We are heartbroken to share the unexpected and sudden loss of our beloved Lucky dog. If you have lost an animal soulmate at some point in your life, it must mean that you, too, have been fortunate enough to receive the truest, purest love we humans get to experience. 🍀💙🌈
Lucky Blue Rainbow Harmony Rivlin was a friendly muppet to everyone he ever met, polite, smiling, and joyful out on the trail, and full of cuddles and kisses at home. He came into our lives in 2017 as a teeny-tiny puppy and grew into a gentle giant. Every day of his life in the Boulder foothills was lived to the fullest.
He took his job of caring for our family pack and raising our two daughters very seriously. He woke them for school in the morning, put them to bed at night, and always, always knew when they needed his big, warm presence and his steady nervous system close to comfort them. He was the most intelligent dog we have ever met. Without a doubt, he knew hundreds of English words, dozens of tricks, and earned his nickname “Houdini” by showing us that he could open any door, unlatch any crate, and even find a loaf of bread in a cabinet.
He loved rotisserie chicken and string cheese, and we will never regret giving him those little tidbits under the dinner table. He also had a tremendous depth and spiritual presence. His big green eyes were tender, wise, and enlightened, and he would hold prolonged eye contact, offering a transmission of love in a way unlike any other animal we have met.
He was healthy, energetic, and happy until the very day he was ready to cross the rainbow bridge. Our shock is profound, but I know someday I will learn to accept that there is a certain poetic perfection in the fact that he left us because there was a burst in his heart, a problem we had known nothing about, because his heart-love was so enormous it was eventually too big for his physical body.
Eight years with our best boy was not enough, but no amount of time would have been. We will work hard to be grateful for every day we had with our Lucky. He was our greatest, most benevolent teacher, even in his departure.
We said goodbye to him late last night in our living room, with all four of us holding him, surrounding him, telling him stories, recalling precious memories, stroking his velvet fur and smelling his popcorn paws. He was not scared. He was clear-eyed and present, and I could see him looking out into the distance toward something wonderful. Until the very last moment, he was beautiful, calm, wise, and the embodiment of everything on this earth that is good. After that, he was only peace, and we all felt it come over us.
Thank you for loving us through our grief. ❤️
