Well, that is sad but as you said, this new leading Lady is going to make it all worthwhile. Who knows, Ivy may really enjoy being a pet dog with this family of children and animals. But her physical problems and pain will eventually take over as she ages, and then decisions will have to be made. But for awhile she will hopefully enjoy her new family. Lora
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberta Hall" <amah...@frontiernet.net> To: <RecipesAndMore@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:22 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Alberta ... Lora > > Lora, Ivy had too many problems both physical and emotional that just > couldn't be worked with. She had something wrong where she couldn't > put pressure on her front right foot and her back sometimes swelled > up making it look like a camel hump. She would shift in harness and > whimper or really yipe. She equated work and pain and me and > resented me. Towards the end she would walk the other way when > called or go into another room refusing to go outside. She was a sad > dog and never was really happy. I could probably go on and on but > don't want to take up list space and time. Let's just say she was > overly stressful. The word "no" meant absolutely nothing to her and > she was also too strong for me. > Well, that's over and a new chapter has been opened. Lady is just > awesomeand today was no exception. We had traffic checks and worked > at a local mall. She did absolutely terrific. > I have a sore throat and chest congestion so going to get a mug of > ice and water, take the little leading Lady out and go to bed > early. Tomorrow is puppy raiser day and hers are coming. Sunday I > may be going out with Ivy's raiser which should be fun. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
