what I learned most from my dog, Cebest.

Owning a pet offered me many advantages (as what I had just written about the rewards of having pets at http://www.helium.com/tm/227932), I have learned lessons and experiences which are unforgettable. To say that everything was a bed of roses with my dog is too good to be true. Just like any other relationships, there are good times and bad times. There are days where we found our pets to be a chore, especially at times where we were so busy and stressed up with the hassle of life. However, at times where we are feeling low, my dog is always there for me. He was the first one to notice it.

He loved to bite and chew at socks and shoes. And I will pamper him with treats of chewable shoes from the pet shops.

From shopping to bringing him home and then training him, everything took time, a lot of time. I remembered choosing him, after going to several stalls, and then have to compare him to another in the end. He was much more active and that was the reason why we brought him home. Bringing him home was so much fun and excitement for the kids especially. The first thing that we did was to find him a basket to sleep in — he was such an adorable small puppies that love to sleep. In the meantime, the family had to give him a good name. Cebest was given. The reason for choosing this name was because we wanted him to be the best dog we had. Name is important because it is something that the family and I were going to call him often. As you call him by his name, you want to feel proud of him. You want him to be good as well. So Cebest was really a good name for my dog.

Whenever he had done something wrong, he would lie on the floor like that, with guilty looking eyes.

The next thing that I did for him besides finding him a place to sleep was to put a ‘ding ding’ on his collar. When the bell around, I could trace his whereabouts. He was so curious about his environment and yet fearful at times. The children were fearful of him in the beginning as he would chase after the kids when they ran. However, soon through training, everything was not a problem. The children love the companion of the dog. There were times where the children and the dog play together and in role-playing as well! Those were the good times. When the dog is small, and less than a year old, there were not much of a problem.

Every year, I bring my dog for vaccination and deworm. Through the years, I learned how to take care of the dog — grooming, feeding, training etc. Training is difficult. It needs consistency and patience. He was so smart. When prompted with the gesture of a ‘gun’, Cebest knew on to lie dead on the floor. Then he would be rewarded with food. He was so cute and clever!

With animals, a lot of times they are very similar to children. My dog is just like another of my kid. I have to teach him how to behave and I have to look after his welfare. I shower him with love. I cane him when he was disobedient — when he urinate at the sofa and things like that.

Whenever I was busy doing housework, he would wait patiently for me, without fail.

Like most things, starting is always hard. My dog had to be toilet trained and it was not a one to six months thing. It took him nearly nine months to a year to be perfect. By one and a half year, he was able to walk round the house and knew every corner of the house. By one year old, he was big enough to jump about. By this time, he was able to jump on my bed too. He never failed to sleep with me.

All good things come to an end. And all life comes to a halt some day. Little did I know that by bringing him to the third year vaccination, that would cost us more than just spending money. After the vaccination, Cebest’s health deterioriated and his behaviour was abnormal. It worries me. And soon everything happens very fast, and he was gone forever. He left me and my family. I have written about his death on my blog http://peace-diary.blogspot.com/ and http://whoispeace.blogspot.com/.

My dog, Cebest, as the name was given, is really the best dog I ever had. Till this day, though he was gone, memories of him and my love for him never die. It is something that no other dog or pets can replace.

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