I got Lassie on my 4th birthday September 27th 1989. I remember when I first saw her she was in my parents room in a small dog crate. I opened it up and she jumped out on me and started licking my face that was the start of a wonderful 13 year relationship. My mom told me her name was Angelica, but I said I wanted to call her Lassie because she looked EXACTLY like Lassie me and Lassie were and always will be best friends.
No matter how far a part we are now I still talk to her. When I lay and bed and think about stuff I ask her what I should do she knew/knows all my stories. I can’t remember any days without her and it’s hard to go on still. It’s been 8 months now but I still break down and cry like a little baby. Even I remember the last day she was here and I will never forget it.
I came home from the mall it was about 8:30 pm and she was in the backyard under some shade where she loved to sit all day. She hated coming inside. She loved to just sit in the flower bed which my grandma hated lol, but I tried to call her in since it was summer and very hot outside and she had lots of fur but she wouldn’t get up like normal didn’t think nothing of it and went out and pulled her collar to get her up, but she wouldn’t move I tried and tried for about 15 mins to get her up and then realized she was paralyzed in the back legs. I picked my baby up carried her into the house and put her on the couch and called my grandma downstairs.
We called numerous vets but they were all closed. Finally we found a vet emergency that was open. I called my mom. She left work immediately and we drove to the vets. I knew it was her last time here and I knew it was coming because the past few months she wasn’t being the same. Her arthritis was setting in more. She was going deaf but that still didn’t get her down. Even when she was in pain she would still go for a run with me up into the woods and the fields; we used to go on those walks/runs for hours and sit in the woods and I would talk to her but the way I took her into the vet with
only one intention…..put her to sleep.
I knew it was the best thing to do since she was in sooo much pain; the vet said she had cancer and tumors in her stomach which no I could have known about and her legs weren’t paralyzed. She just didn’t want to move them because it hurt her so much so the vet gave me 2 decisions 1: give her surgery which would cost over a thousand dollers…now money was never a option and still isn’t when it comes to our pets we will pay anything to help them but she also only had a 50/50 chance of surviving the surgery then it’s recovery time and etc…
which means less of a chance of survival and the second choice I had was put her to sleep
which is what I wanted to do.
So my mom said since it was my dog she will let me decide. So I said the worst phrase I have ever said in my life “Just give her the needle and put her down”, So the vet took my doggy, my best friend my baby and got her ready to be put down. She asked if I wanted to stay with her and of course I said yes. I stood by her side holding her paw and petting her with my other hand saying how much I loved her weeping like a little baby. She looked up at me and I said “I love you” and then she was gone. Eyes opened again but I knew she was gone to see the rest of the pets we have had
over the rainbow bridge.
I closed her eyes and stayed in the room with her for about 10-15 mins just petting her. I kissed her forehead once more; took her collar of for the last time whispered in her ear I will see her again one day and that I loved her and then we left the room. We got her cremated and now she sits on a shelf by the closet
her favorite place to sleep.
~R.I.P~Lassie~Always~In~My~Heart~
Wait for me by the rainbow bridge.
I will be there maybe not soon but one day to get you and C.J Buddy, Guano, Goblin, Chip, and Dale I miss you all and will see you one day xxooxxoo
Love always and forever,
your mommy xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
My bestest friend always and forever!!!
| Lassie |
| 11, July 2002 |
| Lisa Davidson |