For these past weeks we've been grieving. Last February 23, our first dog/pet named Custo finally left us. The crappiest part that I felt during that day was when I was the one who discovered that he left us. During that morning, my brother entered my room and said " Custo might die soon, he vomited blood awhile ago", when I heard about it I looked for him just to pet him. When I found him, I went closer. I noticed that there was something wrong with him, he wasn't responding. When I felt his body it was cold already. I thoroughly looked at him and noticed that he wasn't breathing anymore. I was in denial in my mind, but I did one last thing, I tried to look and feel for his heart beat but I couldn't feel it anymore. I felt so devastated when I knew he wasn't going to be around us anymore. After finding out, I broke the news to my mom and my other siblings about it and we were just shedding tears. The day before that I suggested that we bring him for a car ride because that was one of his favorite activity and they agreed. So we brought him during the morning while I was going to work. I called that moment "Final Ride" He was supposed to turn 17 this coming June 10.
He was given to us by a family friend last 2003. I remember the first time I met him. My dad was telling us to guess what was inside of his pocket, but we couldn't guess it. I was so curious what it was and he pulled out a very cute puppy. My mom decided to call him Custo. Too bad we were not able to back up our photos of him when he was growing up.
When Custo wasn't potty trained it was very difficult to clean the mess because our flooring was made out of wood before. They had plans of renovating the house before and after getting him prompted them to start it. They made our flooring tiles so it would be easier if he would create a mess. Here's a video of my brother and Custo, it was still showing our wooden floor.
He eventually learned where to pee which was outside. We would say out and he would go to the door and we bring him out and he does his business there. We would usually leash him because he's aggressive towards cats.
One thing that I will truly miss is whenever we come home, he would always be the first one to greet us at the door. He was full of energy, and very excited waiting for us to pet him. And even though I feel tired, petting him would recharge me.
I will also miss cuddling with him. It just love the feeling to sleep beside him because he felt like a hot water bag. There are times when he just sleeps on top of my chest. I also remember that he loves staying between our legs under the blanket. He would the blanket until you would cover him. Here are some of photos of him sleeping
Here are some photos of me and him. Don't mind the hair style, I didn't know what I was doing during that age.
While we were growing up my sister and mom used to dress him up with different costumes. I noticed with most of his photos, he was a very photogenic dog. He just knew how to pose whenever we take photos of him.
Where's Custo?
Doesn't he look good on a Tuxedo?
Here's the behind the scenes. My mom bought this tuxedo for him. When I put it on, I was struggling, only to find out that it was the other way around(You'll see at the end of the post on how it's supposed to look)
Here are some funny moments with him, I caught him licking himself and I decided to take photos of him. I think he was trying to look seductive while I was taking photos.
He loved staying on top of pillows. I would usually see him sleeping on top of it and I would take photos of him.
2 years ago, the person who gave Custo gave us another dog, his name is Pierre. When she gave him, I thought of Pierre as the son that Custo never had. They were best friends.
Sometimes they would fight because he was pissing the old man off, haha
Custo was the Alpha Dog. There was one point in time when we had to take care of 3 dogs. The Shih Tzu is Happy
We also celebrated his birthday
During Christmas,he's always present when we take our family photos
I'm so going to miss this dog whenever we eat, because he will always be at the side begging for food.
Custo was really a clever dog. They said that you couldn't teach old dogs new tricks but there was a time when we all had to leave the house and we left him inside. When we opened the door we found him in between the doors. He also used to escape and we would just be shocked that he was outside roaming around already. He actually learned how to open our screen door by just scratching it, we caught him doing it one time.
These were some of his last photos during the month of February, he already looked sick but, he stil looked good in his photos.
I'll never forget this moment. I was taking photos of Custo and here comes Pierre trying to join in.
He eventually left him.
This was my last photo of me carrying him and Pierre......
When he died the most affected person was my sister because she's the one who took care of him all these years. She would always sleep beside him and groom him.
This was my last time holding his paws. I miss him already....
We buried him behind our grotto.
Thank you so much Custo for all these years! You were like our youngest brother who we loved so much. I'm so going to miss you buddy. Love you Custo! See you at the Rainbow Bridge
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