by Trisha Nelson
I walked out to get my dog Bear one
night and heard a rustling in the bushes. I screamed and out came this
little red mearl austrailian sheperd she was smiling and her whole body
was wiggling she was beautiful. I didn't know where she came from and
mom said she belonged to someone so we left her there. The next day my
neighbor had her and said that they were going to have her put down
because she ran and they didn't want that. I beged my parents to take
her and find a home for her and they did. We decided we would take her
and get her spayed she was pregnant. She became my 4-H progect and the
first year she learned how to get her chain off and disappappered. We
found here 5 days later the day after the show in Chyenne and brought
her back home Then my parents decided to get a divorce and we had to
move out. so me and my mom moved into a trailer until the divorce was
final. The second year of 4-H i showed her and got first place in
everything i was soo proud but the next day something was wrong she
wouldn't get up from in front of the chair. We took her to the vet and
they thought she was retaining water and took ex rays and couldn't tell
what was wrong . We took her to another vet at a vet school and they
couldn't tell by that time we had no money. My mom tried to get a loan
but they wouldn't give it to her. We got get well cards for her from
everyone she was so special. We waited to find out if she would get
better but it was too late by the time we had the money. We had an
exploritory sergery done and found out she had cancer and 6 weeks to 6
months to live we got a puppy to finnish out my 4-H year. I came home
after getting her and promised Sandy that i wouldn't love the puppy and
always love her. Sandy tought Bri so much and and Bri to this day acts
just like her. 1 week before Sandy died we went campind and i got hope
she chased squrils and was feeling so much better that was the happiest
time. Then we came home and she got sicker my mom layed on the floor
with her and told her that we were going to have her put down and the
next day we went to her boyfriends house. We were comming home and i
knew something was wrong i kept getting this feeling that she was hurt.
We got home and she didn't meet us at the door i knew then she was gone
i went to the living room and she was laying peacefully by the couch. We
burried her that night the 12 of june 1991 and i took her collar off and
the tags shook and my puppy went looking for her she couldn't find her
and cried all night. Now every summer i plant a gold and purple pansy on
her grave the gold is for the color of her eyes and hair and the purple
is for the color of the first and last ribbon we won toghter as a team.
To this day i still cry. She was my baby and i broke my promise that i
would never love my other dog but i can't help it she is my other baby.
We got sympathy cards for us