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Leave a bone for In Loving Memory - Lady Girl
Nicknames:
Pretty Girl, Silly Girl, Big 'Ol Girl
Doggie Dynamics:
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Quick Bio:
Birthday:
July 5th 1995
Likes:
Dinner time, walk time, meeting other dogs
Pet-Peeves:
Not being able to get into the trash or food left on the kitchen counter, sharing attention with our other dogs
Favorite Toy:
Anything she can steal from our other dogs while they're not looking
Favorite Food:
Innova dog food, anything else she can find on the ground outside or scrounge on the kitchen floor
Favorite Walk:
Anywhere...
Best Tricks:
She'll do almost anything for food
Arrival Story:
While my wife and I were volunteering at our local shelter, I saw an emaciated, tick-covered, sad-looking older stray dog in one of the intake kennels. Because the older dogs generally don't "make it" (our shelter is a "high kill" shelter) to the adoption kennels because there isn't enough room, I quietly told her that she would be going to a better place and that I'd see her soon. Surprisingly, when we returned the next weekend, she had been moved to an adoption kennel -- someone must have seen something in her. I took her for a walk and instantly knew she was a special dog. While I talked to her, she gently put her head under my arm, as if to tell me that she was confused and wanted to go home. My wife and I had agreed that no matter how hard it would be working at the shelter, we would not adopt any other dogs besides the one we currently had, so I quietly told her again that I would see her in a better place and led her back to her kennel. After we left the shelter that day, I couldn't stop thinking that I wouldn't see this sad doggie, one which had fought so hard to live on her own, again. Early the next morning, I arrived at the shelter to let the workers know that I would be adopting her. I was told that I was lucky that I showed up so early because they had pulled her out and she was in the "pool" that day to be euthanized. She was treated for hookworms and whipworms multiple times and has since gained about 25 pounds. She is now completely houstrained and has become accustomed to her worry-free retirement with her adopted doggie brothers. I've been told that Greyhounds are known as the "40-mile per hour couch potatoes." Lady Girl sure fits that profile!
Bio:
Lady unexpectedly left us on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. She seemed a little lethargic the previous Saturday, but other than that she showed absolutely no signs of being sick. We really began to worry on Sunday. She wouldn't eat her food, her belly became extremely bloated, and she had a few "accidents" in the house. We brought her to the vet on Monday morning and the vet said her liver, kidneys, and heart were all failing. My wife and I visited with her for the last time on Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon, Lady Girl curled up, went to sleep, and never woke up. We miss her a lot. Even with our other dogs, the house seems a lot more quiet and empty without her around -- no more tail thumping, barking at dinner time, or the sound of "hooves" following me around on the wood floors in our house. But, although we're extremely sad, we're also happy in a way -- her battle was very short, she appeared to be in minimal pain, and she got to go out on her own terms and when she felt it was her time to go. Up to the very end, Lady's tail was thumping. We miss you big girl!!
The Groups I'm In:
10 YEARS OR OVER??? DOGS or CATS, Rainbow Bridge Angel Babies
I've Been On Dogster Since:
| July 13th 2005 |
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More than 6 years! |
Rosette, Star and Special Gift History
Dogster Id:
168733
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