On Christmas eve I took Sugar my 17 1/2 year old dog to the vet
where she spent all of Christmas week suffering from renal failure.
The vet did not give her but a few days to live so I took her home and
pampered her and she bounced back.Sugar was such a fighter.
She always had to have it her way. I had close to six wonderful
months with her when I noticed she didn’t want to walk or eat
so I gathered her up and took her to the vet once more
where they told me that she was dying. They said they
could give her blood and such and maybe give her a
couple of days but the inevitable was going to happen.
When I was left alone with Sugar I asked her to let me
know if she wanted to stay with me. It was the first time since the
long ride that she looked into my eyes and I tool it that she
wasn’t ready to leave me yet so I had them give her
the attention that she needed.
I took her home with the prognoses that she would only live a couple days
and that I should put her to sleep but when I got her home she
acted like she had unfinished business to attend to.
My over protective Shi Tzu and I had a very special week
with Sugar taking pictures of us together and saying
things that needed to be said.
On Saturday June 19 1999 I took my nieces to a family fun event
and I told the girls then that I hoped Sugar wouldn’t
be gone when we got back and she wasn’t. She stayed 3 hours with us
Saturday evening wagging her tail at us the entire time.
When I went to pick her up to take her in the house
she brushed her nose up against my face and
barked wagged her tail and then slowly started to fade.
When I laid her down on the floor she wagged her tail at me
once again and then took two sighing breaths and went to sleep.
It hurts that she is gone but I am thankful
that she went to heaven like her and I wanted her to.
I had begged her not to make me make the decision of
putting her to sleep and her last labor of love to me
was giving me my prayer.
She was a part of me for seventeen and a half years and
I find it hard to remember she is gone.
I want to go in and take her out for her walk and baby her.
My Shi Tzu is running all over looking for her.
He was very protective of Sugar.
I just keep telling myself that she is happy and now is
running all over heaven like she did here on earth.
When she was young she loved to run. All you would
see was a white streak. We couldn’t catch her.
The only way to get her was to drive down the road open the
door and she would jump in. She also loved cats.
When my cat was a kitten Sugar would let her nurse.
Of course the kitten wasn’t getting any milk but they
forged a special bond that when my cat was pregnant
she had her kittens in Sugar’s dog box with her so I know
Sugar and Precious are once reunited in heaven and having
a wonderful time and when it hurts too bad I picture the clouds and
Sugar and my cat Precious running together and being happy and
know that’s where Sugar decided to be.
“Good bye my friend the seasons have now all gone.”
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