{"id":415,"date":"2009-01-29T15:18:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T21:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=415"},"modified":"2009-01-29T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T21:18:43","slug":"remembering-a-friend-and-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2009\/01\/29\/remembering-a-friend-and-a-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering a friend, and a hero"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KeyKey<\/p><\/div>\n

Our family lost a best friend and a hero today.<\/p>\n

KeyKey, the rescued Shepherd\/Sheltie mix who saved two lives back in August, 2006, died from injuries sustained in an accident.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never been \u201ca dog person,\u201d until I met my daughter Kelly\u2019s dog, KeyKey, a smart, funny, protective\u00a0 critter who found a second home at my feet, under my desk, on my new sofa, and\u2026well, you get the idea. He wound his way into my heart \u2014 a sneak attack of sorts.<\/p>\n

One August morning, he woke me from sound sleep, staying by my side as I roused my son-in-law and we three escaped our burning home. This silly wonderful rescued dog had two human rescues to his credit.<\/p>\n

He was really my daughter\u2019s dog, hers and her childrens\u2019. But I\u2019ve always kept a stash of doggie treats and saved chewy Easter ham bones for him in anticipation of his visits. I assumed, as most people with beloved pets do, that he\u2019d be around for quite a few more years.<\/p>\n

Like many dogs, he loved \u201crides,\u201d racing from side to side across the back seat of the car, head sticking out the partially opened window, ears flapping in the wind. Back and forth. Back and forth. Had to make sure both sides of the car were moving at the same time.\u00a0 He was trained to voice commands, with only an occasional squirrel distracting him. KeyKey was a people dog, not liking to be left out of anything. If he had to be left home alone, you could count on him poking his nose through curtains as soon as the car pulled in the driveway, barking his joy at the return of humans. Sometimes KeyKey didn\u2019t know he was really a dog.<\/p>\n

KeyKey was a source of comfort to all of us in difficult and trying times, especially after the fire, and when we\u2019d lost other members of our family. He would cuddle up with us, perk his ears up, look at us with his crazy \u201cdoggie smile\u201d and somehow our world would be sweeter, bearable.<\/p>\n

He loved snow. Loved to race in it, chase snowballs, frolic. At least he got to enjoy that with \u201chis people\u201d today.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, turning on a moment in time, we find ourselves with a gaping hole in our lives that can never be filled.\u00a0 We mourn, for now, but eventually we will smile over the many joys this wonderful dog shared with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our family lost a best friend and a hero today. KeyKey, the rescued Shepherd\/Sheltie mix who saved two lives back in August, 2006, died from injuries sustained in an accident. I\u2019d never been \u201ca dog person,\u201d until I met my daughter Kelly\u2019s dog, KeyKey, a smart, funny, protective\u00a0 critter who found a second home at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[381,380,379],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}