I debated whether or not I should put this up here, but I figured what the hell- and decided to anyway.

It's been a difficult week, both my roborovski hamster Batman and my childhood Australian Shepherd dog Sandy died these past two days. But uh, SUPER BIG sidenote, it's really okay! Of course it's always really saddening to lose a pet, but neither of these babies went untimely.

Batman was honing in on five years, when I've heard Robo's are only supposed to live to be 2-3 years old. He had gone blind, but was just as energetic as ever. But I still think he suffered from something that made his joints stiff. We still picked him up after he lost his sight and handled him until he would stop biting us and got comfortable, and he never stopped loving the hell out of his yogurt treats or running wheel.

Sands was thirteen, and for at least a year had been pretty slow moving and less energetic. We did everything we could to make her comfortable and she was a unwaveringly sweet and loving dog.

It's easy to be selfish and want to keep your pets around for as long as possible, but I think both of these guys deserve the peace they have now and I'm happy to have been able to have them in my life.

All in all, I hope no one feels like they have to say words or comfort stuff or anything ahah 8D;; I mean, I'd appreciate any support but the reality of me drawing this was some attempt at honoring the memory of my pets in some small fashion.

And that being said, all's well! They're onto better things and better places and I'm happy knowing they are no longer suffering from anything their old age brought about.

Sandy, Batman, LA & Art ©