…as i write this now, our dog, dixie, is being put to sleep. we’ve had dixie for about 10 years. we got her as a pup. our kids have grown up with her and have not known life without her. she has been very ill and unable to move. since she hasn’t moved at all in a few days, we decided that it’s time. we’ll miss dixie.
when we first got dixie, we didn’t know what to do with her. it was a humerous situation. but, it was winter time, and she was such a small little thing, we couldn’t leave her in the house. so, we decided to leave her in the back yard that she is sitting in in the picture below. as i said, it was winter time. and, during that day, it rained. i was at work, and i couldn’t do anything about it. when i finally got home, i got home to a tiny little shivering dog. she had a little dog house to go into to protect her from the rain, but she probably couldn’t figure out to go in it or something. after that day, i decided we needed to put in a doggie door so she could go in and out. that seemed to fix the problem.
this is what she looked like then…
dogs are lots of work, and take a big effort to care for them. in that process, you form amazing bonds with them. her sister is very sad and was howling this week, and she has never howled in her life. i just hope her sister can make it through the trauma. shortly after we got dixie, we realized that she needed a companion. so, we got molly. molly was around the same age and they have grown up together. while all of us are sad to see dixie go, i’m sure her sister is going to be very sad to find her sister gone.
this is what she looked like all grown up. sleep well girl. we’ll miss you.
