The closer it gets to the 2 year anniversary of my babies passing, the harder it is to move on💔

Bear (Bearcephus, named after Hank Williams Jr) came into my life on June 2nd, 2018 (around 7-8 weeks old?) and unfortunately left us on July 10th, 2024.

Bear was an amazing dog. He helped me, my sister, and my mom through an extremely difficult and hard few years. He was very special and, honestly, a very silly and odd fellow

He loved belly rubs, he could NOT get enough of them. He would sometimes run infront of our feet, plop down on his back, and do his little begging/praying paws to show he wanted belly rubs. But beware!! Once you start petting him, you’re trapped!! He will instantly wrap his little paws around your hand and will NOT let go until HEEE is done with belly rubs😭😂! If you try leaving his grasp, he will do more praying hands and whine. He also loved sunbathing. The majority of the time he spent outside was just laying in the sunlight. Now imagine how he felt about getting belly rubs WHILE sunbathing…

He was also very secretive... In the entire 7ish years we’ve had him, I may have seen him use the bathroom 2 times… Training was super easy since he already preferred his solitude outside. He even taught himself to go to the door when he wanted out to use the bathroom! Never found anything inside the house, never found anything outside… we had this running joke that he just couldn’t physically use the bathroom at all😭 Like he had no parts inside that would allow him to.

He was also a very, very jealous dog😂 He would always sleep in the bed with my mom and stepdad, and he HAD to be in between them. He’d lay long ways sometimes to try and keep them separated. If they kissed, touched, or even simply held hands… he’d get so upset! There were nights where he would sleep UNDER the bed because of this 😂😂 Despite his rather odd jealousy problem, he loved meeting new people! It sometimes seemed like whenever someone new would come over, or really anyone outside of our immediate family, he would rush to them and just want THEIR attention. He could give any and all attention to whoever he wanted, but the second any sort of attention was off of him… 🙄🙄😂😂

I really do miss him. I miss his little judgmental attitude. I miss how excited he’d get when he’d see me. I miss how he’d always run to me every time I called him name. I miss the constant side eyes. I miss how jealous he’d get. I miss him jumping on my legs everytime I’d get home from school. I wish I spent more time with him. I truly took him for granted and i’ll never find another one like him😪