History of My Dog

I'll introduce about my dog which died few years ago. Recently, I recalled the time it died, so I decide to write about it. My family moved to a village from a city about eleven years ago. We wanted a new family member before we moved, so we decided to have a dog. At first, we discuss kind of dog. For example, we thought corgi, dalmatian, pomeranian, brushwood dog, and miniature dachshund. We haven't had animals, so we decided to have a small dog. Dalmatian has short hair and it is difficult to come off hair. Others are very cute. We finally decided to have a miniature dachshund. It is me that said "I want miniature dachshund". We didn't buy a dog in a pet shop. We called a person who have dogs, and gathered to a place in order to get a dog. Then, we had a dog. It is a female. We decided her name on our way home. That name was "Beru". She was very beautiful, so we named it a name of a character in "Beauty and the Beast". We bought many goods for it. For example, we bought its toilet, bed, receptacle of its food and water, collar and rope to walk with it. At that time we started to have it, I didn't like to dispose of its toilet. Sometimes, I was about to throw up. I can dispose them smoothly now. My habit was walking with my dog everyday. I couldn't do that when it was rain. I enjoyed it. It looked like happy, too. We take it everywhere we went. I wanted to travel with it, but there are few number of hotels dogs can stay. Therefore, I couldn't travel with it. It was very fun when we went to a sea and mountain. When we went to a sea, it swam. I and it swam together. It did a dog paddle. It was scared of sea, but it swam soon. It was snowing when we went to mountain. It was in high spirits. I enjoyed snow with it. It ate snow! I didn't know that snow was delicious. I and it have climbed a mountain together. I don't have much energy to climb the mountain soon, so I climbed it slowly. I put off its collar, so it climbed very soon. I was worried about losing its way, but it came soon when I called its name. When we arrived at top of the mountain, we ate our lunch together. It was clever. It learned our order soon. For example, it learned "sit", "shake", "beg", "hit the deck", "wait". I ordered these sign before I give it foods. When it was about forty years old, my family discuss about puppy. We want it to give births to puppy. I asked my friend who have miniature dachshund. It gave births to three puppy in kotatsu. My father tried to take puppy in kotatsu from Beru, but Beru bit my father's finger to protect puppy. At that time, I felt Beru's love. One was very vigorous. However, other two puppy were died...... One of died puppy was black, and another was brown. Brown one was not perfect body, so it was died soon after it came from its parent. Black one was died because of lack of nutrition. I and my mother tried to let it drink milk, but it finally died. Beru had one puppy. My family decided to grow those two dogs deeply.
We thought of that puppy's name. After few hours, my father named it "Mei". Mei was a Chinese character, "命". That word means "life". We want the puppy to live long life for the puppy's deceased brothers. Beru and Mei grew up healthily.
Beru often threw up from a day. That condition continued for few years. It threw up many times as time went on. I and my mother took it to a animal hospital. It was X-rayed, and a doctor said that it had illness, and that illness wouldn't be cared. It has illness of bowels. I was very surprised and sad. I was told that we should feed foods when I hold and make it standing. I fed foods as I was told, but it threw up again and again. I had to dispose what it threw up. One day, I and Beru played together in our yard. Suddenly, Beru fell down, and it didn't move, couldn't walk. I was afraid of its death. I didn't want to believe that. After few minutes, Beru stood up and walked, but Beru looked very hard. From the day, Beru came to my room which is on second floor in midnight. I thought Beru was hard to walk, but it came to my room everyday from first floor. I took Beru to its house on first floor when it came to my room. I didn't understand the mean of Beru's action at that time. One day, I was sleeping in morning. I heard my father from first floor. "Beru is dead." I heard that word from my bed. I didn't believe. I hoped this is dream. After few minutes, I went to Beru's house. I saw dead body of Beru. Beru opened its eyes and mouth. I couldn't watch the figure for a long time. Strange to say, I didn't shed tears at that time. I wrapped Beru's body with towel. Mei which is Beru's child kept crying and licking Beru's body. I was cried when Beru was cremated. We made a tomb in our yard for Beru.
I wonder Beru was happy or not when Beru spent its time with us. Was Beru happy to have its child? And, I noticed the reason why Beru came to my room everyday in midnight. Beru was hard, and it asked help to me, I think. When I think about that, I shed tears sometimes. It is important to have responsibility to pets. We should prepare ourselves for pet's death. I love Mei now. However, I love you, Beru even now. Thank you for giving me happy times.

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