Eulogy for a Lucky Dog


Payton  8"x8" acrylic on hardboard
This painting was completed about a week ago.  Payton is no longer alive.  She died rather suddenly of liver failure, but not before having one litter of puppies.  Payton was 8 years old when she got sick.  Within a few days she was gone.  But during those eight years Payton got to live free on an Iowa farm.  She slept outside in an insulated doghouse on the front porch and kept watch over the landscape.  She was never locked up or tied up. Her owner attended to her and took care of her.  And amazingly this spring she became pregnant for the first time and had a litter of cute little puppies.  One, Zoe, stayed on the farm. So, the loss of Payton is not as sad as it would of been if Zoe wasn't there to carry on.  Payton was in fact, a very lucky dog.
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