I Dont Know Whether This Article Will Bring Closure

By Ben Meisner

I don’t know whether this comment will bring closure, I rather doubt it.

On Easter Sunday we lost, “Dancer”.

To many, the death of the family dog does not have a major impact on the family. In mine it will.

Dancer died suddenly and what perhaps makes it worse was that we didn’t see it coming. One day she was walking along Discovery Rd the next she was deathly ill.

I do hope that Will Rogers was right , and I have no reason to disagree , that there is an afterlife for dogs. As Rogers put it, "If there are no dogs in Heaven,  I want to go where they went." ‘ and Will , so do I.

Dancer was the Opinion250 "news hound",  "sales hound" and cheer leader. 

When things were not going well and you needed a boost she was there to slip her head under your arm and give it a nudge.  Some  may remember  her as the "Official greeter" in the days  when Crazy Willy’s  was operating.

Her death has created a huge void in my life and in the life of my wife. 

A tim-bit was the love of her life.

When you drove by a Tim’s she would salivate at the thought she was about to cash in. Adding to that, our advertising account manager Tammy, bought Dancer her very own Tim’s card at Xmas.

I swear to God Dancer knew it was hers because if you ordered anything else than Tim bits she gave you a look that seemed to ask "why are you using my money?" Margaret, at the Tim’s on Victoria, was one  of Dancer’s favourite people, as Margaret always had  an "extra" tim bit for  Dancer.

Dancer ruled our lives, and  there is nothing we wouldn’t have done for "her royal Highness". Our family and friends  always gave her special treatment, including a special dish that was rimmed with jewelled gold crowns.

Today my wife and I feel as though a major part of our life has slipped away.

Suddenly the problems of the city, the province and indeed the world seem pale in comparison to the love that we have just lost.

I am for lack of a better way of putting it , devastated at the loss of our dog Dancer.

As I sit and write this piece I can’t help but look upward and hope upon hope that Will Rogers was right, there is a dog heaven, because I know Dancer will be there.

I just want to say thank you for allowing me to  express my grief,  I hope you understand.

-Ben  and Elaine Meisner  

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