AFTER LOOSING A PREVIOUS AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD NAMED OREO COOKIE THAT WAS HIT BY A CAR AT 3 1/2 YEARS OF AGE, I COULD NOT LIVE WITH THE LOSS,PAIN AND LONELINESS SO FOR 4 MONTHS I SEARCH FOR ANOTHER NOT EVEN THINKING OF GETTING ANOTHER JUST KEPT LOOKING UNTIL MAYBE SOMETHING WOULD TURN MY HEAD SURE ENOUGH THIS BEAUTIFUL SHOW PUPPY JUST GOT MY ATTENTION “DOTTIE”. I WAS LOOKING FOR A SHOW PUPPY AND COMPANION FOR I WAS SO LONELY, I SHOWED HER AS A PUPPY WINNING CONFORMATION SHOWS AND TRYING TO SHOW HORSES AT THE SAME TIME, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO DO BOTH, SO I STOPPED SHOWING HER AND LET HER BE MY SOULMATE. WE THEN MOVED TO FLORIDA FROM NEW YORK AND WE BOTH RETIRED AND LET HER BE MY PARTNER, WE THEN BECAME INSEPARABLE.
I DID NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT HER, SHE WAS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE, EVERYTHING WE DID WE MADE SURE IT WAS FOR HER, SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND I WAS SO PROUD TO TAKE HER FOR SHE WOULD NOT LET ANYONE PASS HER BY WITHOUT WAGGING HER BUTT AND WANTING A PET, SHE LOVED PEOPLE AND TRAVELING, SHE WAS SO CLOSE TO US. SUDDENLY SHE SEEMED TO SNEEZE A LOT SO WE TOOK HER TO SEVERAL DRS ONLY TELLING ME SHE HAD ALLERGIES AND TREATING HER IT, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS REALLY WRONG SO THEY SENT HER TO A SPECIALIST. LOW AND BEHOLD SHE HAD BRAIN CANCER. I JUST DIED FOR SHE REALLY SEEMED SICK BUT WANTED TO BE WITH US AND PLEASE US.
THEY TOOK A CAT SCAN AND TOLD ME SHE HAD 6 WEEKS TO 6 MONTHS TO LIVE, I JUST FELL APART COULD NOT FUNCTION, I CRIED AND CRIED AND CRIED, BUT I HAD TO BE STRONG FOR HER. EVERY TIME I LOOKED AT HER IN THE FACE IT WAS SO HARD FOR I LOVED HER SO DEEPLY AND COULD NOT STAND THE THOUGHT OF LOOSING HER BUT I KNEW THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO SO WE TOOK HER EVERYWHERE AND TOOK LOTS OF PICTURES FOR MEMORIES, THE DAY AFTER HER 7TH BIRTHDAY DURING THE NIGHT SHE PASSED AWAY.
THE PAIN WAS SO SEVERE AND UNBEARABLE, I COULD NOT FUNCTION OR STOP CRYING SHE WAS THE BEST THING IN MY LIFE SHE GOT ME THREW CANCER MYSELF, WHICH I AM IN REMISSION NOW, AND I HOPE THIS LOSS WILL NOT AFFECT MY HEALTH FOR THE PAIN IN MY CHEST IS SO STRONG, I TAUGHT HER TO WALK WITHOUT A LEASH SO EVERYWHERE WE WENT SHE WAS BY OUR SIDE WITH NO LEASH, PEOPLE WHERE AMAZED, WE TOOK HER RIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SHE WALKED RIGHT BY OUR SIDE, WE WERE SO PROUD OF HER, EVERYWHERE SHE WENT SHE WAS FREE.
SHE WAS SO WELL TRAINED FOR I DID NOT WANT TO LOOSE ANOTHER BUT I DID AND I HAD TO WATCH HER DIE AND I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO SAVE HER, MY STORY COULD GO ON AND ON, PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOVES ONES WILL FEEL MY PAIN, I WILL CHERISH OUR MEMORIES AS SHE WAS MY SOULMATE, SHE GAVE HER HEART TO EVERYONE YOUNG AND OLD.
DOTTIE NEVER LET ANYONE PASS WITHOUT SAYING HELLO AND WANTING A PET. HER BEAUTY INSPIRED SO MANY AND HER PLEASING WAS AMAZING. I HOPE SHE KNOWS HOW DEEPLY WE LOVED HER AND I WISH SO MUCH I COULD HOLD HER IN MY ARMS AND KISS HER LIKE I ALWAYS DID.
WITH OUR DEEPEST LOVE,
| DOTTIE |
| CATHERINE AND CHARLES FLEMING JR |