Re: A passing at Brier

[Ilene Cook <asorosgd@ameritech.net>]

I am so sorry for this loss Gina. All I can say is that you have earned
another arce in Heaven for all you did for this old Cocker. You have to
be the most tender hearted dog person I know, and please find comfort in
knowing that even if the first part of her life wasn't the best, it sure
changed when she came to you!

                        Ilene

Gina Heitz wrote:
> 
> This morning we lost Brandy, our dear sweet Cocker Spaniel.  She was our
> first "off breed", non golden rescue in 1994...  Both George and I have
> nothing but fond memories of Brandy and how much joy she brought into our
> lives and how we enriched her life...
> 
> Brandy came to be part of the Brier gang when she came in for grooming one
> day.  She was a mess a solid matt.  I spent 9 hours de matting her and
> getting her to look like a Cocker, well sort of...  I was a new groomer at
> the time so I took the time to de matt her as apposed to just trimming her
> close as I probably would have done now.
> 
>    The people that had been caring for Brandy, she was not their dog
> either, could only provide and outdoor run for her and when I took her home
> (they were away for the evening), I could not put her in that dog run.  I
> left her in the car, came home worked up the best set of tears I could for
> Georges benefit, and had him get in the car and go over to her old house
> with me and asked him to put her in the run.  Knowing he would not be able
> to do so either.  While he was  trying to think of reasons why he should, I
> wrote a note and slipped it in the door that Brandy was with us and to call
> when they returned.  The rest of that story is history...
> 
> Brandy will be missed, but to know we did what was best for her is more
> important than clinging onto her selfishly.  As many of you know Brandy was
> totally blind had been for several years now she also had a bad back, IBD
> (intestinal problems), was dysplastic in her hips and most recently she had
> started to have seizures as well as she was very disorientated a lot of the
> time.
> 
> She enjoyed many days on the farm before she lost her sight she roamed the
> farm often all day long never leaving the berry patch.  She was quite the
> huntress and managed to often get herself all full of burs...  Never did
> Brandy object to grooming, Cockers can be quite nasty.  Brandy never
> snapped at anyone until she lost her sight and she didn't like the other
> dogs in her face.  Before she lost her sight she use to go for rides on
> Rocky's tail, they were the best of friends.  So now we send Brandy to be
> with Rocky...
> 
> Gina & George

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Ilene Cook
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