His days are numbered...

Milo's days are numbered...I can sense it. He is getting sick ever so often. Most of the time, we forget that dogs too have a life span and they don't live forever. I still remember 10 years ago when Milo, a stray then, came into our house to take refuge, he was sleeping behind our piano. He was so afraid that it took a lot of persuasion and coaxing to lure him out of his hiding place. he finally did and we gave him the name Milo cause we thought he looked like the dog in the movie "The Mask" (He turned out to be a little too big for the same dog in the movie) and now 10 years later, he is now 70 dog years old. It hurts to see him in pain, and now that he is sick, tends to manja with us when we are around, much to my surprise very much like humans beings too..

Little Milo came in as a puppy, and he likes to sit on our laps for some reason and would fit perfectly well then, and up til today when he is too huge for my little lap, he still somehow wants to try to fit his huge ass on our laps.

He soon became a teenage dog, he caught up real fast in age...I was in my teenage years too!

And soon after that, became a handsome dog with such character. 

Some of his famous acts includes barking at strangers ONLY when we are watching (otherwise he would sleep through his duty), squirrels literally dance and played in front of him while he slept, playing hide and seek around the car when we need to tie him up to reverse the car in the porch, posing for pictures only when there is food, greeting everyone else in the family except me (i'm his last resort), taking us for walks instead of us taking him for a walk and the list goes on...

But though he is cheeky, he is still a pretty much good dog. He could sense that you are angry and listen to your command, he wouldn't go beyond our front door to enter into house coz he knows he is not allowed to, He still manja with us especially when we sit with him and play with him after dinner, he plays fetch with us, and sometimes gives a big sigh when we kacau him when he sleeps.

It was a great 10 years living with this little mongrel, looking forward to return home everyday to see him though he sometimes doesn't really care to greet me =/ but yes, he was the best guard dog ever, somehow being home alone wasn't that scary because he is around, and perhaps maybe even how many crimes has been prevented because he was there.

Though I wish he could live a longer life or even life forever, but if he is called home to be with the Lord tomorrow or anywhere near in the future, then so be it. He has served his purpose on earth to have given us such joy, love and protection over these 10 years. He will be gone but never forgotten and will be dearly missed by us. He is not gone yet, but this is how I want to remember my cheeky and nonchalant dog. Right now all we can do is to comfort him and hopefully his misery wouldn't seem so bad.