Quick post, since I know you guys will appreciate and empathize in this thread:
Had to put our girl to sleep suddenly last night. Only 8 years old.
Not to be dramatic or exaggerate, but she legit changed our lives. After adopting her in early 2014, the wife and I quickly got into volunteering at dog shelters and fostering dogs. Our first foster dog was a puppy that became our second dog and her "little brother" haha. Wife and I also ended up becoming dog trainers, and we had a side hustle in our house with dog boarding/training. Met tons of people who are friends...because we found this sweet girl at an adoption event one day. She loved all people, especially kids, and was always awesome and patient with our new toddler born in 2020. She even achieved her Canine Good Citizen from AKC!
We figured she'd be around until our son was at least in kindergarten/1st grade, and she and her bonded-pair doggy sibling would grow old and gray-muzzled together. Oh well, it's a shitty situation. We all got ripped off from more time.
Shocked and pretty crushed over here, i can't lie. But she was very loved, and no dog has more pictures or footage of her, except maybe Lassie lol.
You're a good girl,
Bessie !