Today it has been exactly one year since Gambit passed.
I remember it like it happened 1 minute ago...it was a Sunday morning and a very nice day. The day before, a Saturday, our really good friend, Bill Downy had come over to hang out. Bill and Nancy our some of our best friends and Nancy was not in town that weekend. Bill , Jennifer, Gambit, Gaby and I milled around the pool, drank beer and played with the dogs.
Late that afternoon, Jennifer had fixed us some munchies and we all ate in the backyard around the table. We had pretty much finished eating and of course Gambit and Gaby were waiting for the table scraps. Well, a piece of tortilla chip had fallen off the table and Gambit instead of walking around the table, tried to go through it. He got his body stuck 1/2 way through but kept on going. We had to quickly grab the rest of the food and beer off of the table quickly before he knocked it all off. We laughed like hell and Bill commented that Gambit was strong as an ox still and doing very well. Truth is, he had a great day that Saturday. With his cancer getting worse, he had a mixture of bad days and good day but lately, he had a lot of great days.
His last full day alive he had an awesome day. But that was Gambit for you, he always made it easy on us, even up until the very end.
We let him sleep outside that night. It was going to be cool and he preferred it anyways. He was an outside dog. Before we went to bed, we said goodnight and went upstairs to sleep. I got up early the next morning. Usually, I fix my coffee first and mess around on the computer until Jennifer gets up. Thinking back, it was weird that I immediately went out to get the Sunday paper. When I walked back up the driveway, Gambit was laying beside his favorite truck, our Toyota pickup. We had that truck when we got him in 1994 and we still have it. He always layed beside that truck. I went up beside him and asked him if he was hungry but he didn't move. I knelt down and tried to move him but he didn't respond at all. He was still breathing but it was labored and his eyes were not responding at all. I screamed at Jennifer "Something's wrong with Gambit!". When she came down we both knew, we knew....
Just a few minutes ago Jennifer brought down his candle that my Mom got us for remembering. Like my brother Ryan we burn a candle for him every August 20 his birthday. Jennifer also brought out his lock of hair. Its funny we used to not be able to get rid of Gambit's hair around the house, now we can't find it.
Love you big boy.
I remember it like it happened 1 minute ago...it was a Sunday morning and a very nice day. The day before, a Saturday, our really good friend, Bill Downy had come over to hang out. Bill and Nancy our some of our best friends and Nancy was not in town that weekend. Bill , Jennifer, Gambit, Gaby and I milled around the pool, drank beer and played with the dogs.
Late that afternoon, Jennifer had fixed us some munchies and we all ate in the backyard around the table. We had pretty much finished eating and of course Gambit and Gaby were waiting for the table scraps. Well, a piece of tortilla chip had fallen off the table and Gambit instead of walking around the table, tried to go through it. He got his body stuck 1/2 way through but kept on going. We had to quickly grab the rest of the food and beer off of the table quickly before he knocked it all off. We laughed like hell and Bill commented that Gambit was strong as an ox still and doing very well. Truth is, he had a great day that Saturday. With his cancer getting worse, he had a mixture of bad days and good day but lately, he had a lot of great days.
His last full day alive he had an awesome day. But that was Gambit for you, he always made it easy on us, even up until the very end.
We let him sleep outside that night. It was going to be cool and he preferred it anyways. He was an outside dog. Before we went to bed, we said goodnight and went upstairs to sleep. I got up early the next morning. Usually, I fix my coffee first and mess around on the computer until Jennifer gets up. Thinking back, it was weird that I immediately went out to get the Sunday paper. When I walked back up the driveway, Gambit was laying beside his favorite truck, our Toyota pickup. We had that truck when we got him in 1994 and we still have it. He always layed beside that truck. I went up beside him and asked him if he was hungry but he didn't move. I knelt down and tried to move him but he didn't respond at all. He was still breathing but it was labored and his eyes were not responding at all. I screamed at Jennifer "Something's wrong with Gambit!". When she came down we both knew, we knew....
Just a few minutes ago Jennifer brought down his candle that my Mom got us for remembering. Like my brother Ryan we burn a candle for him every August 20 his birthday. Jennifer also brought out his lock of hair. Its funny we used to not be able to get rid of Gambit's hair around the house, now we can't find it.
Love you big boy.
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