THE DAY WE ADOPTED ROXY........



MY MOM AND I WENT TO PET SMART TO ADOPT A DOG.WHEN WE ARRIVED WE WERE A LITTLE LAITE AS THEY WERE JUST LODING ALL THE DOGS BACK UP TO TAKE BACK TO "BARC RESCUE SHELTER." I ASKED THE LADY IF I COULD JUST PEEK IN THE VAN TO SEE THE DOGS.SHE OPENED THE BACK DOOR TO THE VAN AND THERE WAS ROXY AND RUSTY.I TOLD HER I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM HOME.ON MY WAY HOME I CALLED MY FIANCE WITH THE THE GREAT NEWS NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS NOT THRILLED,BUT HE LEARNED TO LOVE THE LITTLE RASCALS.WE TOOK THEM BOTH HOME TO MY MOMS AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO MOVE OUT OF OUR APARTMENT AND INTO A HOUSE.SHE KEPT THEM FOR A FEW WEEKS.WE WOULD GO OVER THERE EVERY DAY AND PLAY WITH THEM.ROXY WAS VERY ATTACHED TO ME,SHE WOULD FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE.AS PUPPS WE TOOK THEM HICKING IN FOREST FALLS,THEY LOVED IT!!!THEY WERE SO INSEPERABLE.....ROXY WAS A VERY LOVING PET.WHEN SHE WOULD SIT BESIDE ME SHE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE ME HER PAW LETTING ME KNOW SHE LOVED ME.ROXY AND RUSTY PLAYED TOGETHER AND THEY ALWAYS WOULD FIGHT OVER WHO WOULD GET THE ATTENTION.AS THEY WERE GROWING UP WE THOUGHT OH MY GOSH WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO STOP GROWING,THEY WERE HUGE!!!AT AGE 5 1/2 YEARS OLD RUSTY AT 132 LBS AND ROXY AT 104 LBS.THEY WERE BIG BABIES.I ALWAYS THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO EITHER OF THEM AND IN JUNE 2006 MY WORRIES CAME TRUE.ROXY BECAME SICK, AND SOON AFTER ALL THE TESTS WERE DONE ROXY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES.WE DID EVERYTHING FOR HER FROM INSULIN TWO TIMES A DAY TO PILLS TO ALL THE DOCTOR VISITS SHE NEEDED,THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE WORLD I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE TO KEEP HER HEALTHY,BUT AS TIME PROGRESSED SHE WAS NOT GETTING BETTER. THE ILLNESS KEPT HER FROM BEING THE JOYFULL DOG THAT SHE IS. IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION WE EVER HAD TO MAKE,BUT WHEN SHE LOST HER EYE SEIGHT AND HAD DIFFICULTY STANDING UP WE NEW IT WOULD BE IN HER BEST INTEREST TO HAVE US MAKE THE MOST DIFFICULT DECISION WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE. ON SEPTEMBER FIRST 2006 WE LAID HER DOWN TO REST. IT WAS BEST FOR HER.IT WAS NOT FAIR FOR HER TO SUFFER ANYMORE,IT JUST WAS HER TIME TO GO AND AS HARD AS IT WAS I KNOW THAT SHE IS MUCH HAPPIER NOW. SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE WHERE SHE HAS HER SIGHT BACK NOW AND CAN DO ANYTHING SHE WANTS WITHOUT DEPENDING ON MEDICATION EVERDAY.I KNOW GOD IS WITH HER IN HEAVEN TAKING CARE OF HER AND ALL THE OTHER LITTLE ANIMALS.SOME DAY WE WILL MEET AGAIN UNTIL THEN WE MISS YOU SO MUCH BABY GIRL AND THERE WILL NEVER BE A DAY WE DON'T THINK ABOUT YOU.........WE LOVE YOU....LOVE MOMMY,DADDY AND YOUR BROTHER RUSTY.