| ALADIN was a Christmas gift to me from Doug in 1995.. This little fellow was a mamas boy. If I went anywhere he would sit in the window waiting for me to return, or if allowed to go outside he would sit in the drive and gaze up the road for my car.I was doing laundry on the back porch and Aladin was I thought bothering the dogs in the pen I hollered for him to leave them alone. That was the last time I saw Aladin alive! As if the past few years haven't been hard enought, another obstical had been place in my path. Aladin was a happy puppy he loved to chase butterflies, birds, bugs you name it. We would laugh at him knowing he could'nt catch those birds. My baby is now gone and I wonder if he thought where is she I know she will find me. That was on a Monday we asked and looked all around the neighborhood. No one had seen him so they said. On the second day we put a reward out and asked if they would please return him and nothing would be said because I was at home and had a pretty good idea who had him. On the third day the person I thought had him drove by the house slowly and then back by. I had to leave to go pick the girls up from school. It is late when we get home so a bite to eat and off we go to church. The girls were going to feed the other dogs before we left. When Carly went to the dog pen I will never ever forget the blood curdling screams coming from her and I knew,,I dropped everything and ran out. There laid my baby on the ground. I was hysterical. He didn't have a mark on him, his little paws were still warm and this was in March. He was still warm and his body was limp.. I picked his little body up and his head just bobbed around like it wasn't even connected. The person I suspected had poisoned him. He was known for doing this to animals. He thought he was very cunning and threw his lifeless body in the pen with the pit and boxer not knowing they were friends. He thought they would maul him to death. I guess in hopes of throwing us off. It didn't work. He had chewed the sides of his tongue there was pieces of it hanging from his mouth. This person had done this because he was mad at me. He is older and has an infacuation with our older daughter. My husband had already gone to Florida to work since we were moving. So I had asked him to leave when he came down one day about a week before and it made him mad. Yes I went to the Sheriffs Dept. and reported him. We live as prisioners in our own home right now. It is the end of March and we will be here alone until July. This has taken something from me inside. I will never be the same . I sit up at night guarding our home and the girls. My dream house,the house I once loved, has turned into one of the biggest nightmares. I just want to warn people of wolves in sheeps clothing. We had befriended this person, tried to get him in church. What a lesson for our daughters to learn. Like I tell them never trust anyone like that. Mothers and dads protect your children and pets they come at you in every direction. That could easily been one of us. As for Aladin I will never stop loving him. He was a part of my life for so long. I have been told by a Pastor there are no animals in Heaven , I disagree, God made them just as he made us so I plan to see Aladin when I get there and I know my Dad has already met him. This taught me to never let my guard down. Please watch out for those you may think are trustworthy. If this stops 1 person or animal from being killed it is worth everything. Please let me know your feeling and/or comments. I continue to heal a little each day but Aladin took a part of me that will never be there again. In Christian love, Marilyn |
