Squash E Bear
Fall 2007
This weekend I was missing Squash E Bear a great deal. He will be gone 2 years in February. Now you know I love my current dogs. Louise and Sofie, very much, and I have had many wonderful dogs and cats and guinea pigs over the years. But every couple of month I just really miss Squash. I think it is weird because Nikki, my Cocker Spaniel, who I adored, was with me for 18 years, but she does not come to mind with the ‘missing’ that I feel for Squashy. Squash was rescued already middle aged, he was with me only 5 years, and he was a medical handful because of the twice a day insulin shots he needed for his brittle Diabetes and the overall care when he went totally blind. However, I think Squash was so easy. He and I walked off lead most of the time (when he could still see) and he stayed within reach (in the woods he would walk in the trees and I would walk on the trail but we were always in cadence.) Squash never barked unless he had something urgent to say (which was not often) or he was telling a joke (which he liked to do while rolling on his back and laughing). He loved to travel with me and filled the backseat of my Prius with his 90 lbs of fluff and would just lay down and stay there for long rides anywhere. The only time I saw him angry was when my neighbor’s aggressive dog came running out of the house toward a member of the family while he was on leash. Oh yeah, he did like to be a little too dominant at the dog park. He would find one beautiful ‘bitch’ that he liked and then would not let any other dogs near her. Squash would proceed to place his paw over top of any male dog that might come to close. (We did not go to the dog park much for obvious reasons). Ok, so he did have a few quarks. I guess maybe it is the impending changes in my life this week, with Peanut leaving to college for the first time and K8 going back, which means V and I will be ’empty nesters’ for the first time ever – if you can call having 28 paws (7 animals multiplied by 4 paws) to take care of ’empty.’ Or is it just that Squash and I enjoyed our fall walks so much? Change is in the air.
Squash Fall 07
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
DogDaz Zoo 
jmgoyder
August 20, 2012 at 00:51
I so know what you mean.
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 08:01
Thanks
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bumpyroadtobubba
August 20, 2012 at 06:38
There are some dogs that live in your heart and take up a lot of room in it! Squash sounds like one of those dogs. x
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 08:02
Yes – he is burned in my memory
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Doggy's Style
August 20, 2012 at 07:02
such a cute face and post
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 08:02
Thanks Doggy
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Long Life Cats and Dogs
August 20, 2012 at 09:32
Your Squash sounds like my Jasmine was to me. Some dogs just hold an unbelievable place in our hearts – like they are our sole mates. I frequently miss her too, even though I’m surrounded by other animals. I understand exactly what you are going through
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 09:50
Thanks Long Life Cat. They are special creatures.
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Margarita
August 20, 2012 at 10:47
Change must be in the air…I got a whiff of melancholia in our morning walk, too…
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 11:20
Must be the tilt of the wheel. 🙂
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kasmango
August 20, 2012 at 18:15
I miss my Buddy in the same way.. you may be new empty nester but you’re definitely not alone with your feelings about Squash! Dogs like Squash and Buddy are the reasons we can’t ever live without a dog.. 🙂
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dogdaz
August 20, 2012 at 18:18
Absolutely! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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Lindy MacDuff
August 21, 2012 at 00:28
Such a handsome guy!
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dogdaz
August 22, 2012 at 09:52
Thanks Lindy. He was such a gentleman. So manly for a dog. Always let the ladies go first 🙂
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Chancy and Mumsy
August 21, 2012 at 07:52
Awwww, he looks like a sweetie…what a lucky boy he was to have had you in his life and you most likely feel lucky he was in yours. Beautiful dog!! hugs
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dogdaz
August 21, 2012 at 07:54
Thanks – he was an angel in fur.
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Bassas Blog
August 26, 2012 at 02:52
Wonderful memories.
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dogdaz
August 26, 2012 at 06:59
Yes they are
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Jessica
September 4, 2012 at 00:24
What a wonderful tribute to Squash E. Bear! Thank you so much for sharing your happy memories with us. I’m sure that is what all of our four-legged buddies who have passed on would want: for us to remember the HAPPY times!
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dogdaz
September 4, 2012 at 09:47
Thank you for reading our blog. He and I had great times.
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