A Sad Goodbye to Bugonia Hancock Willardson...

Today was a VERY hard day for our family. We had to say goodbye to our sweet little Bug Bug. She always thought she was bigger than her 2 pound body really was and today it caused a horrifying accident and I had to make the decision to put her to sleep.

Bugonia joined our family in October 2007. We had just received Lindy from our friends the Knechts when we heard my cousin Kara was trying to find Bug a home. The minute we saw her we knew she was ours. She instantly became our little Princess and Lindy's little sidekick. She had so much energy and was constantly licking something (drove me nuts!). For such a small dog she was pretty smart and she learned how to fetch and wanted to play continuously. Darin would throw her toy in the hardest places and laughed as she tried to get it... she always did.

My favorite past time with BugBug was to take her to the beloved dog park. She was my little celebrity... people always wanted to know more about Bugonia...how old she was...how much did she weigh...etc. She was the little boss of the park, and the other dogs either had crushes on her (Elliot) or they tried to figure out if she was a dog or a rat. She thought she was BIG and always wanted to play with the big dogs. I had to watch her closely or I would soon find her in the big dog area stirring up some kind of mischief.

I always enjoyed watching Bug and Lindy play, Bug for the most part held her own by biting Lindy's cheeks or sitting on her head, and Lindy was gentle with her. At the park Lindy would run and run, Bug would be right at her heels until she would hit a bump which would send her rolling. However she would get right back up and run again...such determination!

Occasionally Darin and I would take both dogs running with us and I always assigned Bug to him...which he hated because Bug would try to attack every person and dog that passed...not to mention how funny Darin looked running with such a small dog. After I had Nash when I took the dogs running, Bug preferred riding in the stroller...such a PRINCESS! She had a hard time when Nash came along, she was no longer the center of attention and tried very hard to be.

I couldn't feed Nash without her wanting to curl up around his head, or I would often find her getting into his bassinet to sleep next to him. She thought everyone loved her...even baby Nash! She became more clingy and it didn't matter what I was doing she had to be sitting on my lap.

We loved Bug so much as well as many others around us. There is a huge hole in our hearts now without our little Princess BugBug, and we miss her so much already! Lindy is still searching the house for her little companion. Our home will not be the same with out her!

I am sorry for the tribute to our dog but it is helping me grieve our loss. If any of you know my family, you would know that our dogs are special members of our family. I have heard people say that if they are to be reincarnated they want to come back as my dad's dog. We love our furry friends. We will all miss our little BugBug!