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Me and mr. Copperfield - Our short little story.

Ho-kay. It's been a long while since I posted. A lot happened, and boy, do I really mean A LOT!

The puppies were born on the 29th of July, only two of them: a big baby girl akita, 479 grams, and a big baby boy akita, 471 grams. From the first moment I saw the boy puppy's face, I knew, we were meant.

I happily watched him grow, as did his breeders with their families and kids. It was a wonderful time. Each picture was always a surprise, puppies do grow so fast! I think the puppies were three days old, when I picked out a name. Although I had listed down several pages of nice, suitable names, the one I finally picked wasn't one of them. The boy puppy looked like a cartoon character from my childhood, and his red fur, so I named him after Davy Copperfield - "Copper", shortly.

I was... Thrilled, the day he came home. It was an amazing feeling. Just... Amazing. The little spirit had turned into real flesh and bones, and to top that all off, a really soft coat and adorable dark brown eyes, too! I remember sitting in my friend's car, holding Copper as we headed home. He was all silent, resting his head on my forearm. The minute we came home, he just decided to settle in. Copper surprised me time after time, and he continued to do that each day. For example, there was none of that "puppy-sniffling", by which I mean the usual tour a puppy takes around his new home, going from one corner to the other, carefully sneaking around each place. None of that. Copper simply took a look at two things: 1) Newspapers 2) Waterbowl. Then he laid down near the sofa, and fell asleep right away. His breeders, and my dear friends, gave him some toys with his momma's scent in them, but he didn't seem to miss anyone. All grown up, he thought he was.

We enjoyed every single minute together. I had 9 days off from work, so that I'd get to know Copper and show him the ropes, so to say. He made it really easy. From day one, he knew how to walk on a leash, to play with only his own toys, and to settle down when we were indoors. I went to the store and left him alone on day 3, and he didn't even care! In a good way. :) Whenever I'd come back home, though, he'd wake up, and be so happy that it was difficult for him to stand up straight. Yeah... That was the one thing I was worried about. We all were. Copper had these weird hind legs. They seemed like boiled noodles, all boneless. I thought, he just needed some more muscle to hold his fast-growing body up right. At 8 weeks, he was 8kg, and took about a kilo more each week.

In the upcoming days, we had great adventures. Copper learned SUPER fast, even somethings that are unnatural for dogs, like looking someone in the eyes for a long period of time. He did it whenever I asked "Look here!", and I always rewarded his great behavior whenever it occurred. We quickly formed into a dynamic duo. I really trusted Copper to behave, and he always would. He made friends everywhere we went, and when I had to return to my work, I made sure that he didn't have to be home alone for more than 4 hours, TOPS. (He really didn't mind, lol.)

I'll post more pictures about our individual adventures later...

But now then.

Back to the present. Copper grew really fast. I started wondering about his legs. They seemed to be getting worse. His breeder took him to a doctor, who we thought would probably just give us some advice on training, or something. I was at work when I received the heartbreaking news. At 10 weeks and a few days, Copper had received a diagnosis of a congenital disorder in the angulations of his thigh bones. What that means is, his thigh bones should've been cornered to match the hip bone, but instead, they were entirely straight. It was a sort of a hip dysplastia, at a very young age. The doctor also noticed that Copper was suffering pain, and having difficulties walking indoors. I knew about the difficulties, but pain?

Now me and Copper's breeders were facing a sad decicion. Copper was only 10 kilos at the time, but already suffered from pain, and it would only get worse, because he was still growing and gaining weight, fast... As I rushed out of work and back to him, I started noticing other changes. His bite was harder. He slept unwell, changing position frequently, and panting even although the floor was cool. Sometimes he'd let out a frustrated scoff, or a quiet whimper. My heart was suffering from the knowledge that he felt so bad and so ill. Nothing the doctors could do would help, because the angulations were so damn bad, loose, and as I told myself over, and over again: already causing him pain. I love Copper dearly. Not "loved" - I will love him until the day it's my turn to get my final rest. I've never had to make such a hard decicion in my life. Copper fell asleep peacefully in my arms on the 14th of October, on his 12 week birthday. We only got to enjoy 3 weeks together.

It's been a week now, hasn't it? I had waited for so long for this puppy. I had felt his spirit before he was born. Now he's gone. My life feels very empty and boring without him - without a furry soulmate, without a pet. But alas... We humans are so used to being able to fix everything, but sometimes, nature makes mistakes even the best of our doctors can't set straight. I am not sacrifacing my dear pet's health and happiness for my own happiness. I'm not that selfish. Copper could've never lived a full life. He would've been facing a vicious circle of surgeries, painkillers, and being unable to run freely. This was the only right decicion, heavy as it was on my heart.

It pains me still. But Copper is at rest now. I can never erase the moments and the pictures out of my mind, when we were at the clinic... But like I carry those, I still carry all the precious memories of us. Our happy, happy moments. Oh, the joys we shared!

The breeders of Copper took great part in my sorrow, and wept just like I did. I an forever grateful for finding such loving people with a strong sence of justice and responsibility. Next summer I am looking forward to seeing their nect litter of akita puppies under their kennel name, Cazador Grande... And maybe meeting my future best friend. I trust these people more than I could ever trust another breeder, so I am stricking with them through thin and thick. Until those happy news next summer, I'll keep posting happy things about Copper, to keep alive his memory, and to bring life to everything that little furball taught me. Yes, he did teach me a lot, maybe even more, than vice versa.