Jeba’s Blog

Honey My brother

Today I would like to dedicate a post to my “Honey” . Na don’t get me wrong, Honey is my Pet . Why should I dedicate a post for a pet ? Read on..

Honey is a dog of breed “Samoyed“, we bought him to home in the year 1999 and I didn’t like him then. My sister had selected the name for him. Why honey ? I dunno, even she doesn’t know. At that time we had another pet called “Bruty”.Me and my sister had picked him from our backyard and bought him inside the house. My parents didnt like that. In that week my mom had bought Honey home, he as just 4 months old then. He was very cute and adorable but me and my sister didn’t like him because he was going to replace “Bruty”. But our parents forced us to accept Honey mainly because of these reasons..

• He was not from road side.
• He had white fur.
• He was cute.
• There can be only one pet at home.
• Mom paid 450 Rs to buy him.

One fine day Bruty was gone, dad took him and left it near a hotel so he could find food there. Yeah I felt bad but hey life is not that simple after all. Then Honey took over as the pet of the house. He was so small and so cute and he always used to sleep on my pillow and only ate Parle-G buiscuits and Milk. Give him anything else and he will spray shit all over the house lol…  I was in 10th Std then. My dad was not there when mom had brought Honey to home. My dad was posted to Gujrat. One day he had come home on leave, that time this Honey he was still Micro size and was barking at my dad so badly as if some thief had come. Being a Samyoed they have a very high pitch voice and more over he was a pup. The sound was really unbearable lol.. Dad was shocked to see Honey there and asked us who’s pup is that ?

I used to take Honey for walk to show it to my friends and they all used to play with him. But Honey didn’t like them because they used to tease him a lot. He used to Grr.. at them lol.. Then he started growing up. He always wanted to go out of house and used to get irritated at others very easily. Is it because my friends used to tease him or what I dunno.. but if we let him out of house loose he would run out of home and I have to run behind him. Later he used to get beatings for that lol.. He was so naughty and always jumping and playing. We used to play Hide and Seek with him. One of us either me or my sister will hold him and then one of us will hide and some place and call his name. He would then start searching us.. When he finds us he would stand in front of us and start barking.. like he is saying.. I found you fool.. now come out lol.. He used to run behind us and chase both of us.

Then we moved to Kuvempunagar and I was doing my Diploma in Computer Science. One day me and our family had decided to go on a trip to Ooty to our Aunts place. But the problem was who will take care of “Honey” ? We don’t have a car so that we can carry him with us. So mom decided to give honey to one of my Aunt here, so that she can take care of him for a week. We went to Ooty and had great time there, I was missing Honey big time and was worried of him as he has never lived alone without us.

We returned to Bangalore and the first thing which we did was to go to that Aunts home to bring back Honey. When we reached there we found out there was no Honey there . She showed us a broken chain and said he Ran away the very first day itself by beaking the chain. We were totally shocked and felt terrible. We can’t blame her, but still our Honey was gone . He had been with us for 3 Years and he had become a part of the family. We couldn’t believe he was gone.. We searched him everywhere, but we couldn’t find him anywhere. We all felt very bad that week, slowly our work and schedule caught us and life was getting back to normal when one day mom heard some sound on the door someone scratching the door. She opened the door and there was no one, then same day after 2 hours again some sound was coming, she opened the door and damn it was Honey. It was early 6 in the morning, Mom woke up us all. He had gotten so thin and dirty we couldn’t even recognize him. My sister immediately took him and gave him a bath. He ate like crazy that day, poor dog dunno how long he had been hungry. We took him to a Vet and got him vaccinated. That day we promised we will never leave him alone again.

I completed my Diploma and Joined Engineering and he was still there, this is when “Beauty” came to our home. She is also Samoyed. She was gifted to my sister on her birthday by her friends. Yes, my sister named her Beauty.. Why ? We dunno.. It is like the name which comes first in the mind when we see is what we name lol.. We were little worried thinking how Honey will react to it. He had always been kind and curious towards pups. He was very Uncomfortable in the beginning. Beauty as a pup she didn’t knew anything, she would be playing and would come running and fall over Honey. Honey would be totally stunned by this would move out of the way. He wont let her touch him at any cost, but he would just sit there and observe her play around the house. Suddenly Beauty became sweet heart of the family. But to be frank, I always liked Honey even now he is my favorite pet.. (No one tell this to beauty ok.. It is our little secret.. lol ) .

I have finished my Engineering too and I have started to Work and Honey is still there with me. WOW! He has been with us for around 10 years now! He has been with me always as I remember. From My School to My Professional life.. So long.. wow.. Now he has started to Age .

Just from the past 2 months he is showing signs of Aging. He is still Physically Fit and active but he has got Cataracts in  both his eyes. Now, he can’t see from both his eyes. Yes Honey is Blind now . When I heard this, it was heart breaking and my eyes filled with tears. We asked many doctors on possibility of an operation and all of them suggested that he is too old for the Operation and Post operational care is very tough. My dad was suggesting for Mercy Killing as he always live like a prince in our house but now we couldn’t see him suffer like this. But later we all decided, we will give him a chance and see if he can cope up with this new disability.

To our great satisfaction , he has not lost hope. He is still as happy he was, he struggles at times but he has coped up with his disability beautifully. WOW.. he inspires me a lot.. I am so lucky to have him in my life. I know our journey together is about to end. He would be with us for few more months but till he is with me I would treat him exactly as I did before. Never let him feel ignored or feel short of love. He has been there with me throughout my life.. All the way.. Anytime, Every time.. I write this with a heavy Heart. But the fact is I will always miss him even long after he is gone. Thank You Honey for everything You had done for us. You had been Loyal and Trust worthy through out.. We love you a lot. Thank You for all your memories which will be forever in our hearts. Not only my Family but my Friends too will miss him a lot. Because we have grown up together.

You are my Brother.. today.. tomorrow forever.. This is the reason they say.. Dogs are Human’s best friend.. They change your life forever..

I Love you Honey..