Thread by @narceducator

Excuse the typos. You’d never know from this tweet that I’m a recovering perfectionist. It’s an example of what prolonged sleep deprivation can do.
Our elderly dog, a Lab-Great Dane mix, has been in rapid decline, we assume from a brain tumor.

https://twitter.com/narceducator/status/1301504585799008256

There were neurological signs like intermittent incapacity of his hind quarter then suddenly within days, he lost his sight, his diurnal clock erased.
Maneuvering over 100 lbs of dog (more stubborn than I am) for weeks has been an exercise in humility & patience for all of us.

Our oldest daughter found him as a rescue when she was 12, after putting her internet searching skills to work. Since he was a mix rather than a purebred Lab like our previous dog, I tried to put off adopting the puppy because our youngest was still a toddler.

I suggested waiting, getting a purebred Lab, that way we’d know exactly what the dog would look like when it grew up. With this mix we had no idea. Our daughter, without a moment of hesitation looked at me and said, “You had me without knowing what I’d look like when I grew up.”

Needless to say with that argument we had the puppy by the weekend.

He’s been the greatest dog even with his stubbornness to following commands. He does them but on his own sweet time. From the beginning he taught me a lot about myself and about having more patience.

Dogs embody unconditional love, grace and forgiveness.

As a friend said to me recently, we humans and the way we treat each other, we almost don’t deserve them.//