I miss my Sunster. He was a real pain in the neck sometimes, but I loved him to death. This is an old picture of Sunny, my son Theo and myself. Sunny was about 3 years old in this picture. He weighed about 128 lbs. at that time. His favorite thing to do was chase a stream of water being sprayed from a water hose. When he actually caught up with it, he would continuously attempt to bite the stream of water as if that were going to somehow stop the flow of water. Good times.
Sunny died about 8 months ago of old age. The average life span of a Siwssy is 8-10 years. Sunny lived to be 9. He was partial to pizza and dirty diapers (mmm yummy) as well as the occasional loaf of bread. He had a tendency to step on people's feet, which wasn't very pleasant considering his top weight was about 150lbs. He was actually a blue Swissy, hence the muted coloring. When I purchased Sunny from the breeder there were approximately 80 blue Swissy's in the US. He was stunningly beautiful and very charismatic. He was also extremely independent and wasn't much of a people pleaser. I think the word stubborn works better to describe him. Triple Crown Dog academy referred to him as being "a dud". While, not the brightest example of his breed, he was a very loving and warm hearted animal. I miss him dearly.
Farewell old buddy.
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Remember the route around Brushy Creek subdivision where we used to walk him at midnight because it was too hot to walk him any other time? I think his favorite part was the bridge area toward the end of Ephraim Road, going toward your grandma's house. It was so cool and slightly breezy in that area.
Someday we will see him again at Rainbow Bridge. Farewell, dear friend.
I do remember. I also remember that I was too lazy to walk him sometimes, but you took it upon yourself to always make sure he got walked. Oh well, he's probably missing the taste of dirty diapers and Mr. Gatti's pizza right about now...
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