Last night, I took Savannah out to potty before bed and Trigger was barking. It's not unusual for him to bark at the occasional rabbit/possum/deer in the yard or mouse farting in the barn, but he had gone pretty well deaf over the past year.

It struck me as odd last night because he sounded insistent, so I said something to Sutton about it when I came in, but he didn't think too much of it either.

I guess he was saying goodbye, because when Sutty went to feed him this afternoon he didn't get up - he was gone.

My heart hurts. I should have known something was wrong, I should have gotten the flashlight and gone to check on him... Sutton said he didn't appear to be hurt or anything, just gone.

We got Trigger as a little bitty pup on Thanksgiving weekend before we got married in June, and I'm thankful that we had him for 14 years. He was a good, sweet boy and I will always remember how smart and sweet he was.


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