Another Tragedy

Belum hilang kesedihan dan kekagetan sepeninggal si bandel Chester, eh...anjing golden paling senior di rumah gue, Pippo, melanjutkan tragedi beruntun yang menyedihkan ini..Sepertinya sih ada tanda-tanda keracunan makanan, karena gejala kematian mereka sama, ada muntah-muntahnya segala.

Sedih banget dalam satu hari ditinggal pergi dua sahabat yang udah menemani dalam suka dan duka..Yang selalu menyambut gue tiap pulang ke Bandung dengan gonggongan heboh dan gabrukan mereka..Yang selalu laper dan minta makan tiada henti...Yang suka pipis sembarangan di taneman nyokap dan menyebarkan bau pesing ke mana-mana...Yang selalu tidak putus asa menyelinap ke dalem rumah, meskipun sudah jelas itu adalah daerah terlarang buat mereka...Yang hebatnya, pernah mengusir pencuri yang sudah setengah jalan membongkar mobil di halaman depan...Yang pernah ngabur nggak ketauan rimbanya, dan ditemuin beberapa hari kemudian, lagi nongkrong di rumah orang...Yang suka gue ajakin curhat kalo jaman dulu gue nggak tau lagi harus ngomong sama siapa...Yang keturunannya udah bikin berpuluh-puluh kehidupan orang menjadi lebih berwarna...Yang terakhir kali gue pulang ke rumah, sempet-sempetnya ngerubungin Baby Yofel dan bikin panik semua orang...Yang udah menemani gue meniti tahun demi tahun kehidupan gue...

Bahkan, pemberian nama mereka pun nggak lepas dari pertumbuhan gue masa kuliah dulu...Pippo, gue kasih nama itu karena gue sangat tergila-gila dengan Filippo Inzaghi yang dulu masih main untuk Juventus...Sementara Chester, yang lahir beberapa tahun kemudian, namanya diambil dari vokalisnya Linkin Park, Chester Bennington...ABG banget yah..hehe...

Ya ampun...gue udah berasa kangen banget sama mereka, dan membayangkan pulang di akhir tahun ke rumah minus gonggongan heboh dan gabrukan itu, kok rasanya sedih banget ya? Mengutip kalimat adek gue: Guys, be good in dog's heaven!

Chester, This One's For You

He was born in one crazy night, more than 6 years ago..Since the beginning, we knew that he's gonna make us crazy with his hyperactive personality.

From a small fatty little golden, he became one of the biggest dogs I've ever seen. People tended to get afraid of him, although he never meant to hurt anybody. He just wanted to play with you, but unfortunately he didn't realize that not everyone could stand his big body, including being crushed by his big feet!

Once, he ran away from our home, and trespassed to other people's house. He made quite a scene there =)

He's a nice friend to be with, a bit annoying, but you'll miss him if he's not around.. He's our own personal Marley...And he's gone now.. We're gonna miss him so much.

Goodbye, Chester. Thanks for those wonderful years...

Saying Goodbye...

Well...saying goodbye to Italy in Europe 2008 is one thing (setidaknya kekalahannya nggak semenyakitkan Belanda yang kena santet Rusia, hehehe..plus, yang ngalahin adalah tim favorit gue nomer dua..yahhhh not bad lahhhh)...But saying goodbye to my former puppies....is totally a different thing...

Sedihhh banget deh rasanya harus mengucapkan selamat berpisah satu demi satu sama anak-anak golden mungil yang semakin membesar...Kadang gue suka bertanya-tanya, apa bener, orang yang ngambil mereka bakal memperlakukan mereka dengan baik? Apa bener, mereka bakal bahagia di tempat barunya?

Tapi setelah gue pikir-pikir, selama ini udah berapa banyak coba, orang yang kita bahagiain dengan kehadiran golden" itu? Dan memang, gue jadi berasa punya keluarga baru, yang dihubungin dengan anjing-anjing itu...Kalau ketemu sama pemilik-pemilik mereka pun, gue selalu dikasih tau kabar terbaru... Ada yang baru ngelahirin 10 ekor, ada yang udah disekolahin, ada juga yang selalu semangat ngasih liat foto-foto terbaru...

