Fond Farewell to Finn
We Miss You Little Buddy
Back in 2008, after we had to part with our long time dog friend, Moka, we were not feeling very receptive to another dog. However, early in 2009, due to ongoing serious health issues in one our neighbours families, we ended up fostering two of their dogs. Finn and Tessa.
Finn was a lovely little guy. He had been adopted after he was found wandering around alone on a cold, cold night.
He was a bit anxious. One of his favorite activities when in the house was to run around the dining room table. Running around the table seemed to help him relieve stress. Other than that, Finn was no trouble at all. He was quiet, he was pleasant and he was extremely cute.
When out for walks, he showed no stress. Always very bright and perky, Finn loved nothing better than to chase madly after a frisbee, or just to gallop happily around with Tessa. (Admittedly Tessa was on the tubby side at the time, so Finn did more galloping than she did.)
They were both really good in the car. We had a habit of putting doggy seat restraints on them for safety, and once in the car, after a bit of initial “get-off-my-tail” and “stop-crowding-me” discussions, and shifting about, they would settle into the back seat and wait expectantly for us to arrive at either the lakeside park we liked to take them or to the off-leash doggy park in the same area.
At home Finn and Tessa got on just fine, and they were also great with our then cat, Jezabel, with only the occasional corrective swat from her.
After those few months, Tessa had pretty much decided she was going to stay with us permanently.
Finn, however returned to his owner who was going to live out in the country.
Between 2009 and 2019, we would see Finn from time to time, especially after he moved back to the ‘hood. In August 2019 we were again asked to take care of him for a couple of months.
It was great to have Finn around again. An older and much slowed down Finn, but still the sweet, friendly little dog we had known from before.
It was great to again go out for walks with Finn.
It was nice to have Finn around the house again, and to play with him.
It was cool to have Finn sit with us and watch our weekend movies!
It was great to have the opportunity to take some portraits of Finn with proper lighting and a backdrop.
We were really happy to be able to spend some quality time with Finn, who by the way, was perfectly comfortable with our cats, especially Gandalf.
All too soon, it was time for him to go home. We said goodbye to Finn for what would be (unbeknownst to us) the last time in Fall of 2019.
Sadly, Finn was struck with an aggressive brain tumour and crossed the Rainbow Bridge on April 12, 2021.
R.I.P. Finn, you were very special to us., and we will not forget you.
