JAX

This post won't be fun, and it has been hard trying to find the words to write this. I'm not going to reflect on the anger I have for this situation, instead I'm going to use this post as a happy, positive memory. As many of you know, our family dog Jax has died. He was ran over doing his favorite thing, chasing the back of cars. I still do not fully understand how this happened, why nobody stopped our why nobody said sorry. But what I do know, is that Jax was such a good dog. For those of you who don't know who Jax was, he was my mom's family dog. He was my little brother basically. We got him when he was a little puppy, and we had him until this last Tuesday (The 14th I believe). Laying that dog in a grave was so hard, so was saying goodbye to one of the best dogs I've gotten to know. I remember when we got him he was nothing more than a little ball of fluff. He was super white and had such pretty eyes. The first night we had him he stayed in our bathroom, he scratched the door all up and left a permenant mark. Jax LOVED his kids. He was so protective of us, it was so cute. One of the first videos we have of him is where he was barking at himself in the oven reflection. As he got older he adopted other habits. One was when someone would say "Who is it?" or "Go get 'em" he would hall butt to the door. Like I said, protective. He was so loving, he'd stay up most the night protecting us. If I came out of my room at night to get a drink he would be right there. He was such a great uncle to Beau. Beau and Jax were best buddies until Jax's life got cut WAY TO SHORT. I would give anything to have one more day with him. Jax was also really smart, he knew our schedules, and he knew us. You don't come across a dog like that often. After the day Jax was taken home to doggy heaven, we were all super sad. Mackenzie didn't understand, none of us did. Weoften find ourselves asking "Why don't others view them [pets] as humans?" Because we do. Beau? Thats my son. Lilly? Thats my little girl! Jax was my brother and nothing less. I believe that when a pet is taken, a family member is taken. And its not fair. They already don't outlive us. Why cut their lives even shorter? I'll never understand that. They aren't there our whole life, but we are their whole life. So with this post I'd like for everyone to just say a prayer for not only our family but for Jax. I hope he is up chewing on God's shoes (He loved that), and eating super amazing busy bones (His favorite treats). I can tell Beau is pretty sad, he acted strange the day after Jax died. He was just confused as to where his best friend was. I know Beau and Jax will meet again one day. For now though, it is so hard to go day by day not hearing his paws across the wood floor. We used to play "chase the dog" with him, which was basically tag. He HATED swings. I think he thought they were taking his kids away. He used to bite the bottom of the swings or worse your behind, and try to stop it. It was pretty amusing. I'm going to miss Jax so much. I'll always love him, and I'll never forget his sweet little face, or sweet sweet personality.