Re: A passing at Brier

["Judi A. Luallin" <legsjal1@home.com>]

I second Ilene's comments.  I've never met another human being with such
deep compassion and love for her canine companions.  Brandy was so very
fortunate to have someone enrich her life they way that both Gina and George
did.  You made her life so happy and full...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ilene Cook" <asorosgd@ameritech.net>
To: <brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: A passing at Brier


> 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
>
> --
> Ilene Cook
> asorosgd@ameritech.net
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