Nasib golden-golden alumni rumah gue memang beda-beda...Ada yang udah dianggep anak sendiri, karena anak-anak di keluarga itu pada pergi merantau ke luar negeri semua...Ada juga yang beruntung dimiliki oleh salah satu menteri di negara ini (hayo, bingung kan link nya dari mana, hehe)...Dan ada yang malah ditawar-tawar sama pembeli karena bulu dan badannya yang sangat bagus (nggak terlalu memalukanlah, keturunannya, hahaha...). Tapi satu hal kesamaannya, mereka berada di tangan-tangan yang mencintai mereka, dan bahagia dengan kehadiran mereka...

Dan kalau udah mikirin hal-hal itu...gue jadi sedikit lega...Setidaknya, mereka berada di orang-orang yang tepat...ditambah lagi, gue jadi punya hubungan kekeluargaan yang menyenangkan dengan orang-orang itu...Dan lagi, ada yang bilang kan, kalau to love is mostly about letting go...Jadi, gue memutuskan untuk menghilangkan kesedihan gue, and in spite of saying goodbye, maybe i could just wish them the happiest lives...=)

ps: gue kok jadi kepikiran buat reuni keluarga besar golden yah? hehehe...tapi tempat mana pula yang bisa menampung sekitar 40 ekor anjing? =p

Amazing Mum

No, I'm not talking about my mum now...(Although she IS indeed very amazing). I'm talking about Luna..my beloved golden retriever..

It all began from our carelessness..For several years now, my family has decided to make Luna, the only female dog in our house, become sterile, by giving her the injection every 6 month period. But...for this period, we'd totally forgotten. So the mating season for dogs has come and gone...And suddenly, Luna has become very big..especially her belly...Then we realized, we had made a mistake..

Luna is a seven year old dog, and has given labor four times before (each one not less than seven puppies!!). So according to the vet, she has to get some rest now..The mummy season has already passed..Now she has become a grandma for several grandpuppies...=)

So..we are very panicked when we knew she has become pregnant..-again!!- in her old age..The risk is, she can even get killed when giving labor to the puppies. But what can we do? Getting her an abortion?? Hah. So we just waited and counted the days..until finally one day, she became very restless and cranky...and started to find a spot for her to dig a hole..Ups! We recognized the symptoms too well...It's the time!!

So last night, me and my sister took turn to watch her, preparing milk and bread..And sometime around midnight, the first puppy came out to the world. Followed by another, and another, and another, until they became seven tiny puppies.

If you haven't seen a dog giving a labor before..well, maybe you can't understand why this is becoming very dramatic for us..The thing is, a dog (especially the big one) needs great amount of energy to push one little puppy out, then clean the puppy from the placenta (and eat the placenta!!! can you believe it???), and also cut the cord (and eat it too!!!!).. So..can you imagine the process being repeated for seven times?? For old dog like Luna, it's not going very easy, especially because she did everything by herself.. (Nope, no epidural, no obgyn doctors, and no husband to punch!)

So we watched Luna breathing heavily, getting weaker and weaker each time..And I just wanted to cry. We will never forget again to get the injection..This is the last time!! I can't imagine to lose my dog because of our recklessness...

And thank God, all the puppies were born healthy, and Luna also still survived..Although looked very weak and tired, she just couldn't neglect her mummy instinct..She cleaned everybody, and feed them milk..Gosh...do I have just one third of her mummy instinct??? =p

So..the next task is: for dog lovers out there...anybody for golden retriever puppies???? =)

Luna

LUNA.... salah satu dari tiga anjing golden retriever di rumah gue...
Gue suka banget ma anjing, karena mereka keliatannya selalu tau kapan harus heboh, kapan harus rame, dan kapan harus diem aja...
Bahkan anjing" gue yang semuanya aga" bego, selalu tau kapan gue lagi bete... dan mereka biasanya jadi ikutan diem...
Setia...mungkin itu emang sifat anjing yang paling keliatan....
Selain itu? Hmm...rakus, mungkin.... dan kadang", bandel jugaaa.... =)