Jimmy Mouse
My other car is the Monorail
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2017
I lost my sweet Dixie Belle and we are all heartbroken. We have had her for 14 years. My 2 girls (6 and 8) have known her all of their lives so it was especially hard on them. Dixie Belle developed an enlarged heart a few months ago and we put her on medication and she was doing so good! Sunday 4/12 we had a normal day. She laid beside me on the couch as she always does, alerted me when she had to go potty, begged for food when we ate dinner etc. Around 9 pm she went down her steps from the couch and let me know she needed to go out. I let her out, waited for her, she came in, had her treat and came back to the couch. The only difference this time is she didn't want to go up her stairs so I picked her up, she dug in the blanket on the couch and laid down. A few hours later I told her it was bed time and called her to go out once more and she wouldn't get up. I picked her up, she walked slow but went out and did her business but when she came back she didn't want her treat. She just stopped and laid down on the kitchen floor. I got my wife and we couldn't get Dixie to do anything so I carried her upstairs and laid her in her doggy bed. I didn't sleep at all as I kept checking on her. She was breathing and gave me the occasional lick on my hand when I touched her but she didn't get up all night. About 5 am she started barking, a painful sounding bark. We comforted her until our vet opened and our girls laid in the floor with their iPad and watched Disney Junior with her. It was her favorite thing to do. When the vet called us back and told us to bring her in, I knew it was goodbye. I carried her to the car and she was limp and barely breathing. She died at the vet before the doctor could give her the shot. We had a private cremation done and I picked up her remains today. It has been a very hard week.
My Dixie Belle....
My Dixie Belle....