"When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. 

There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. 

There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable." Taken from Rainbow Bridge.



I fell in love with Lucy the first time I saw her,I wanted a Dalmatian that had 2 solid black ears,and she had this. She was the only pup to come up to me and lick and bite and play,I knew then she was the one. So chunky at 7 weeks old I nicknamed her Miss Piggy,the first night was awful,mom said she couldn't sleep in the bed and had to stay in the wash room.She cried all night,until I couldn't take it anymore and at 4am I went and got her and in the bed with me she slept.She stayed in my bed until she was almost...well I can't remember how old,but until we finally had the backyard fenced in.



She was only a year old when I moved to Charleston,SC.and I was going to take her with me to live.Funny thing that never worked out,she needed a yard to run in and explore.SO she stayed with my parents until she was about 7 years old,thats when she finally came to live with me in NC. I knew that she might not make it another year,but it's still hard to say good-bye.



We moved in October and she had to stay at the old house,so every morning I would get up and drive 5 miles to feed her,walk her and take care of her. It killed me,but in October she was still running and jumping. I noticed that she was losing alot of weight so I increased her food,then one day she just slowed down,no more jumping or running. Finally 3 days before she died she stopped eating and stop walking or standing. I would try to lift her,but she was so weak she just wanted to be left alone. On Sunday February 3,I told her to just give up,that she had been a wonderful baby girl,but Monday morning I drove to check on her,she was still breathing but bearly,and she couldn't really raise her head to look at me.I knew the time had come,she was in pain and starving herself,I couldn't watch her suffer.The vet said she was in Congestive Heart Failure,he gave her a sedative to calm her down,and then ....she went peaceful,she's buried in our backyard,and I visit her grave every day. She was my baby girl...