I sent this beautiful girl to heaven today because age and years and disease made me.  I have had a very bad day to say the least.  So I wrote a poem for my Zobert...which I shall read at her funeral tomorrow.  RIP my Zhoe, Zobert, Zozo, Zobie or Zobalina...we love you!!!!

For Zobert:

My little white lie

Daddy saw it in my eyes

That's how I brought you home

We kept you safe in our dome

In and out our door each day

Passing the landlord saying nothing but, "Hey!"

I kept you hidden in a sort of bag

I prayed a showed  tail would not wag

We were promptly exposed

No other option was posed

Forced to choose

Without you we would lose

The years passed by quickly

with pups that were quite prickly

Mommy and Daddy were married

Through it all, such grace you carried

A new house later and a baby to boot

Did not matter, you ruled the roost

Through moving, and babies and puppies galore

You never once tried to walk out that door

You were mostly so grateful

Yet sometimes quite bitchy and hateful

I loved that about you

If nothing else you were real and true

So many years I've relied on your strength

At times you've even kept me at arms length

Dogs have a human side not many can see

That was never the case between you and me

I rescued you from a life of despair

You rescued me from one need of repair

Right by my side when you knew I needed it

Dragging me out of that bottomless pit

Today was so hard, even harder to explain

I feel like there's nothing left of my brain

You were so calm, so ready to go

Once glance at you - I could not say no

I held you so tight until the very end

You will always be my greatest friend

I will love you til the day I die

Until we again meet up in the sky.

I love you my Zobert, I miss you so much already...love you my baby girl.