Dear my precious Beau (insert your dog's name here),
You were the one thing I truly wanted to stick in my suitcase as I packed up my room a few months ago. As you sat there on my bed wondering what I was doing, I shed a tear knowing I had to leave you behind. I'll be back occasionally to surprise you, but I know that it just means I will have to leave you again. When I say I love you, I mean it.
I'm at a place us humans call college. You remember when you would see me leave at 7 every weekday morning and return at 3? That was me going to and from school. I learned so much, and I appreciated the many times you cuddled me when my homework overloaded my brain. Now, I'm at a higher level of school, this is the place where I figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life! This is an exciting time for me, but I do miss you dearly.
Families like to walk their dogs around the campus here and it makes me miss you and wish that I could have you here with me every day. One day I hope to have you visit campus. I think you would enjoy running around the oval and playing with the students walking to and from their classes. You are so cute that you will have students coming from left and right wanting to pet you. How awesome would that be?!
On the other hand, midterm and finals week is the worst without you here. These are the times where we are given huge tests based on everything we've learned in the class up to that point. Growing up I always had you to make me feel better when I was stressing out about school work. I never had to get mad or angry over my homework and study load because you were there to overload me with love. Now, I sit in my dorm room and look at the picture of you framed on my desk.
I don't want you to think that I forgot about you or abandoned you. The hardest thing is knowing that you aren't sure when I will ever be back or where I went. It's hard to leave you when you don't know if I'm going to the store to pick up your favorite treats or if you won't see me again for three months. I feel guilty when I leave you knowing it will be a while before I'm back. There isn't a day that you don't cross my mind. I hope the transition is easier for you then it is for me, and I hope that it's a nice surprise when I do come home to see you.
I love you and appriciate you so very much. You're my best friend and greatest companion. I am blessed to have had you as my own. Selfishly, I wouldn't have wanted you to be anyone else's dog. You're amazing and I'm excited to see you again soon!
Love,
your forever grateful owner.
