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His last year was a very happy one for Cain

August 21, 2007, 7:38PM MT

By Michael G Rodrigue

I received the following story of Cain from Maria José of Refugio Kimba, about a dog who was adopted after spending nearly his entire life at the Kimba shelter. Before I was able to publish his story, we received the sad the news that Cain had died. It comforts us to know that he spent the final year of his life being showered with love and all kinds of comforts.

"Cain, is a large mixed breed dog who is now living happily in Holland (not to be confused with another dog also named Cain who is a galgo). His story is that they abandoned him as a puppy in a trash dumpster near our shelter. One of our volunteers heard a whimpering noise, went to investigate and found that it was a little puppy inside of a torn garbage bag. Thankfully, the puppy had been able to tear the plastic and therefore did not suffocate to death. After being rescued, he was taken to Kimba, and there he spent all of his youth. Many years passed and nobody ever seemed to want him. He was a happy dog at Kimba, played a lot with the other dogs, and one of his best friends was a dog named Boomerang, and Boomerang is now my dog.

A nice family from Holland took Cain after he was up in his adult years. He didn't get to have a home as a puppy nor as a young dog, but he had a wonderful change of luck when a very nice family adopted him in his senior years and they will give him all of the love that he deserved to have throughout his entire life."

Epilogue:

"We have had a very sad few days, since our dear Cain died in Holland, after spending a year in that beautiful country and living with a marvelous family. His kidneys gave out on him due to his disease (leishmania), one of the bad things we contend with here in this area. My poor little boy couldn't hold on any longer, and he left us."

Author: Maria José Jaén

Translated by: Michael Rodrigue

EL ULTIMO AÑO DE SU VIDA LO PASÓ MUY FELIZ

"Cain el perro grande mestizo que se encuentra ahora viviendo felizmente en Holanda ( ya que hemos tenido otro perro que también se llama Cain y era un galgo) te contaré que a Caín lo dejaron abandonado siendo un cachorro muy pequeño en un contenedor de basura cerca de nuestro refugio, uno de nuestros voluntarios oyó gemidos, se acercó y vio que era un pequeño cachorro que estaba metido en una bolsa rota de basura, gracias a que pudo partir la bolsa no murió de asfixia. Una vez rescatado fue llevado a Kimba y allí paso toda su juventud, pasaron muchos años y nadie lo quería, era un perro feliz en Kimba, jugaba con muchos perros, unos de ellos era su mejor amigo y se llama Boomerang, y hoy Boomerang es mi perro.

A Caín se lo llevaron a una buena familia en Holanda cuando ya era un perro adulto, no pudo tener un hogar ni siendo cachorro ni de perro joven pero ha tenido una gran suerte que lo han adoptado una buena familia que en su edad señor le dará todo el amor que ha merecido tener durante todos esos años."

Epílogo:

"Hemos tenido unos días bastante tristes ya que nuestro querido Caín ha muerto en Holanda después de un año en ese bonito país y viviendo con una familia maravillosa, le fallaron los riñones debido a su enfermedad (leishmania) la lacra que padecemos sobre todo en ésta zona, mi pobre niño no pudo resistir más y nos dejó."

Autora: Maria José Jaén

Traductor: Michael Rodrigue

http://www.refugiokimba.org

Comments

Posted August 22, 2007, 12:21AM by sharonstjoan

Maria Jose,

Thank you for another of your very beautiful stories, so beautifully translated by Michael!

Thank you for helping so many dogs to find happiness in their lives!

Posted August 22, 2007, 7:32AM by JLM

What a beautiful, dignified dog. Makes me wonder how someone could pass him up in the shelter for all those years. Bless the people that gave Cain a happy, loving home his final year.

Posted August 22, 2007, 4:45PM by kimba

Muchísimas gracias a todos por compartir nuestro dolor y tristeza por el viaje sin retorno de nuestro precioso CAÏN y gracias a su maravillosa familia por darle su ultimo año de felicidad.
Saludos.
Maria José (Kimba)

Posted August 22, 2007, 2:44PM by PamelaB

I echo JLM's commment. Intelligence, dignity, and a wise soul shine from the eyes of Cain in the photo. Many thanks to Maria for this simple, direct, strong story--and to Michael for the translation.

Posted August 21, 2007, 7:46PM by cbarnes

Thank you Maria for giving Cain the best year of his life. He held off dying so that he could be rescued by you and so that you could show him what it felt like to be loved. At least he left this world knowing that all humans aren't bad and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.