Sadness

Rosie passed away on a Monday afternoon. It was Monday October 19, 2009 to be exact at approx. 3:30 in the afternoon. I was with her the whole time and held her face in her lap as Dr. Strasser aided her into her next journey. Sadly this journey did not include me for right now. Rosie fought cancer so hard and with such vigor - unfortunately, the cancer eventually had to win. We had almost 14 years together my little bear and I and there isn't a single moment in any day where I do not miss her presence in my life. It has been 3 months and I have to admit that the pain is almost as bad for me now as it was that final fateful day. She will be forever loved and forever missed.

I'm still here!!!

So Hahahahaha at my doc. He told my mommy that she would only have another 6 months max. with me...that was 2 years ago! =) Don't get me wrong I love my doc. and he is as shocked as anyone is that I am still here but the end result is....I AM!!! I saw another birthday - October 31, 2008 and my mommy is sure hoping I see another Thanksgiving and Christmas! I know all she wants for Christmas is to spend it with me. I am just that loved!

Wow, has life changed for me in the past few months; let me tell you!!! In July we moved to a new house. Oh how I loveeeeeee having a yard to pee in again! =) Haha, I'm doing a great job of killing this one patch of grass. I just hop around out there looking all cute and mom stands there laughing. I don't like the stairs though. Seems like every door has two or three darn stairs....don't they know us three leggers just don't do well on stairs? Silly humans. On top of moving into the house with mommy, C.C and Taz....we moved in with Terry (Dad) and the two kids. Now I like having them around, most of the time! Sometimes though they either ignore me too much or pay too much attention to me! Mom seems happier to have them around too.

So that is my big update ------- just letting anyone know out there that I am still here! =)

My Tail of Devotion for Rosie the 3 legged wondermutt!

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*sigh* Another doggie day at the office...

Well folks its another doggie day at the office! You'd think I would be all excited to not be at home but here I sit heavy sighing and blocking the walkway into mommies office. They have nicknamed me "the speedbump". BOL!!! So the reason I am at the office today is I have an appointment to see "the doc"...needless to say mommy isn't too thrilled about having to go there again but I guess I need to go. My neck has blown up like a balloon and you can hear "liquid" slosh around when I move. I guess they will have to drain this thing so I can stop "sloshing". Mom's kinda worried. She told me last night I had to stop missing "the doc" and finding excuses to go see him! I'm just still sure he must have some of that chicken like he shared with me after my amputation! What a doc! So here I "sit" well really lay...on the floor at mommies office. At least Auntie Kierstin is here to pat me and get my eye goobers....but I don't understand if Auntie is here where is my best friend Sadie (her daughter)???? Oh I know!!!! She's right here on Dogster with me!!! She got all signed up last night! So everyone check her out and make sure you say hi to my best buddy!!!!! Ruff!

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Oh the life of a 3 legger....

I laugh as all the people who meet me suddenly stand back gasping in shock when they realize that I get around as well as a dog on 4 paws. They stand there and pet me and tell me how cute I am without noticing and suddenly they change their entire manner towards me. They lean forward and rub my ears while asking my mommy, "How did it happen." When she shares my story all people can say is, "wow, she gets around so well, it sure doesn't seem to have stopped her." How little people realize that we dogs just cannot be kept down, not surely by such a little thing (to us) like losing a leg. You should have heard the exclaimations that were released the day I jumped onto the check out counter at PetSmart. I was so proud of myself that I earned that treat the lady had to offer...Oh we 3 leggers...we really have the life!

Mommy is scared....

She found what she thinks is another lump tonight and while I just got up and hopped away from her she just sat there staring into space and I could tell she was panicked. I'm going to let her take over typing this...maybe it will make her feel better....

