Sad day/weeks in our house

{December 27, 2011}

I have been dreading writing this post and I have the sickest stomach while I am typing this, but our little Hudson has passed away. 

Hudson loved my kids so much and was such a good dog to them.  He was the most paitent and loving dog that I have ever seen.  But Hudson was really good at running out our door if someone opened it, he would run fast and far!  The last couple of weeks it got worse, but he would always return shortly after.  About a week or so before the accident when I let him out to go to the bathroom and he ran away again I told the kids maybe it is time to do the shock collar to see if he would stay.  I thought to myself we really need to get the holidays over and then I will focus on that.  One day we let him out to go to the bathroom and he ran away again.  Shortly after we were in a hurry and left, on our way home I said oh we forgot to find Hudson before we left.  Which in the past if that had happened he was just sitting by the door waiting for us.  When we got home he wasn't there.  Carson and Marcus went looking for him and they had no luck.  The next day we heard there was a little white dog that had gotten hit a few streets over in our neighborhood.  At first I was thinking the best and thinking there is no way it could be Hudson.  I later contacted the person I heard had ran the dog over and it was true, oh how it started, the instant panic attack-couldn't breath-or stop crying.  I had to tell my kids, which was no easy task.

The guy who hit him was very nice and wrapped him up and put him in a box and covered him with a little dirt, but once I called him he went and got him out so we can do our own thing with him.  We did a little service for him and then the kids picked out his favorite toys and drew him a picture and then we put another blanket in with him.  We buried him close to where our little play area is going to be with all of outside toys, we figured he loved watching them play so that would be the best place for him.  We have already put many little flowers by him, I'm sure summer he will be covered with them.  It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do!  I still can't think about it to much because it makes me so sick to think about it.

We miss him lots and we think about him often!

Hudson Mason

October 2006-December 2011