It has been hard for me to write this.  I need to do it.  I know I do.  I started this blog because I needed to get my thoughts out about my Belo.  Yet, I haven’t been able to get past a few lines of thoughts without crying.  It has been nearly 2 years since he was killed.  It still hurts.

 

 

How we met

Belafonte was my very first dog.    I didn’t plan on having a dog.  We just moved to Argentina.  I was traveling a great deal for my job and Rodrigo was very busy with work and traveling to Buenos Aires for school.

One night I was walking through the downtown area on a cool spring night happy that I was able to finally resolve an issue with my cell phone.  This was a great achievement because I didn’t know the language well and for me to finally be able to communicate made me very happy.  I started to walk towards my husband’s office.  He was getting off work soon and we planned to have a nice night out and a romantic dinner .  And then saw him, my Belo, in a cage on the sidewalk in front of a vet/pet shop.  As I walked by the cage I saw a big ball of black fur, and suddenly this little head with big sad striking eyes pops out of the ball of puppies.  He looked straight at me and I stopped.  He got me.  I called Rodrigo to tell him about this adorable puppy.  Rodrigo immediately said hold on I’ll be right there.  At this moment, it didn’t cross my mind to adopt a puppy.  Our lives were so busy and we were just starting out.  When Rodrigo saw Belo, he didn’t hesitate in deciding to bring Belafonte into our home.  After a brief talk with the people adopting we found out that Belo’s mom was a Giant Schnauzer.  His dad, well who knows.

We scooped Belo up.  I put him in my coat and held him close to my chest.  He was scared and cold.  He cried so much. That night Belo cried and cried the only way to keep him quiet was for Rodrigo to keep his hand on Belo’s back while Belo slept on the floor next to our bed.

Who would ever have thought that this tiny scared puppy would become my baby and my best friend and touch my life so great that my whole perspective and priorities and choices in life would change completely.