All Dogs Go to Heaven

It's been a hard day today, Shasta went to heaven :( To make it even more hard, I'm in New York this week for work and wasn't expecting it to happen this week. She's almost 14 so she was an old girl. They think on Wednesday morning she had a stroke, because she woke up panting, started throwing up and then was unable to stand. My mom and dad took her to the vet and gave her a few shots to see if she got better. If not, it was decided we would put her down because she had no quality of life. When she didn't improve they decided to take her in today. She couldn't stand and could barely move her head. So at 9am today, they took her and we let her go. Now she's running free and not in any pain anymore.

Probably one of the hardest things in the world when you own a pet is to let them go, I guess like anyone. But they're always so loyal and loving, no matter what that tail always wagged when I came home. Since I was 13, when we got her, she was just a little fur ball of love and compassion. Such a good dog she was, losing a family member is always hard! Since I've been in New York since tuesday, my parents have been keeping Tuck. Hopefully that doesn't make it worse, but I guess he's been a really good boy. He sensed something was wrong and has been laying by Shasta. I wonder if maybe, they could talk to each other, and Shasta told him to "take care of her family for her". That's what I'm going to think, that she knew how bad she was and now it was Tuck's time to take over. I just wish I had both pups here to snuggle with me, kinda hard being in a hotel room all by yourself when things like this happen. Can't wait to get home! It's been hard getting all the texts about her while I'm sitting here with all of our customers, trying as hard as possible to not cry and break down. I was able to skype last night with my mom and see Shasta one last time and be able to say my goodbye's to her. Nic gave her a kiss for me, so it was like I was there to say goodbye. Maybe it was a blessing it happened out here, would have made it 10 times worse to probably be there.

Shasta may be gone now, but the place in our family never will be, she will be missed! Love you Shep have a fun running around in Heaven chasing all those balls and bunnies and chewing all the rawhide bones you can, I'll see you again one day!