On Sept 28,2024 we said goodbye to our Dixie May Doodles. She started showing since earlier in the spring of what was though as hip dysplasia. But turns out it was degenerative myelopathy and it was aggressive. We thought we could make it into the beginning of next year. But the diseased progressed so fast that we had to do what was best for her. I have never had such a loyal, loving, willing to please, stubborn dog before in my life. She was a full blooded Chesapeake Bay retriever. If anything I've learned over 8yrs of sharing my life with her. Is that the breed is to smart for their own good making them stubborn at the same time. But out home isn't the same. I have nobody to tell she is being rude when we are eating and she is staring at us while we eat. The is not anyone to whine when we are a minute past feed time. There isn't barks when we come home or someone knocks on the door. There isn't a constant shadow ever where I go. I don't have anyone to fuss at to get out of the kitchen when I'm cooking because she is waiting for food to drop. There had been a void the last few weeks. Up until her last moments she felt she had a job to do and watched the door at the vet clinic. Even though I thought we were comforting her in the last stage of her life she was comforting us. She was the best dog. And I don't know if I will ever love and despise a dog ever the same. She had her quirks that would frustrate me. But she was the best dog. She was my shadow for so many years she lived to be 12-13 which is not a common age for her bread. I got her when she was an adult dog. But she was so loved in our family.
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