So yes, what Rosie said was right I found what I think is another scary scary lump tonight. She just got a clean bill of health at the vets. but considering they missed two rather large puncture marks the other dog that she got into a fight with left her I'm worried...It wasn't our regular vet. that she saw because he was off that day...So I sit here with the chills and I'm scared all the way to the core of my being. I swear my heart skipped a few beats. The fact that she won't let me look at it scares me more. Although, when I sit and think about it she never likes me messing with her or feeling her over so it could be nothing...but this didn't feel like nothing. Right now I just don't have the $$$ to take her to see the vet. either. If I just had two more months I would be in the clear and could spend all I needed...just two more months. However, everyone knows with cancer, if it is, you cannot let it go that long without disaster. I do know though that the last time we got so very very lucky that she didnt have to undergo and chemo. or radiation. Another form of cancer wouldn't be that lucky and lets face it I couldn't put her through it. She's been so cranky lately that I do have to just wonder if she isn't feeling under the weather. She just never really lets you know. There are few cues to the fact that she is sick...nothing changes and she just always smiles and wags. That scares me more! She's been deathly ill before and never showed any signs of being sick until it was sit up and almost lose her time. Thing is we have just been through so much...and I love her so very very very very very much that losing her will kill me. I know myself so very well and I know she has become my reason for getting up in the morning and continueing on. Without her I would have laid down and died years ago...she is my world. I'm not ready to let her go...not ready at all. You would think with fighting cancer last year I would be closer to the time when I was ready, but the reality is I'm not. How do you ever get ready to lose them? Especially when they mean so much to you...I just cannot imagine a world where Rosie was there to great me with a kiss, wag, smile and a bark...

Wow...what a gift!

So I get an email from Abby today, see my doggie pals to check her pictures out she is just sooo sweet, and she wanted to give me the subscription for dogster plus in memory of her "cousin" Georgina. Isn't that just the nicest thing you have ever heard??????? I was giddy with glee and delight!!! How nice is that to think of me in their grieving process of losing Georgina. Now I can add more pictures of me, and we all know my mom has TONS cuz she just cannot help herself with that darn camera! I can show everyone just a little bit more about what its like to be me. =) Not to mention they can see just how much I am tortured by the darn camera of my mom's! Darn my grandpa for giving the digital camera to mommy for Christmas, she shows no mercy! =) So everyone who reads this go check out Abby's page and give her bones and rosettes and let her know how wonderful she and her mommy are for sharing this special treat with us!


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Grrrrrrrr.....It's MY HOUSE!!!

Okay well lately I've been one grumpy little girl!!! My mommy is so worried about why I have been grumpy! This past weekend I was so grump I gave that Kingston a piece of my mind! Or course he didn't like that one bit so he gave me what for back and then the game was on! That little *hit bit me!!! He latched on and wouldn't let go. He was hurting me so bad and my mommy was screaming and everyone came running. They just couldn't get Kingston to release me. He gets a bad name because of his breed, Pit Bull, but I did start the fight!!! We were latched on to one another for almost 4 minutes. One of the neighbors came down with a big stick and they were smacking Kingston over the head and jowels for all they were worth and he just wouldn't let go!!! Oh my mommy was upset!!! When all was said and done I have a nice grouping of puncture wounds all over my neck and up into my ear area. My mom got bit on the hand as well as Kingstons owner Joe he got bit. I feel badly that I bit them but I just wanted that other doggie off of me and I didn't really know I was biting something other than him. Mom is worried if anyone knows that they would call me a vicious dog and I would get put down too. Kingston has a nasty habit of attacking other dogs here at the apt. complex and nobody wants him to get into trouble either. Oh man! My mom is so upset she wont even let my friend Sadie come over to visit! I have to visit out in the courtyard cuz everyone is afraid I might get grumpy again. Mom just wishes she knew why I was acting that way...She loves me so much its almost annoying to me! Secret is I love her too I just don't like to snuggle and cuddle like she does! I'm quite happy loving her from across the room! =) So on I go healing my neck again...thought I was done with the whole shaved look after all my surgeries. =( Bad news...I wonder if I will ever get out of trouble for this one!

Poor me...

Some how I ran outa bones! *sniff sniff* I love treats and there aren't any to have....hopefully some nice folks will be nice and donate to my sweet tooth cause! Cross your fingers! Otherwise, I'll be taking out the trash again! And I don't mean taking it to the dumpster! Hehehe...mommies floor will be covered! >:-)

Oh man, bad bad mommy!!!

Okay I just have to say it I love my mommy but she is sooooooooo NAUGHTY!!! Mommies are supposed to stop us from doing things to make ourselves sick no matter how cute we look. However, my mom needs to grow a backbone when it comes to my cute ways! She KNOWS rawhide chewies make my tummy sick and yet when I stole the rawhide bone from Frisco at the office she didn't make me give it back or take it away she left me to eat THE WHOLE THING!!! Oh man was I SICKKKKKKKK to my stomache too!!! Mom felt so bad she was crying and so mad at herself but I've never been this sick before. Normally I just get a little of the "runs" but this time it was like a water spout coming out my backside! I was sooooooooooo sick I was laying on her bed groaning!!! Man but let me tell you it hasn't stopped me from wanting more of them! I tried to steal Sadie's bone the other day too! >:) I can be such a little devil of a dog! Hehehe...