Yet Another Reason I Love My Wife ...

[KarenfromAus]

RIP Dooley, It 's wonderful to know he had such loving caring owners. I have seen so many ill treated dogs here it breaks my heart. I cried when I read your post, time will heal, but you'll never get another Dooley, he will always be special. I hope you mark his grave when you get home.

[Altalake]

Too painful, gone thro it with dogs - will not have another as can't handle the "departure".

Stick with your wife - she sounds tree-menduss.

[arjunadawn]

Brother, you may have found another reason to love your wife but the real story here is a man who chooses to see the world as you do is quite lovely. You are insightful, tender, and compassionate. I congratulate you for being unaware enough to reveal this to others. It is people like you who make this world kinder and gentler. Perhaps that's why you wound up with the woman you did; and she with you. Like attracts like. In some fashion, perhaps this too was your dog's blessing. I would not regret what you missed with your dog in the end where, if your dog could, he would celebrate what he had with you. Choose to see this!

[thaipo7]

Thanks for a story worth reading. I am a cat lover myself but your story applies to all pets that are loved and love you back. Made me think of previous pets.

[Araiwa]

A heartbreaking story, filled with love and passion. I feel with you. On the other hand I believe that old Dooley must have had a wonderful life with you and your wife. I and my wife lost one of our dogs 2 years ago. It was very hard for my wife in particular because the small Shitzu was her first dog. She really loved that little rascal. Rest in peace, Dooley.

[arjunadawn]

We have billions of people, going to bed hungry, homeless and God knows what else. You know People. Cute dog story but slanting towards pathetic. Come to terms with the realities of life. It will heighten the journey. arf arf

the manic dog story.

The above poster decided to spin the OP's gentle ta[il] into a moral equivalency story. "If, in the course of your day, you cant find the wherewithal to find a story like this different, nice, even refreshing, then you reveal your detachment from the very humanity you equate this morality ta[il] with."

The humanity you refer to made a contract with dogs thousands of years ago when they domesticated them. Dogs have lived and evolved with humans through millennia as extended partners in the family, society, and in war. The love between humans and dogs is unmatched between any other two species. It is rich, deep, ancient, and part of our humanity. A man who cannot note gentleness and compassion regarding the least able among us is hardly humane.

Edited January 26, 2015 by arjunadawn

[mamypoko]

a tear in my eye when I read this

[nickcar]

Sorry for your loss. What a lucky man to have a wife who loves the dogs like you do..

[Floater 7]

My condolences man.

It's always hard losing your little buddy.

I lost my little friend a week before I retired to Thailand. I still think about him, and miss him.

They loves us no matter what. And always greet us with wagging tail, when we come home.

[bradenroger]

Many thanks for sharing, sir. My condolences to you and your wife. Best wishes.

[Crazy chef 1]

one of the best posts,bro...may he is now in a better place...

[EmptyHead]

I accidentally reversed over our "special boy" today. Thankfully, he is uninjured and in good spirit.

I may have even ran over him twice in my confusion. I can't really remember. Kinda hazy.

My wife looked very upset when i told her, until i said that he is fine.

I am not joking.

[ageless1]

To love and care for him as your wife did is a wonderful thing and I can understand you loving her a little more now than you did before. I'm certain your dog left this world gently and is resting in peace and happiness.

[spunkie]

Goodnight god bless dooley R.I.P

[dogpatch55]

Yeah a really sad story, but lovely as well. Yeah you are a lucky man to have a wife like that.. Sorry for your loss.. I know how you feel..

[AZBill]

My wife absolutely adores our little guy and spoils him rotten!

[winstonc]

We have billions of people, going to bed hungry, homeless and God knows what else. You know People. Cute dog story but slanting towards pathetic. Come to terms with the realities of life. It will heighten the journey. arf arf

the manic dog story.

well loser boy go feed the hungry and write a nice story for us to belittle and feel the pain ...

[n210mp]

As I begin to write there is a wet and warm sensation on my right ankle and no I havnt peed myself.

I realise immediately that this must be about the time of night that Nini the old lady of one of our two Poms comes for a cuddle and a lick (Kiss) just to tell me that she needs and loves me and to remind me that I also need her.

I give her my customary cuddle and as usual she then waddles off back to her favourite position behind the curtain

I must admit that I have had a couple of my mild sensation of my favourite tipple tonight which has allowed me to gravitate into a melancholy and maudlin sentimental state, I totally enjoy this state and wish to pass on the emotion, especially after reading HeijoshinCools (How the heck do you pronounce that title) emotionally loaded OP

I used to think that people who are more comfortable with animals were emotionally crippled, that they had for some reason or other been unable to make it with human relations and thereby resorted to have it with our dumb four legged friends, after all our furry friends don't answer back, or argue with us do they, no they just give us unconditional love!

Yes I now know how wrong and misguided I was then in my more junior years.

Now with the benefit of hindsight and advancing years I understand a bit more.

Just after Ninis visit to the kitchen where I am sitting with my favourite tipple my lovely wife Wan came in also for a cuddle

As soon as I see her entering the kitchen , my chair goes back a bit to accommodate her ample sappo and she knowing the procedure bangs down on my lap as though to emphasise the point she is unintentionally making!

