Saydee

I have been avoiding this post and the emotions it will stir for long enough. Our dog Saydee died last month. She did not take well to moving :( She was eating all the other dogs food here on the farm, and drinking water out of everywhere but her bowl. She started to loose weight and get sluggish. I took her to the vet and he said that she had an absess of some sort in her belly. He could do some costly tests to find out the origin, but the bottom line would be very costly surgery to fix any problem he found. He gave her an antibiotic to see if that would help and sent us home to make a decision that became easier by the day. She was sooo sick and weak. We decided it was time to part with a great friend. I held her that morning at a very kind veterinarian injected her with that pink serum that took her life. It was comforting to feel her labored breathing relax and slow to a stop. I held her and sobbed and sobbed. Ron had prepared a spot here at the farm the night before (in the pouring rain) and my dad helped me to lay her to rest there. We had her for about 9 years and she was truely a part of our family, a sister to the boys befor Sydni, an escape artist, and a wonderful friend.