SUZY, LIKE HER MOM ANNIE, LOVED THE OUT DOORS AND LOVED TO BARK JUST TO HEAR HERSELF AND TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN SHE WAS ALWAYS WITH HER MOTHER UNTIL ANNIE GOT SO SICK THAT SHE COULD NOT HANDLE HER BOUNCY BEHAVIOR.  SUZY MISSED HER MOM DEARLY AND WAS VERY LONELY. IN LATE MARCH (2006) SUZY WASN'T ABLE TO GET AROUND NORMALLY AND OFF TO THE VET WE WENT WITH CHECK BOOK IN HAND. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT AT THE TIME, WHAT LIMITED TIME I WOULD HAVE WITH HER.  THE X-RAY SHOWED A GROWTH ON THE SPLEEN WITH INTERNAL BLEEDING. YOGEY BEING HIS GOOFY SELF WAS SUCH A GOOD SPORT AND GAVE BLOOD FOR SUZY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION. THE PLAN WAS TO STABILIZE HER AND THEN GO IN AND REMOVE THE SPLEEN. WITH IN 24 HOURS SUZY HAD OTHER IDEAS HER KIDNEYS AND LIVER WERE FAILING FAST. AS THE VET GAVE ME THE NEWS AND I BEGAN TO CRY SUZY LOOKED UP AT ME AND LICKED THE TEARS AWAY. SHOWING ME THAT SHE WAS JUST AS BRAVE AS HER MOTHER ANNIE. WE SPENT 2 MORE DAYS TOGETHER HAVING MANY TALKS AND SAYING ALL I EVER WANTED TO SAY. JUST AS PEACEFULLY AS HER MOM SHE CLOSED HER EYES. HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN HER DAUGHTER SEAHLEA. THE PICTURE BELOW IS OF THE LAST DAY OF HER LIFE. ENJOYING THE SUN AND WATCHING THE BIRDS FLY BY. THANK YOU SUZY FOR THE 11 YEARS I GOT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I LOVE YOU SUZY UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

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