I give her a big kiss and no not an erotic kiss much more meaningful than that, a really loving kiss on her cheek and she giggles just like a a sixteen year old and for an instant in time we are united in the love we have for each other .

Smoky our young and wants to shag everything in sight other Pom tries to get involved in the hug and is of course successful.

Wan always wanted a baby from me, it didn't happen, we have two Poms, do I need to say anymore?

A great OP and thanks for the reminder that just occasionally we need to spend a little time thinking about not just our human relationships but about our doggy relationships

[HeijoshinCool]

Goodness! I just woke up, and found three pages of kindness.

Like some other posters observed, I started this thread as a cathartic, thinking there would be one or two replies before it disappeared into electron oblivion. I never imagined so many would say so much,and so kindly.

The story is very much Thai related, but when posting, I am not going to point that out. It's up to readers to discover that. Most did, one or two were challenged.

On the other hand, no, Dooley was not Thai. He was an expat dog. I brought him, and his mom and sister, to Thailand in 2009. His mom died two years later; his sister, who is half the size of Dooley, is still going strong.

Thanks for all the kind words. So many, in fact, that it will take a few days of returning to the thread to have enough likes (daily rationed, you know) to "like" all the great insight and well-wishing. Please be patient.

Since so many of you were moved by the post, how about a Dooley story?

When he was a young stud (the second photo, about a year old), he was kidnapped. Taken out of our fenced yard by a young couple, as witnessed by a neighbor. My mom was living with me, Dooley was her favorite, and she was heartbroken. The very next morning, she's looking out the window and sees a young guy running madly, away from the side of the garage. He leaps over the fence, jumps in a car, and screeches off down the street.

Mom calls the cops.

Cop comes out, figures no big deal, the bad guy ran. Then he and my mom hear a noise from the garage. Banging and things hitting the floor.

Cop draws his 9mm Beretta, and throws open the garage door. FREEZE! A massive black shadow jumps out and knocks the cop down. Dooley stands on the hollering cop's chest, wagging his tail. Kibbles and bits fall on the cop's face.

My mom said the cop was as white as a sheet. Which is pretty white, 'cause he was Mexican.

We figured Dooley had been "borrowed" for stud service. However, he was a bit of a pistol back then (and like I said, part goat), so maybe they found him handsome and decided to keep him, but when they got him home, he ate their couch.

He was a gentle dog.

[HeijoshinCool]

Please don't anyone tell my wife that a post I titled: "Yet Another Reason I Love My Wife," ended up in Plants and Pets ….

[RikDao]

Sweet, beautiful story.

[ggt]

We love your wife and your dog...the jury is still out about you though...

Lost my dog at 15 years a couple of years ago...just received another the same breed...but different color...helps some...

[carter1882]

This is the first time I have read a thread on TVF that didn't contain a huge amount of posts knocking the OP for no reason than to be bloody minded. What is it about dogs that makes people human?

[Docno]

Wonderful post. The Thais take a lot of slagging in these forums, but you have given a fine example of how some of them can be special in a way that we don't often see in our home countries. About a year ago, my girlfriend took in a dog that was hit an paralyzed by a car outside her shop. She cared for him day after day (feeding him and cleaning him as he couldn't move), while I was telling her he should be put to sleep. Now he's a happy and normal dog (other than for the fact he cannot walk), and my girlfriend has proven me wrong with the compassion and persistence she showed in nursing him back to health. That just wouldn't have been done back in my country (Canada). I will some day have the same experience with Chokdee as you had with Dooley, but only because my girlfriend didn't listen to me and gave him a chance to live out his life in full. Condolences and respect to you and your wife.

[ThaiSanookGuy]

I wouldn't even do that for a kid...

[fasteddie]

That's really lovely mate, best wishes to you and your lovely wife. R.I.P. handsome Dooley.

[JMWPACIFIC]

A sad but beautiful story. Best to your wife and you and sorry for your loss.

[NickJ]

Im at a true loss for words. Im sitting here looking at the best friend i have ever had...13 years old ...breaking the scales at ten pounds......knows what im thinking before I do. ....im the sidekick..... Hug yourself and your wife for me......D....well he will be wagging when u see him at the Rainbow Bridge.....

[maynard420]

I know your pain bud, I went through the same with my dog in Pattaya, just remember your dog loved you and me knew that you lived him, it takes time to heal, took me a few years but it will always be there for me to remember the good times and I realized memories are the best, I was in BKK pattaya hospital on a Iron Lung when I had Dingu fever and I could not talk due to a huge tube down my throat into my lungs and the only thing i could think of besides my daughter who was at my side, wad all the good times I had with my dog and all the funny stuff he did and we did together, you will get through it and you also have a beautiful dog, reminds me of my old dog "Indian" pure bread Rottweiler, damn good dog, bit a few Thai blokes who decided to jump our wall and try to steal our shit but as soon as the second guy came over the wall I unleashed hell by popping my dogs collar off, he almost killed one, I got in trouble for letting my fog hospitalize some price of shit junkie Thai scum bag, <deleted> deserved it.

[NickJ]

Im at a true loss for words. Im sitting here looking at the best friend i have ever had...13 years old ...breaking the scales at ten pounds......knows what im thinking before I do. ....im the sidekick..... Hug yourself and your wife for me......D....well he will be wagging when u see him at the Rainbow Bridge.....