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our girl, Annie

Sorry my picture is so dark. Annie is almost fifteen and is blind in one eye, can't hear very well, forgets that she is in the house sometimes, wakes up from her nap, walks in front of the tv, pees a long stream across our hardwood floors and then comes over to us for a pat. Our younger Annie would never have done this. On bad days she walks with a limp and sleeps alot and on good days she still manages to chase squirrels. We know the day is approaching, that it isn't too far off and we are hoping that it will not be our decision to make, that Annie will simply fall to sleep one night and not wake up. I am hoping when she is ready that she just runs off somewhere to chase all the squirrels she wants on younger legs.

posted by mary j. @ 9:13 AM