Spring Wedding Moon
She died of a cardiac arrhythmia. Not uncommon after bloat, apparently. The twisting of the intestine puts out a lot of different chemicals in the blood that can stress the heart.
A sweet girl from the first time we saw her, attached to a ten foot stick with six of her siblings, racing around the breeders yard in unison, her reason for being was to love and be loved. Her gentle intelligence and stubborn determination made her a dog whose memory will last as long as we do.
We drove over to Sano and saw her, said good-bye. Necessary. Good. Sad. Unbelievably sad. Many tears.
Her sister, Rigel, Gertie our German Shorthair and Kepler, who will leave us in June or early July remain.
