Today is a sad day in the Massie households. My little black niece had to be put to sleep. She was 11 yrs. old and has been sick for a while...not that she didn't put her best paw forward. Monday we had dinner by my SIL and Brother and Abby wasn't eating too well...until I pretended to be eating her dog food and fed her from the table..she ate just fine. Her Grampa and Grandmas and cousin Joey got to see her behaving pretty good. But for the last two days she was disoriented and confused..and it was time. For a pet owner, it is the hardest thing about parenting anyone can imagine. We will miss her..she was the good girl, I own the brat. She had exquisite manners and listened so well....I have the misbehaving naughty girl. She made everyone love her...! She wasn't always so good, there was a time she had the nickname the "home improvement dog". She ripped up the linoleum, the wallpaper, she ate through her gate..and the final act of defiance was the front of the stereo speakers. She has come a long way from those days..There are so many cute things she did. She chased chippes (chipmunks), she went fishing, in the boat and ice fishing, camping, and visiting. She even had a boyfriend, a man she loved and flirted with. My brothers friend and fishing buddy. She was like a silly little schoolgirl with him. She was a spoiled child and knew how to get her way. She was like everyones dog. Just recently they were out icefishing and she went over by two old guys sitting on pails, and one of the guys put his hand down and was petting her like she was his....she had a way about her. She has brought so much joy. She has left us all with so many memories. She died with her dignity...she has left a void. She was the cutest little black dog...Abby.
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My heart goes out to your SIL and brother. I had the misfortune to have to put a beloved dog down in January a few years ago then 2 months later I had to put down my cat of 18 years. But now Bosco has enter our lives and he make me laugh every day. Right now he is more than half way through a raw hide bone he started on Christmas that was meant for a dog the size of a lab. Bosco weighs 8 lb. There is something about having a furry critter running around the house that you don't have to knit or suck up with the vacuum cleaner!
We all need our furry critters, and dual purpose would be one we could love, spin and knit. Thanks for the condolences...I have a feeling they will have four little paws running around before too long.
Abby was a great dog! Don't forget her dog tricks. I loved the one when your brother would go bang and point his finger and she would drop over.
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