SYDNEY WAS RESCUED IN 1991, AFTER SOMEONE SHOT HER MOTHER AND BROTHER ON THE STREETS. I GOT A CALL ABOUT A PUPPY EATING TRASH COULD I HELP. YES. SYDNEY CAME HOME WITH ME ON MAY 10, 1991. SHE WAS WET, COLD, HUNGRY AND AFRAID. I TOOK HER TO THE VET TO BE SURE SHE WOULD MAKE IT AND SHE DID.
SHE WAS LOVED, ALTHOUGH LIKE A CHILD, IN WAYS YOU COULD NOT YELL IF SHE DID ANY THING WRONG AND SHE DID. SYDNEY CAME AFTER MY FIRST GOLDEN RESCUE “BEAR”. THEY WERE IN SEPARABLE. SHE WAS A BLUE MURLE AUSY. SHE WAS SMART,
LOVING AND WONDERFUL.
ONE DAY I WAS BRUSHING HER THICK COAT AND SHE FELL TO THE GROUND AND SHOOK FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. I LAID WITH HER AND TRIED TO TALK HER OUT OF IT. (ANOTHER DOG WITH SEIZURES. NOW I KNEW FOR SURE THAT THE NEIGHBOR’S LAWN TREATMENTS HAVE HARMED ANOTHER ONE.
SYDNEY WAS A SPECIAL NEEDS GIRL, AND FOR 10 YEARS, I WROTE ABOUT HER LIFE HISTORY (DURING THE HOLIDAYS) TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL HUMANE SOCIETY. SHE WAS GRACEFUL. I KNEW SHE WAS GETTING OLD AND HAD HER TO THE VET AND WAS TOLD SHE LOOKED GOOD FOR AN OLD GAL. ON MAY 9, 2006 AT NIGHT, I HAD TO HELP HER GET UP TO GO POTTY BEFORE BED, AND SHE GAVE ME A LOOK THAT SAID “MOM, I AM TRIED, I HAD A BAD LIFE AT FIRST, BUT I AM NOW 15 OR SO YEARS OLD. I THINK AND SO DO YOU THAT THE TIME HAS COME.
ON MAY 10, 2006, MY HUSBAND HAD TO PICK HER UP AND PUT HER IN MY JEEP SO I COULD TAKE HER TO THE VET. THEY BROUGHT OUT A STRETCHER, AND SHE WAS NOT SCARED, BUT BECAUSE OF HER RAPID DECLINE IN HEALTH, SHE WAS LIFTED TO THE TABLE AND SHE WAS SCARED AND SO WAS I,AS I COULD NOT HOLD HER FACE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO BE MUSSLED.
I WILL NEVER FORGET LOOKING IN HER BAD EYES AND TELLING HER HOW MUCH I LOVED HER AND THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE WITH BEAR, LAKOTA, BUDDY GIRL, SAM, OTIS, BAXTER, FRISKY,BRANDI, JAKIE, AND ESPECIALLY MY MOM, MY 4 LEGGED “KIDS” MY MOM WHO TAUGHT ME THAT THE LIFE OF THE ANIMALS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OURS. A SAD DAY, BUT ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.
THE SHELTER WILL MISS HER LIFE STORY AND THE FUNDS SHE WAS ABLE TO GET. BUT IN RESCUE, THERE IS ANOTHER STORY.
SYDNEY, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. YOU ARE HOME NEXT TO OTIS. NONE CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF THE PETS WE HAVE LOST, BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF YOU ARE A CARING HUMAN ABOUT THE UNWANTED PETS AND CARE FOR THEM UNTIL THEY PASS ON, THAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF LOVE YOU CAN GIVE. GIVE A FOREVER HOME TO AN UNWANTED PET. THE LOVE YOU WILL RECEIVE IS REMARKABLE. SYD WAS PLACED IN INDIAN BLANKET WITH SAGE, SWEET GRASS AND A YELLOW ROSE. I KNOW THAT WE AS HUMANS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE THE CARE TAKERS OF ALL LIVING CREATURES.
SYDNEY, MITAKUYE OYASIN. YOU ARE STILL WITH US IN SPIRIT AS ALL WHO PASSED BEFORE. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AS I KNOW YOU WILL. TO ALL A SPIRIT NEVER DIES.
WITH ALL MY HEART, LOVE AND DEVOTION,
| SYDNEY |
| 10, May 2006 |
| DEBERA R. SMITH |