RIP Rufus (8th feb 2014)
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| Rufus' last picture; his body was buried in the back portion of our taman (Melia 10) where he used to roam. |
RIP Rufus .. this neighbourhood dog has been a regular feature every evening when I got back . It would hang around our gate and wait for Missy to come out and together they'd go out on a date night . He used to have a regular female companion until it was caught by Dog Catchers some 4 yrs ago. Ever since then Rufus would just hang around Missy for companionship ( since she's been spayed already). They'd be out all night and in the morning, both Missy and Rufus would be back at our gate. Missy will be let in and Rufus would be by himself again. Always wary even of us though we regularly fed it, he didn't like it when Missy would come towards us and would attempt to playfully cut her off as she made her way to us.. He didn't like her being affectionate with us. Truly Alpha male characteristics. There were periods when Rufus would be missing for days / weeks .. coming back stoned, thin n rag-tag with dogfight wounds over some bitch on heat. (but somehow he'd recover from his terrible wounds.) And he would always return to Missy. The last foray finally sapped his 's strength and life. He looked really bad the past week as he hobbled gingerly obviously in some pain and in a constant daze. Today i found him motionless by the shade of a tree where he laid his head one last time.
Goodbye Rufus. You lived a life of freedom.
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