Friday, December 26, 2008

Losing the love of your life...

My Grandfather is 84 years old and unfortunately, not in very good health. He has been through being shot in the head in WWII where only his helmet saved his life, cancer, heart surgery, diabetes, etc, etc. He is a strong, humorous, admirable man. Well today he lost someone who we all consider to be, aside from my Grandmother, the love of his life, his sweet Chihuahua, Susie.
Susie (full name being "Brown-eyed Susie" because she had a brown patch of hair around one eye and that's my Grandfather's sense of humor) was one of those Chihuahuas that was only sweet to the people she knew or liked. She growled at my cousin every time she walked in the room! My aunt and I were the only ones besides my Grandfather that could hold and snuggle with her. I LOVED that dog!!! She would nuzzle all over my neck and kiss my nose, snorting the whole time! In fact, I held her just yesterday while she did this, leaving white hair all over me, with no complaints from me! Well today she died of heart failure on the way to the vet. She was only eight years old and dearly, dearly loved!!!!
My other cousin's Chihuahua came from the same puppy mill as Susie (we didn't know it was that at the time). She died earlier this year of something similar and untimely. My point in mentioning this is to remind and beg all of you to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE consider where you buy your dogs!!!!! If you can, adopt but PLEASE do not support these puppy mills!!!! These dogs were inbred, which is the reason for their poor health! I don't mean to preach but this has to stop!
I'll step off of my soap box and just ask for your prayers for my Grandfather and his broken heart! If you know of a dog that would love him and enjoy being loved by him, please let me know!

1 comment:

  1. Awe I'm so sorry to hear that :( Both of my dogs came from rescue groups and they are both wonderful. I hope your grandfather was able to find a new companion ...

    P.S. I came here looking for a certain post you haven't written yet. Write it!

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