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Snoball waited for him
This was not my dog, but my Uncle Fred's samoyed, Snoball, but he lived with me, so she was always around. She followed my sister home one night, and my uncle took one look at her, and declared that she was his. Years passed, and my uncles health declined to the point where he could not work, and the only thing he could leave the house for was to go to Dialysis (3-4 times a week) or his Cardiologist. Other than that, he was home with his dogs (I am now the proud owner of his 15yr old terrier mix, Shadow) all day every day. He had a massive heart attack on June 13, 2006, and Snoball was already starting to decline rapidly. On July 6, I knew it was her time- she had "the look," plus she hadn't eaten in 4 days, and now would not get up from the foot of his bed, not even to do her business. I spoke with my uncle, and his doctors and nurses for me to bring her to the hospital and then to wheel my uncle outside to say goodbye to her before we put her down. So on July 7, I got Snoball to the hospital, brought my uncle outside so they could spend some time together. My uncle was very upset over the impending loss of his pet, and kept saying that he wished he could go with us to the vet, as he wanted to hold her and be the last face she saw. As soon as she saw him, her eyes lit up, but she was just too weak to get up to meet him, and so I used one of his hospital blankets that was on his lap to carry her to him. I placed her on the ground at the foot of his wheelchair, and he petted her and stroked her head and she licked his hand furiously for a while. It was the sweetest thing you ever saw! Well, Snoball was so happy to finally be reunited with her owner, that within 20 minutes of arriving, she laid her head at his feet and died right there, next to the love of her life, making sure his face was the last she ever saw. My uncle died 3 weeks later, on August 1st, and to this day, that scene of Snoball holding onto life until she could be with Uncle Fred, still brings me to tears. That day proved to me that a dog will do anything for his master.--Snoball waited for him
