Yesterday wasn’t exactly the greatest day of my life. My family had to make one of the hardest decisions anyone with a pet will ever make, and we put Boomer, our St. Bernard to sleep yesterday morning. He had been having some pretty serious health issues, and ever since our other dog “Allie” passed away a few years ago, he’s always seemed a bit lonely without her.

Taking care of a task like this can never be easy, but at least we were able to make it a little bit nicer for Boomer. My cousin is an animal control officer, and so rather than take care of things in a cold, empty vet’s office, we did it in the backyard, in the shade where Boomer liked to hang out. Once Boomer had passed, we buried him below the Maple tree in the back where he used to spend a lot of time napping, and rolling around in the mud.

Since my sister said it better, I’ll simply point you to read what she had to say, since it pretty much sums up everything I wanted to, but better.

Boomer Norman Buhler