Sally

Corona de Tucson

October 29, 2024

 

Rescued July 9, 2009 - October 29, 2024 

Sally was rescued from a kill shelter with a two week claim time.  (I'm happy to report that the kill shelter where she was is an adoption shelter.)  There are no words to describe the feeling you have when a puppy puts their paws around your neck and holds on for dear life. She made sure she was coming home with us. Our plan that day was to get Sally to the vets and do whatever we needed to do to make sure she was healthy and then find a nice forever home for her as we already had Dover and Wrecks. Our vet said at her initial check-up that she was between 2 - 2.5 years old and that she had the worst case of parasites and worms he had ever seen. Also, she had not been spayed. And the rest is history...we did nurse Sally back to health and we did find Sally a nice forever home with us and the next 15 years absolutely flew by.  

Sally slowly started feeling better and once she was her healthy self, she enjoyed all that our home had to offer...love, companions, food, grass, flowers, toys, treats, walks and so on.  But Sally was also very cautious about finding her place in the line-up that had already been established.  Dover was the alpha and Wrecks was the gunner and we are sure that Sally so appreciated her family that she was not about to upset the apple cart.  

Sally was full of surprises...bringing a toy for us to throw, or suddenly jumping up and doing zoomies around the house.  But, it was no surprise that everytime I walked in the kitchen, even if she was sound asleep, she would always be right behind me.  Raw carrots today mom? Or yogurt you need cleaned off the spoon? Or a snippet of chicken that you might accidentally (so she thought) drop on the floor?  The memories are forever !  

On October 29th, Sally was taking a morning nap in her bed next to the sofa and Joe and I were doing the usual morning searches on our iPads.  We heard a yelp and in the less than 2 seconds it took for us to reach her, she was gone. 

And now, a chapter closes...the Tan Clan is gone.  First Wrecks in 2015, then Dover and Jack both this time last year, and now our sweet little Sallybear.  I am hoping this blog will help ease the heartbreak for Joe and me and we can just remember with a smile the wonderful time we spent with all these pups...each one with their own personality, their individual needs, but all four with so much love to give.  Our home isn't the same without our pups.

I hope to sit back down at the computer soon for a catch up...our family has been busy.  Joe had surgery on his eye,  we had an October birthday, the leaves are changing colors, and an author/illustrator daughter whose  middle-school novel was published. 

I will close with a blast from the past...

December 2013

 Until next time,

HAPPY TRAILS !

And relish every second !