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Reena was maybe large for a sheltie and was about 35 pounds and tri-color.
Last Summer I brought her in to the vets because she was not eating well, and at first they could not find a reason for it. The thing was she was known for her very strong appetite, and this was not like her.
When it was later found that she had cancer, and that it was stealing her weight and her appetite...I did not want to put her through a painful operation, and great expense, when she was old anyway and there was so little to gain even if things worked out well. So we put her down, even though it broke my heart...and we were happy that we still had our smaller sheltie, another female named Brandy. Reena had always treated the younger dog like her puppy.
Well, after paying bills I had a little money, so two weeks after her death, I purchased a new puppy(Toby), a boy, whose photo is our avatar. It was our first male, and had a different personality for sure. As he grew up we began to see that his sheltie face is very similar to Reena's, and he grew into a similar weight as hers was and sometimes had a similar personality.
Toby keeps alive our memories of Reena every time we look at him, and he has done the impossible by taking away all the pain from her death.
I am so glad we bought another dog.
Last Summer I brought her in to the vets because she was not eating well, and at first they could not find a reason for it. The thing was she was known for her very strong appetite, and this was not like her.
When it was later found that she had cancer, and that it was stealing her weight and her appetite...I did not want to put her through a painful operation, and great expense, when she was old anyway and there was so little to gain even if things worked out well. So we put her down, even though it broke my heart...and we were happy that we still had our smaller sheltie, another female named Brandy. Reena had always treated the younger dog like her puppy.
Well, after paying bills I had a little money, so two weeks after her death, I purchased a new puppy(Toby), a boy, whose photo is our avatar. It was our first male, and had a different personality for sure. As he grew up we began to see that his sheltie face is very similar to Reena's, and he grew into a similar weight as hers was and sometimes had a similar personality.
Toby keeps alive our memories of Reena every time we look at him, and he has done the impossible by taking away all the pain from her death.
I am so glad we bought another dog.
