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12/21/96-7/14/01
Stoll's
BBCs' Prancer Dawn passed away quietly & in her daddy's arms on
Saturday.
She
was born 12/21/96 & our first attempt to breed a show dog.
She turned out to be one of the best pet quality babies we have ever
owned & was her daddy's heart dog.
Daughter
of CH Pip'n Mr. Bandsman & C-Mark's Bucks Black Cricket,
She was due Dec 24th but decided she should appear early by way of
an emergency C-section on Saturday Dec 21st, 1996.
When
we had Cricket bred, we didn't think she was pregnant so we had a
sonogram done on her. They allowed us to watch & it was
such a thrill to see this little being "prancing" around
in her momma's tummy. She was the sole puppy of the litter
& when her daddy saw her on the screen he said her name would be
Prancer Dawn. There was NO doubt in his mind that we had a
little miracle girl coming.
She
was born a fat little thing & Doc did have to do puppy cpr to
get her going after her birth, but she did wonderful afterwards.
Prancer lived her entire life just to wrap her daddy around her
little paw.
She
got into a tube of medicine at 8 months old that was like drinking
anti-freeze, it put her into renal failure. We had her checked
over & a sonogram done on her kidneys, the vets really thought
that it was just the 'tubes' around the kidneys damaged & that
she would live a long & happy life.
She
did very well with the renal problems until right before her 4th
birthday in December & then the downhill slide began. She
did "rally" several times (thanks to the prayers of all
our friends & of strangers). She still had a wonderful
quality of life going. She enjoyed a good game of "kill
momma's vac" & going for car rides up until the end.
We
knew it was time to let her go, her numbers had shown that she was
going into renal shutdown & that there was nothing more that we
could do for her. She also showed us she was ready by the way
she acted that day. We could not let her suffer & would not let
her die alone.
Charley
held her, kissed her, & talked to her the entire time she was
being helped to the bridge, he did allow me to kiss her nose.
Our
vet, Patty, & I were in tears & hugging afterwards while
Charley held his baby. We brought her home wrapped in her
blanket to be at rest here with us. (I held her & talked to her
the entire way home)
I
had spoken to Prancer about going to the Bridge & that Chubbles
would be there waiting for her, but to remember that Chubbles would
probably try to "whip her into shape". Chubbles was
little but mighty & had been our alpha until the end, Prancer
had always respected her as the alpha even though she weighed twice
as much as Chubbles.
Prancer
will be sadly missed but we are thankful for the time we had with
her.
I
would like to thank everyone who has offered us kind words,
thoughts, cards, & poems. The support & love we have
recieved has been wonderful.
I
haven't been able to look at the cards yet, but will in time.
Thank
you all!!!!
Lori
Bush knew how much Prancer loved to kill that sweeper. This is
the drawing that she sent me today, Chubbles is watching Prancer get
rid of the monster sweeper at Rainbow Bridge.
Cindy
& Charley Stoll
our
furkids & Prancer & Chubbles at the Bridge.
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