In Memory of Our Jed

Many of you know that we suddenly lost our dog, Jed, on the evening of September 24th. Thankfully, it all happened very quickly which kept his suffering to a minimum. Jed was a radiant, joyful friend who lived life to its fullest everyday. Welcoming adventure, change, and the unknown with equally enthusiastic wags of his tail and and open heart.

Jed Jayron Dubrovnik Bonds-Rosenbloom. Jed, after our pretend President on The West Wing; Jayron, because he was full of attitude; and Dubrovnik, a city in Eastern Europe famous for its trash streets like the ones of B'Sheba that he loved. Jed joined our happy family less than one year ago after he'd followed home one of the students in Adam's program. A reformed street dog, on his better days, and always a lively, hilarious bundle of fun.

Adam read somewhere, "I hope to be the kind of person my dog believes I am". This is the memory we want to hold of Jed; to mirror the courage, happiness, and love he saw in us everyday.

The night Jed died we had a house full of friends as news traveled of this sad news. We buried him that night in our yard, and shared Jed stories late into the evening surrounded by people who cared about him. These same friends started a fund at the local "Humane Society" in his honor. If you would like to contribute, please let us know.

Here are some of our favorite pictures of Jed. We miss you, Jed, and will hold you close in our hearts, doing our best to live life the way you did: full, to the rim!


Jed and his friend Adam, snuggling, on the front porch of our house in the afternoon sunlight.

Jed's "post-op" headgear and his Godfather, Jon Mendelson, who brought him some of his favorite toys such as his squeaky porcupine. Thanks, Jon.

Adam is convinced that Jed was a fish in a previous life. A pastime ensured to induce a state of ecstasy in him was playing in mud puddles and any body of water big enough to get his face inside. Here is an action shot the first time he swam in something larger than a puddle at the dog park, a real lake. He thought he was in heaven!

Jed was a desert dog, as you can see in this picture. He loved wide open spaces, and if you didn't pay close attention he would slip away and blend in. This is the Jed we will remember; a lover of adventure, of all things new, and of course, of garbage and cats!