Goodbye Cody

What a sad day at our house.....this was the day that we have been dreading for several weeks.  We had to make the difficult decision to put our sweet dog Cody down.  He stopped eating and was barely hanging in there, he was starting to look really sick and so skinny.  Jason and I loaded up the boys this morning and made the trip to the vet. We were worried about taking the kids, but I really wanted to be with Jason. The vet's office had a great play area full of trucks for the boys to play with and nice staff willing to keep an eye on the boys.  Jason and I went into the room with Cody who was laying on a comfy plush blanket on the floor.  The doctor and nurse gave us as much time as we wanted to spend with him before they came in.  We cried and hugged and kissed our sweet dog and told him it was going to be ok.  Jason and I held Cody as they administered the medicine to put him to sleep.  I can't even explain how peaceful it was.  Cody was relaxed and within seconds, he closed his eyes and his heart stopped beating.  I can't believe I was brave enough to be in the room and sit with him, but I had a feeling of peace, because I knew we were making the right decision for him.  Jason and I sobbed like babies after and continued to hold him, but within minutes, we knew his soul was gone and that he could no longer feel our presence.  We are comforted by the fact that we know he had a wonderful life, although way too short at age 7, he enjoyed his life with his golden retriever brothers and our family and he loved the mountains and being in nature.  We hope that we will see him again one day in Heaven.  We have so many incredible memories with him and he will forever live on in our hearts.

Cody was born on April 19, 2005.  We adopted him on June 11, 2005 at a rescue and adoption place outside of LA, he was 8 weeks old and looked like the pic below, he was the cutest puppy!

He was SO little

His favorite thing in the world.......swimming with his tennis ball

And his daddy

And his brothers

This last pic was taken a couple weeks ago :-(

We will miss him everyday!  We haven't told the boys yet......Emery & Owen both gave Cody a hug at the vet's office, we just told them he was sleeping.  We are having Emery's birthday party tonight and didn't want him to be sad.