Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

Goodbye to Shelly

We had to make a very hard decision a couple of weeks ago to put down our wonderful dog, Shelly.  She has been struggling with spinal arthritis for a year now, and finally, after losing mobility in her back legs and showing signs of obvious discomfort and pain (despite the cocktail of drugs she's been on for many months), we faced the fact that it was time to say goodbye.  I hope that we were able to give her a wonderful 6 years of life after her not so wonderful 9 years prior, when she was used as a breeding dog and never treated as a pet.  She was incredibly loving and loyal (to her momma mostly) and literally just wanted to be loved in return.  I think most people will remember that Shelly was lovingly referred to as our toothless dog :)  We will miss her.

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