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My best friend died tonight

MrsJoaniePMrsJoanieP
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My dog Annie died tonight. We are currently out of town, but my parents, who watch her and my dog Clyde, called just a little while ago to tell me they found her dead outside of their bedroom door. I rescued her when I first moved to Indy over five years ago and she was the only one there for me during a really rough time. I moved into an empty apartment with only her and we slept on air mattresses for a week or so before I got my furniture from my old place. I moved to Indy on a whim to start over and she was there to listen to me for hours and hours. She was an adult when I got her and was previously abused. She has been nothing but the kindest, most loving dog since the day I brought her home. It took her awhile to forget her past, but she eventually became everyone's favorite. Her nick name was the "old soul" and it was because you could look in her eyes and know that she just wasn't a regular dog. When you would talk to her, and believe me, I've had some conversations that lasted hours with her, she would sit, look you directly in the eyes, and perk her ears. Unlike most dogs, she didn't lay down to go to sleep after awhile and didn't walk away. She would just sit and listen. I really needed that.

And, since I've had Rose, she, and our other dog Clyde, have been nothing but the most peaceful, calm dogs with her. She gets in their faces all the time, and she has never once ever snapped at her or come close to it. She's always been my dad's favorite dog despite the fact that he has three of his own and he would tell everyone that she was. She loved, loved, loved going to their house and hanging out in their side yard.

I knew she was sick and I could feel the tumor, but since she was eating well and still playing with our other dog, I decided to reevaluate putting her down in the spring. She has had some breathing issues, but again, nothing that made me feel she was suffering or uncomfortable.

So, today, she spent her last day at my parents house where she LOVED being and spent the day outside sitting in the side yard listening to people talk while my parents and my neighbors had a big bon fire. She then came into their house and my dad found her shortly after laying down, dead, in front of their door. I know that had to have killed my dad since he loves her as much, if not more, than I do. I've seen my dad cry, but I have never heard him cry like he cried when he told me she had died. He still keeps calling me every half hour or so wailing on the phone about how much he loved her and missed her and how sad he is that she's gone.

I always tell people that when she died, I was going to have to have therapy because she is THAT important in my life, but suprisingly, I've felt quite a calm come over me. It's like she's here helping me feel at peace with everything which is exactly what she has always done. I will miss her to death and back, but I know she's in a better place and that when I eventually pass on, I will get to see her in heaven and be with her again. I just can't thank her enough for being there for me at a time in my life when I really needed someone.

Here's the last picture I took of her back on Jan 8:


Despite the calm, it's still very hard and we'll be leaving first thing in the morning to go back and bury her. We're going to bury her in my parent's yard where she loved every minute being at. I'm glad she got to pass somewhere she loved being.

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