Thirteen years ago, my daughter and I went to the grocery store and on the bulletin board at the store was a paper plate advertising free puppies. Little did I know, the best grocery trip was happening. We went to go see the puppies.....who can resist puppies. Obviously not us!! So, Scooter came home to live with us. He was the best puppy, easy to house train and fun to play with. He grew to be a loving and sweet dog. He was my running companion and faithful watcher of the house and yard. This past summer he had a large growth removed from his hip area and it turned out to be cancer. Every thing went well up until recently, when he was no longer interested in food. We made the gut wrenching decision, to help him leave the misery he was so obviously in and called the vet. Last night, Scooter took his final breaths with my husband and I holding him. The house feels sad and empty....even for our other dogs, Baxter and Tipper. So today is the beginning of the long journey to feeling better and realizing the choice we made was the right one.
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| Scooter, Baxter, Henri and Tipper |
