Clyde

Tonight when we got home from work, we found Clyders in the backyard and while we are not certain what the cause, he died this afternoon and was just laying in a ball as if he was sleeping. I have always touted myself as not an animal person, but I should probably caveat that phrase by saying there have been two animals that have come the closest to helping me understand the bond people share with their animals. Chip was the first and the second was Clyde. He was a big guy but there was no one quite as sweet natured. When he would run up, he would jump his feet up onto my shoulders and we would literally be the same height and I could just hug him as I would hug a person. Either way, I am not interested in talking about it, I just wanted to let everyone know that we told Joshy that Clyde had become too sick to stay in our backyard anymore and so he had to go where someone could take good care of him and I wanted you all to be aware before you came over next. We all have days that are just bad days. I am going to miss our Clyders.