Month: December 2020

Well today is a very sad day for Mike and me. We had to let go our dear beloved cairn terrier, Rascal. Rascal came into our lives in May of 2006 from the Cairn Rescue League. We already a beautiful cairn named Daisy, and she needed a friend! Rascal had two previous owners before us, and after we had him for a while, we saw why they had named him Rascal. Firstly, he was a dirty dog, would pee on himself, in the crate, and no matter what we tried, accidents were his constant companion right up to the end. We loved him anyway.

There was also the problem of taking him to the vet. No matter how much medication the vet gave us to calm him down, he would rise from his stupor and try take off the vet’s hand. The vets he saw never really believed us when we told them he was quite sweet at home. When he was at home, if you moved him while he was sleeping, he would definitely bite your hand. He once took a nice chuck out of the sole of my foot when he was on the bed sleeping and I got my foot too close to his head! We loved him anyway.

When my mother was alive, she used to joke and tell him to, “go play in traffic!”, but she loved him anyway.

He would go absolutely insane if he heard the sound of a blender, shaking his head and growling. I remember Daisy looking at him many times as if to say, “you are a crazy dog!” She loved him anyway.

In time, he became unbelievably attached to Mike, he would follow him anywhere, and if Mike left the house, would sit by the door waiting for his return. If he happened to be playing or sitting with me, I was quickly left for Mike’s company. Mike would say, “Hi kid!” I was a little jealous…I must admit, but I loved him anyway.

In his later years, he had become deaf, suffered from a collapsed trachea, which gave him a terrible cough that kept us up nights, had terrible breath because he needed a dental, and turned up his indoor peeing skills. The last several weeks, he started bleeding profusely from the mouth on several occasions and suffered a seizure last night. Today, we knew it was time to say goodbye to our lovable man.

Our hearts are deeply broken, and now we just love him.