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| I wish everyone could have known Red. I was so proud of how she slowly lost her fear and shyness and became the most perfect lady. It must have been so very hard for her to learn to trust people again, even more so because she was so delicate and so gentle. I did everything I could for her, and it took a long time before she was ready to have faith again. In the last few years of her life she was plagued with cancer, having to go through an emergency splenectomy which she almost didn't survive. After the surgery, she became almost like a puppy again, and for nearly a whole year it was as if life had been given back to her. But the cancer was still there, and no one knew how much longer she would have. 11 months after she was first diagnosed, she succumbed to the disease that was now throughout her whole body. It was the saddest moment of my life when she was put to sleep. Even so, I enjoyed every extra moment with her, and in that borrowed time she was truly happy. I felt privileged to have known her. |
| My Red Dog. The sweetest, most wonderful dog I've ever known, the light of my life, passed away on July 18, 2002. No words can really describe how much I loved her. My first memory of her was when I was living in Florida, and I saw this timid little dog cowering in the back of her cage at the GPA adoption center. No one else wanted her because she was so shy and so anti-social. Of course my heart went out to this poor thing, and I took her home with me. I remember how she would slowly creep out to the living room, only to bolt back to her hiding place if I moved at all. I remember how sweet she was, even though she had been so badly treated at the track. Most of all, I remember her unending gentleness and goodness. She was a pure soul, and I will miss her forever. |
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| Red Dog 1990 - 2002 Rest in peace, my friend |
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