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shaairah · Ökensalukiuppfödare

Jag klarar inte av att skriva det här på nytt, så lägger in det jag skrev till mina kompisar utomlands då min underbara Muhafhaf somnade bort igår Crying or Very sad

Last night, just before midnight, my love, my idol, my inspiration and my friend, the Saluki boy Muhafhaf (Sami de Hamadan) passed away at only 8½ years.

Muhafhaf was beautiful and brave, joyful and tender, a macho and a mama's boy. I picked him up in France when he was only 7 weks old, choosing him out of a litter of 9 based on his beauty, temperament and hunting-type playing. I wached the litter for a week, and Muhafhaf was always the one chasing his littermates and flipping them over by grabbing at their hocks - my tiny gazelle hunter.

We shared many wonderful moments over the years, eventhough the road we traveled had its bumps. At 1 year of age Muhafhaf became ill with a severe case of epilepsy. The seisures were grand mals and came in clusters - two vets said he would not live to see his second birthday. My brave boy proved them wrong by living more than 4 times that long. The third vet we found was our saviour, helping us find the right medication. With it Muhafhaf only had 1-2 songle seisures a year over the next 7 years. He had to take both phenobarbital and potassium bromide twice a day, but otherwise he lead a normal Saluki life running and playing, wooing bitches (though not mating them of course), living and loving to the fullest.

As tme passed he became increasingly mistrustful of strangers, but with my mother and me he remained the same sweet, cuddly, loving boy - always ready to curl up in our laps, giving us gentle little kisses. He had a wonderful mischievous sense of humor - he would tip toe up behind me, pinch my behind, and then obviously laugh with all of his being when I turned around in mock reproach. Or he would take my hand in his mouth and, proudly prancing with his tail held high, lead me around the yard. He was the patient and adored "uncle" to many a litter. His love and thirst for life even in the face of adversity was inspiring to behold. He was not the quitting type.

During this, his last summer, he was as cheerful as always and thoroughly enjoyed himself. As autumn set in however, he began to loose weight - since he had always been slim, it showed immediately. He began limping on and off for no apparent reason, his coordination worsened and he seemed perpetually groggy. His body could no longer handle the meds he had been on for so long. I knew it was time to say goodbye, but lord it never gets any easier Sad

My sister visited and took the enclosed pics of me with my beloved Muhafhaf. I made him his favourite dinner, liver casserole with cream, and he ate it with gusto. We cuddled and I talked to him about the many wonderful memories we had made together. A little before midnight a vet I know arrived. I had taken Muhafhaf to our guest cottage for peace and quiet and one on one time, just the two of us. As Muhafhaf was fearful of strangers toward the end, I asked the vet to let me give him the first injection to make im sleep, and once he was asleep and beyond fear, she gave him the last injection.

I held Muhafhaf for a long time afterwards, crying in his soft coat as I had not allowed myself to do in front of him before he was gone, and telling him how much I loved him, how grateful I was to have known and shared my life with him, and how much I wished we could've spent many more years together. I told him what I firmly believe - that he is now on his way to beyond the Rainbow Bridge, where all those who have gone before him await, where he will always be young and strong and healthy and happy, and where we one day will be united, never to part again. Until then, farewell Muhafhaf - I love you more than I can say.

Zandirah

Åh vad sorgligt att läsa Michaela, tänker på dig.. Kram Carolina

Louise

Usch vad tråkigt..... Sad

vi tänker på er.

kram

shaairah · Ökensalukiuppfödare

Tack - det är svårt att fatta att han är borta, jag ser mej hela tiden om efter honom Sad

Neah · Med häst & hundkrafter

Det är med tårar i ögonen jag läser detta... alla mina tankar går till dig idag.
Måste säga att Muhafhaf fick ett fint slut i sällskap av sin älskade matte. Jag önskar att jag hade kunnat ge min Tindrah det samma.

Kramar

shaairah · Ökensalukiuppfödare

Tack *kram*

Nu hoppas jag mer än någonsin att Nujaima är dräktig - nya små liv skulle trösta så mycket - att konkret se hur livet går vidare.

pinkstar

Det är med blöta kinder man läser om din sorg.
Beklagar verkligen Michaela.

Kram

OceanSoul

Jag beklagar verkligen!

Sari

Mina tankar går ikväll till Dig Michaela.
Jag kommer ihåg Din förtvivlade kamp om hans liv, när han fick sina första anfall.
Hoppas att Nujaima är dräktig.

shaairah · Ökensalukiuppfödare

Tack Sari och alla andra också *kram* Tårarna kommer och går, då och då glömmer jag för en sekund att han inte finns längre... Han var en doftsaluki och doftade speciellt när han gosade i famnen - jag minns doften så noga att då och då tror jag mej känna den - och fasar för att en dag kanske inte kunna minnas exakt hurdan den var - varm och myskig med lite blomsterdoft i.

Tazi

Michaela...sänder en STOR KRAM till dej...Bitte

shaairah · Ökensalukiuppfödare

Tack Bitte *kram*