My Lila in paradise

When I saw you on the shelter's website, I got in touch straight away to see for myself.

It was love at first sight when I saw you, and the same goes for your mom AlBina.

You came home the same day and 2 years of happiness followed. It was March 2015

All the other loulous accepted you straight away, and you became their “bobonne” who knew how to be respected.

You had a rather troubling past. When the person you lived with died, it was his daughter who took you in and placed you on a farm, but she didn't know where the farm was.

In the end, you were found abandoned and wandering the streets. You ended up in this shelter at the age of 14, with no hope of finding a family. And yet you crossed my path.

You weren't spayed and you had a few kistas on your teats, so the necessary steps were taken and you began this new life of happiness and love, with food on time, a home to shelter in and as much petting as you wanted.

I think, seeing all the love I received from you, I managed to make you happy.

In the evenings, with the other pups, you'd come and snuggle up to me, your head on my arm, often spending a good part of your night against me, and then you'd go and make yourself comfortable on the end of the bed.

The vet removed a few more small cysts under local anaesthetic, so nothing too serious. Life went on without a hitch until March 2017, when you had a stroke on the morning of the 28th, and had to be rushed to the vet, who gave you 6 injections in the hope that you would recover.

You looked so beautiful and relaxed that I believed it with all my heart. Alas, around 5.00 p.m. you woke up and started shaking again, couldn't stand up and started moaning. We had to close your beautiful eyes forever.

Another 1 day and you'd have been with us for 2 years, another 1 day and you'd have been 16, finally 15 years and 364 days is still a very respectable age, but we always hope to keep our loulous for as long as possible...

Like all the other dolls, you were cremated and now rest in my secret garden, you'll have pretty flowers, I'll visit you every day with tears in my eyes and then with time...

The sadness will go... but you'll stay in my heart forever.

You'll always be my little Moumoune, my old sweetheart who gave me so much friendship, so much love with a sincerity I've never known in a human being.

I still have the love of Bijou, Bobby and old Julia, but none of them will replace you, you were unique with your real Fox character, I'll never forget you, you've gone too, taking a corner of my heart with you, you were a lovely little girl.

I know, in a few months, a few years... but I loved you so much despite the short time you spent with me, you also have a photo in front of my computer and it seems to me that, like all the other loulous, you say to me :

It's not your fault Francis, I'm crying too, where I am, at being separated from you, but our hearts are united for life (the one you have left without me).

I beg you my dad, never forget me, you were my breath of life and if I could have a second life, it's with you that I would spend it, I really had a happy life with you, alas much too short.

Farewell my lifelong friend, please don't cry, I'm no longer here to console you, so do me this favor, when you look at my photo, give me a smile... If you can...

Don't forget that I really loved you, keep hoping that one day, in heaven, we'll meet again and nothing will separate us.