Re: A passing at Brier

["Bill & Patti Oftedal" <boftedal@alaska.net>]

Dear George and Gina.

I'm so sorry about Brandy, it's hard to say good-bye
to our loved companions, and I'm sure she's  smiling at you
from above. Hold into the memories and keep them close in your heart.
We all know she had a wonderful spirit and brought joy to you.
My thoughts are with you, especially now. And like always I say, I went
trough that before.

Love
Patti.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>
To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu <brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: A passing at Brier


>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
>
>