Bo – Paws at Home Office’s Tribute

Bo, thank you for close to 16 years of adventures, companionship, and laughter. You were always up for anything, whether it was a camping trip, a hike, a canoe ride, or chasing us as we skied down mountains. You put up with several rain-soaked days of hiking the Long Trail in the summer of 2009, carrying your own backpack and sticking close to me as we navigated steep ladders and narrow bridges, rocky summits and muddy valleys together. You got into mischief regularly, stealing snacks from counters and coffee tables, as well as many unattended sandwiches. You also survived not one, but two stomach surgeries when you ate something you shouldn’t have! I am so lucky that I found you on Petfinder that winter of 2007, when I wasn’t sure what I was doing with my life, or where I wanted to be. All I knew was that I wanted a puppy. Since then you have been with me through jobs, moves, loves, and heartache, always sensing my moods and cheering me up with a lick on my nose and a tail wag. You loved carrots and snow, Old Mother Hubbard treats and sausages, Thanksgiving table scraps and peanut butter-filled Kongs, your stuffed dragon, and sleeping in sunbeams. You loved taking your time to smell everything on walks, and greeting other dogs with your slow tail wag that often turned into a pinwheel. Most of all you loved curling up between Chris and me on the couch , snoozing contentedly after a day’s adventure. Rest easy my sweet hound, my Bo, my Bolene, my Bolinas. You will be with me forever.