jeerme
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I can't believe I'm posting in here. Well Monday night we made the difficult decision to put our beloved Molly at rest. We’ve been trying to help her for a month now, 4 different vets and various medicines just couldn’t help the pain go away. Sunday night she just seemed to get worse, started refusing food and wasn’t able to stand without a lot of help. We looked in her eyes and she was telling us it was time. In the end we think it was a tumor inside her spinal cord pushing on the cord and nerves, creating pain the meds couldn’t help and making her movements difficult. For 8-1/2 years she was my shadow, every time we came home she threw us a one dog happy dance parade. She always was ready to go in the car. She was a protector, a babysitter, she never held a grudge, and the very best listener, a therapy dog, our first baby, our best friend. She was the best audience for my daughter's dance shows, and tea parties, even watched you tube with her and somehow played matching games with her. She NEVER complained. She went everywhere with us, vacations, to the store, holidays at family’s houses, local events, she was never alone always with us, her people. We will never forget the time we met the NEWF NET group out in Colorado. She was a local celebrity as people would drive past our house and take pictures of her in the yard or in the parking lots in the car and when we had her out people always wanted their pictures with her. Who knows how many people have pictures of her but she just had a charm to her, to warm people’s hearts with her cold wet nose and happy tail. Ohh I miss the bright eyes and happy tail. The endless smiles on people’s faces when they’d see her, the stories they’d tell us about their own dog from long ago or the other times they’d seen her and always wanted to meet her up close. I’ll miss that. It was interesting Wednesday night she was just stirring and even though she had troubles getting up and down every time my wife moved in bed she was on alert and up with her. I think she knew her labor was close. She was still looking out for us and concerned even though her condition. We had a snow storm here that put down a couple inches of snow Friday, I’m so grateful that God made that happen. Sitting in the snow and eating it was her favorite thing and she got to do that her last couple days. I even brought some in the house for her too. We brought the baby home on Saturday and she approved. We really think she was waiting for that as Sunday and Monday she got worse. It was like she knew she had filled our lives with everything we needed… to prepare us to be the best parents and she needed to move on so she could look out for us from up above in a way she couldn’t here on earth with us. As I helped her lay down at the vet she licked my face almost to tell me it was ok. It was exactly what I needed. She was so good at knowing what I needed. She went peacefully and quick Monday night, her fight was finally over. She was pain free. She was free to run with Daisy (my brother’s dog who we lost last spring, they were 2 peas in a pod). I know for sure Daisy was there to greet her, to show her where the water bowl is and where they keep the good treats. I’m sure her mom and dad are there too whom she’s hadn’t seen since she came to us when she was 8 weeks old, maybe even some of her litter mates too, she was 1 of 8. Oh, the stories she can tell them about where she went and who she met. So it’s comforting to know she’s still not alone. I asked God to let her know everything we did was to help her, we love her and miss her, and to give her a nice spot with a good view to look down on us whenever she needed. Also that she likes ice before bed so always have that and to keep her safe until we can meet again. Our hearts are broken and our house doesn’t feel the same. It helps to write this so thanks for reading.
Our Sweet Molly forever in our hearts!
Our Sweet Molly forever in our hearts!
She was one of the lucky dogs, truly loved and she will be missed forever.... take care 