An epitaph song for Piola, called "Pi", an elderly Bouv mix that the club rescued in April of 2012 and whom I fostered for the next 17 months until her health failed suddenly and drastically (and somewhat mysteriously) and I had to make that decision we all dread. She was euthanized in September of 2013.
The name "Piola" was given by the rescue buddy who actually bailed her out of the shelter where her owners had dumped her at age 11 years. "Piola" means "someone smart, something cool". I shortened it to "Pi" so I could joke that an 11 year old dog "could have another 3..14 years left to live".
 

Music appears below :


(if music doesn't appear or if you cannot use the controller, you can open it in another window where it will play automatically by clicking Piola's Song. To download the MIDI file, (Windows) right-click and Save Link to Disk or (Mac) control-click and Save Target to Disk to download the file, then play it in any MIDI player that you have It's just a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) music file that plays the music to "Good Riddance / The Time of Your Life",a song by Green Bay..

        

Piola's Song : the peaceful end of life

by Pam Green , © 2013

(to the tune of Good Riddance/the Time of Your Life) :


 

A final turning point, decision time for Pi :
Attempt to treat heroically or ease her path to die.
Just do my best on this test, no time to cry,
Unanswered questions, not a lesson learned in time.
The right choice is unknowable, I hope my choice was right ,
I know she had a peaceful end of life.


 
Piola's face

 


 

 
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