my first ever rescue was lovely a 13yearold white spitz we found her abandoned standing in the blazing heat during peak summer in kuwait she stood by one of the pillars of our apartment and the moment i saw her eyes i felt her pain deeply the plan was to foster her and find her a home but soon enough we all fell in love with her and couldnt imagine parting with her we brought her over to india and now she is 17 still hale and hearty and as loving as ever she loves to be cuddled and always follows us wherever we go she is expressive like a child and even gets nervous the moment she hears us planning a trip i will always be grateful to this bundle of joy as she was there for me during one of the toughest phases of my life i always tell people that she saved methe first time i saw timmy was in 2015 she was a shy timid and a loving girl timmy and i developed such a strong bond that we were inseparable in just a few days she would relentlessly follow me everywhere i went and people would joke that she was my shadow while she was kept in confinement and shown no love by her previous owner it was the opposite at our home we all loved her to bits and she was never caged or tied up she would wake me up in the morning eagerly await my return when i went out lie by my side when i was ill truth be told she became my best friend i learnt from her how to love unconditionally the cutest thing about timmy is that she would call me with her funny bark when her toy was at an unreachable spot i decided she will be with me for a lifetime and made arrangements to take her along with me to singapore where i was about to move with my fiance after our marriage my fianc realised how much she meant to me and the most beautiful moment was when he made arrangements to bring timmy to my wedding ceremony in kerala everyone was shocked because it was very uncommon for a dog to be part of a wedding but she was not just a dog she was my baby my family but given her scarred past her immunity was low and she would fall sick quite often before we could move she caught distemper and despite our best attempts she could not be saved my heart broke and what followed was the most horrible period in my life there were days when i was sleepless reliving each memory it aches more when the one you lost is one that never hurt you even once by thought word or deedi consoled myself by saying that she didnt have to suffer but couldnt stop blaming myself for not being able to give her the life she truly