If I was sad he would stay next to me and look into my eyes and in a gesture that brings tears to my eyes even today.He would reach out and gently touch my face with his paw.As you can well imagine things would then be okay with the world no matter what it was that was bothering me.We experienced our first earthquake together.What a memory that was！I grabbed Ozzie and stood inside of the door frame as we were being jostled around，I told him it was Mother Nature hiccupping and as scared as he was he seemed to know I was trying to comfort him.
After the ground stopped shaking I began to put some supplies in a duffel bag to take to my car.Ozzie seemed to watch me and what I was doing.As I was preparing to leave he got in the bag and just barked and barked.I took that to mean“Hey，you are not leaving me behind！”
It’s so very special when you have these moments as it is a sure sign of a very special bond that starts to grow to include body language and when it happens with a dog it is never forgotten.
I always felt that Ozzie had an uncanny ability to know what certain words meant.Mornings I would stir and call out“Breakfast”。Ozzie would leap off the bed and run to the kitchen.I would pretend to go back to sleep.We would play this game about two times when finally for the third time I would say“Breakfast”，Ozzie would start to leap pause and turn to me with a look that said“Oh No！I am wise to that！”
Ozzie was very healthy all his life and not a fussy eater.If there was a type of food that I would serve him that he didn’t like I would ask him to“Please eat it and I would not buy it again.”I was very surprised when he would eat it！I would give him a bath which was something he enjoyed.When Ozzie reached the age of 15 that is seven times a human’s age so he indeed was a senior！He developed a condition known as Citistus.This is fatal for a male dog if not treated as they are not able to urinate.So he would have“attacks”and I would have to rush him to the vet.It went this way for a few months until the vet was able to give me medicine that stopped the problem.I had to be sure he took the medicine and watch him very carefully.At this age the vet said to expect anything and everything but he recovered nicely.