A little under three years ago, several of you swell Dopers welcomed our newly-fostered dog, Teddy, to the clan of Straight Dope pets. In the interim, we adopted her and gave her the best life we could for as long as we could. This past Thursday, she just couldn’t go on any longer – everything started to fail internally and even if there had been some magic fix-all, she was days short of 16 years old so the vet agreed with us it was time to let her go.
She came to us through a Border Collie rescue group near central Florida, although we think she was really an Aussie. Her sibling dog and she had been discovered in her former master’s home five days after said master had died. Sibling Dog, being a Bulldog of some sort, couldn’t be adopted through the BC rescue, so they were separated and we have no idea what happened to him/her. Always felt bad about that.
Teddy gave us lots of laughs and was a staunch companion to our other K9, Lizzie, who is missing her a lot while also enjoying Top Dog status for the time being. You could probably bet your last nickel we’ll be adopting another discarded pooch shortly.
Goodbye, Teddy Bear, we’re missing you something awful.
It’s hard to explain the grief over a beloved pet. I had my Yeager for 15 yrs. I have two new schnauzer brothers and I love them beyond the moon but I still think about my good boy everyday. Sorry for your loss.
