Momo's Last Walk

Momo’s Last Walk

September 1, 2018

On September 1, 2018 I took Momo out in his stroller for what would be his last walk.

I set up his red stroller and wheeled it in front of him. He had no reaction to it. Any other time he would see his stroller he would scramble up to the stroller and whine uncontrollably until he was placed into it because he knew that it meant he could go outside beyond the front yard. Seeing that he did not react to the stroller broke my heart again. I was hoping to bring him joy in such a difficult time.

I placed him into his stroller and bundled him with blankets. I wanted to take him to his favorite park one last time and I wanted to take him to visit his neighborhood dog friends.

He sat patiently as I first took him to visit Little Jake. Jake walked up to the fence to look at Momo. They both looked at each other silently.

I then took Momo to Hank’s house to visit Wally, who howled in his usual greeting from his yard. Hank would always have a treat for Momo in his pocket. Momo used to pull me to Hank’s house on our walks back from the park just to see him and stop for a treat.

We stopped to take a photo by one of the fairy doors that I had taken photos of him next to before. Momo had been sitting up the whole time but by the time we walked one more block he collapsed onto his bed. His head had sunken into the bed and his ears were spread out flat. He was unresponsive and I thought that he had died. I felt so selfish for talking him out on this walk and probably making him more stressed and weak. He was still for some moments before opening his eyes again. I ran back home as fast I could.