DixiesDad Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Lady started going downhill Tuesday morning. She was unable to eat or drink with a 104 temperature and was bleeding internally. The vet believes she had a tumor that ruptured and caused her symptoms. At 16+ I didn't think she would survive any surgery and somehow the look in her eyes said she was ready to go. It was a hard decision but I believe the best one for Lady. Lady would have been with us 4 years the first of March. We give thanks for the privilege of having Lady in our lives and the love she gave us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amc Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 How beautiful she is! Bless you for taking Lady Belle in as a senior; I'm sure her last years were filled with loving care. Amy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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grenzehund Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 So glad you were able to share her last years. Run free, beautiful Lady Belle! Susan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WildFlower Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 What a lovely lady. RIP Lady. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pippin's person Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Rest in Peace, dear Lady Belle. Thanks for giving her a loving home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aljones Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 That photo of Lady Belle says it all about her quality of life with you and about how you stood by her through her many medical challenges and gave her a wonderful retirement. Rest in peace, beautiful Lady. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airbear Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 What a gorgeous dog. Run free, Lady. I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sea4th Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Aw, I'm so sorry. Rest easy and sleep well, old girl. At least she went quickly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nellie's Dad Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 So sorry to hear this. Run free Lady Belle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurae Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 So sorry to hear this. Lady was a beautiful dog, and you were lucky to find each other. Clearly you helped make her happy in her last years. Godspeed Lady Belle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue R Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 So sorry to hear that you have had to let her go on without you, but so very grateful that you had each other for the twilight years in her life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rushdoggie Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Beautiful girl! I'm so sorry for your loss... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShoresDog Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Oh my. I have to admit some tears started to fall before I even opened this thread, remembering how you found Lady in such dire condition by the road, brought her home, helped her heal, welcomed her into your family. I'm so glad she had these almost-four years with you. Run free, Lady! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gloria Atwater Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Bless you for giving Lady Belle a loving and happy home, in her twilight years. I know you will miss her. I am sorry for your grief. ~ Gloria Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PSmitty Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Jan just said it best. Mack, I'm so sorry for your loss. You and Belle were blessed to have found each other. Run free, pretty Lady Belle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bcnewe2 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 God Speed Lady Belle Thanks for giving her such a wonderful senior life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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KrisK Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Oh no....I remember Lady Belle's story so well. She was so very fortunate to have found you. She was a beautiful dog...inside and out. Rest easy Lady Belle, You were loved by many who never had the joy of meeting you... We are thinking now of a setter, whose coat was flame in the sunshine, and who, so far as we are aware, never entertained a mean or an unworthy thought. This setter is buried beneath a cherry tree, under four feet of garden loam, and at its proper season the cherry strews petals on the green lawn of his grave. Beneath a cherry tree, or an apple, or any flowering shrub is an excellent place to bury a good dog. Beneath such trees, such shrubs, he slept in the drowsy summer, or gnawed at a flavorous bone, or lifted his head to challenge some intruder. These are good places in life or in death. Yet it is a small matter, and it touches sentiment more than anything else. For if the dog be well remembered, if sometimes he leaps through your dreams actual as in life, eyes kindling, questing, asking, laughing, begging, it matters not at all where that dog sleeps at long and at last. On a hill where the wind is unrebuked, and the trees are roaring, or beside a stream he knew in puppyhood, or somewhere in the flatness of a pasture lane where most exhilarating cattle graze, it is all one to the dog, and all one to you, and nothing is gained, nothing is lost, if memory lives. But there is one best place to bury a dog. One place that is best of all. If you bury him in this spot, the secret of which you must already have, he will come to you when you call - come to you over the grim, dim frontiers of death and down the well remembered path and to your side again. And though you call a dozen living dogs to heel they shall not growl at him, or resent his coming, for he is yours and belongs there. People may scoff at you, who see no lightest blade of grass bent by his footfall, who hear no whimper pitched too fine for mere audition, people who may never really have had a dog. Smile at them, for you shall know something that is hidden from them, and which is well worth the knowing. The one best placewww.bordercollie.org heart of his master. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
urge to herd Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 You did such a wonderful thing for Belle, taking her in and giving her a loving home. I'm sorry for you loss, and grateful that you found each other, and shared these last four years. Rest in peace, Belle. Ruth Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cody & Duchess Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 To all those fools out there who say they do not want a rescue because they are damaged dogs, you have given a wonderful tribute to Lady. She is a beautiful dog and knows that she is loved. Thank you so much for that. Much sympathy to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaryP Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for giving her a loving home during her retirement years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bc friend Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 I remember when Lady first came into your life. Over the years and through your postings, it was obvious that a lovely senior had found a wonderful home for her golden years. My sympathies to you and your family on losing her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BustopherJones Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 I lost a treasured friend today, The little dog who used to lay Her gentle head upon my knee And share her silent thoughts with me... She'll come no longer to my call, Retrieve no more her favorite ball; A voice far greater than my own Has called her to His golden throne. Although my eyes are filled with tears, I thank Him for the happy years He let her spend down here with me And for her love and loyalty. When it is time for me to go And join her there, this much I know... I shall not fear the transient dark For she will greet me with her bark. ~ Author Unknown Vaya con Dios, Lady Belle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dixie_Girl Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 I am so sorry for your loss. Hugs to you and your DW. Such a heart breaking beginning, a wonderful 4 yrs. after, and now your hearts are breaking. I am so glad I got to meet her. I am sure that she knew how much she was cared for. RIP Lady, run free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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