Did anyone else notice their dog do something that they had never done before or something that seemed odd shortly before they passed on? I'm just wondering because since writing about it on here and I've finally have found the motivation to write about Miller and what he meant to me and his passing and have started looking through more photos, and I keep remembering little moments that seemed insignificant at the time
For me, the last time I let Miller out (I don't count the morning he passed and when I let him out and sat down outside with him, I'm talking last normal outside run), I opened the back porch, which the blinds on the window make noise when you open, and our other dog didn't come running down like she normally would. I thought that was weird. Like I said, he had bad back legs and in the heavy snow, he didn't like spending a lot of time out there if he didn't have to. This time though, in the dark of night, I watched him in the illumination of the motion lights take a long jaunt all the way around the yard. He stopped and sniffed the air and walked back. He had never down that before.
I know most would write that off as him just walking around, but it was out of character for him. And with the events of the next day, I look back on it and feel like he knew the ride was almost over and wanted to enjoy the yard he grew up and played in for 11 years one last time. He never went walked around the yard again that time.
Any one else have a similar experience?
I gotta say, this really helps writing this down. When I get around to writing out a full blog post about him, I'll share it here. I like having a place like this to post about this sort of thing and talk with people.
Here's a picture of me and Miller in November 2017
and another one of just him