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Sunday, May 27, 2007 Broken Hearts - Buster Brown Gamble: Feb 1999 - May 2007  Today, Sunday, May 27, 2007, our family suffered from a shattered heart as we awoke to find our beloved dog, Buster (age 8), stiff, and without life. Yesterday, he was full of life and now he is no longer with us. At 5:00am, Steve & I awoke to Buster howling a few times, and instantly thinking he was dreaming, Steve reached down over the bed and petted him, assuring him ‘It’s ok, Buster. It’s only a dream’. Almost immediately, Buster went quiet, seemingly calmed down from Steve’s touch. We went back to sleep, waking up for the day at 8:00am. As I got the boys breakfast ready, and the boys played on our bed, Steve suddenly yelled at me ‘Buster’s stiff, he’s not moving’. Buster howls were likely his last breaths of life. We immediately called the 24-hour veterinary clinic line to find out what we needed to do. We wrapped Buster in a blanket, placed him in the van and drove him to the clinic. The nurse came out with a gurney, Steve placed Buster on it and we said our good byes. Even the boys knew that something was different about Buster because they kept repeating ‘Bubber, nigh nigh’. While I waited with the boys, Steve filled out the paperwork to process the order of an autopsy and cremation. We have decided on an autopsy because we want to know what killed our active, healthy, 8-year old dog so suddenly. Steve came out and told me that Buster was in Room 7 and if I wanted to say my final farewell, I could. I did. I scratched Buster behind the ears, lay my head on him and I told him that I loved him very much. Neither Steve nor I held back a single tear. Buster’s body will be sent to BC for the autopsy, of which we will receive the results in about 6 weeks. After the cremation is done, we will put his ashes in an urn made in his likeness and place it somewhere in the house where the boys can grow up knowing he was their first dog. Buster joined our family in April 1999, when Steve & I adopted him at 6-weeks old, from the Winnipeg Humane Society. We had had Max for 2 years at that point and felt Max needed a ‘buddy’ around the house. In the 8 years Buster was with us, he gave us so many great memories to hang on to. I know Steve will always remember the time at Family Camp, just outside of Calgary, when Buster ran away from him as he was going down to meet some others by the river. Steve looked for Buster for over an hour, then came back to camp to tell me what had happened. There, at our camp-site was Buster. He had found his way back without a problem. One of my favourite memories of Buster was when he was a little puppy and Steve’s Aunt Dianne came over to visit. Buster was so excited to see new people in the house that he jumped up on her lap and peed on her. It was the funniest thing, and he was so cute, even Dianne had to laugh. There are far too many memories of Buster to share in this blog, but every single one of those memories will live in us and with us through video and pictures, for the rest of our lives. And we will make sure Keegan, Josh & Connolly remember him as much as possible as well. We have told them that Buster is in the sky, in Doggy Heaven, so when we ask ‘where is Buster?’ they point to the sky. Max is also aware that his buddy Buster is no longer around, though he does look around for him when Buster’s collar/license jingle as it hangs in his memory on the back door. We love you Buster and we will miss you forever… Rest in Peace!             
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