I first got my “Baby Girl” Trixie (boxer)seven years ago.
I fell in love with her the first time I saw her.
I knew I had to have her. I asked her if she wanted to come home with me,
and she jumped in the back of the truck without a backward glance.
She has been my best friend and protector ever since.
She loved to go for long walks on the back roads of where we lived.
I used to tease her and call her bunny.
Because when she got really excited about something she would hop
around the yard like a big bunny.
She would make funny faces when she wanted you to laugh.
She always seemed to know when I was sad and she would play
around the house and do funny things to make me laugh.
She always followed me everywhere I went like she had to protect me.
I would laugh at her because she would bark at the window
and come running to look for me to see if I was ok then go back
to the window and start barking.
She’d come back to me with this look like she was saying
“ok mom I scared them away..” She was so smart.
I could talk to her for hours and at times she seemed to know
what I was talking about. When she had to go outside she would bring me her
leash and drop it at my feet…this was our time.
I hated to leave her at home by herself when I went to work so I got her
a male boxer to keep her company.
His name is Sebastian. Since we got him Trixie had to prove to
him that it was her turf whenever Trixie had to protect the house,
she would always take the lead Sebastian just followed her.
They both got along great. They played together all the time.
I know Sebastian misses her as much as I do.
He looks for her all the time and I can’t stop crying.
We recently lost Trixie on March 2 2002.
She became ill very fast and we rushed her to emergency where
she had succumbed to her illness.
I can’t express the emptiness and loss I feel at this moment.
She was my whole life….She was my “Baby girl”.
I’m glad I had the opportunity to be with her in her passing,
to tell her how much I loved her and to thank her for giving me
great joy for having her in my life.
We buried her today at our family’s pet cemetery on this
sad day of mourning I will forever love her and miss her.
Love her mom now and always.
Dorothy