I walked Snowy to the bridge this morning. She's been struggling so much this week with weakness in her hind legs, her effects from the stroke & life just was not fun anymore.
She rode with me in the front seat of the car, looking out on the way. I brought along some treats & gave them to her as we whispered our love yous. Even at the vet, he gave her a couple of Bil Jacs...
He gave her a shot to relax her, a sleepy shot he called it. Then she drifted off to sleep with the 2nd shot.
She will be buried next to Pegasus tonight.
Rc's Snowy - August 12, 1994 - May 29, 2008

Hilda I am so sorry for your loss and remember that Snowy is racing with the wind with all of our Bridge Angels. Everysince you cantacted me this morning I have been crying and grieving with you.



On Judgement day Hilda all of your Bridge Angels are going to be in front of that line and in one voice sing praises to you for all the wonderful care you gave them.

Love '


Beryl

Hilda, I am so sorry for your loss. I can't even see to type.

Run Free And Fast Snowy

It seems as if when someone here on EG loses a pet I feel like I have lost one of my own. We grow so close to each other and know so much about everyones pets that when one goes to the bridge we feel the painful loss as if they were own own.

I am so sorry for your loss of Snowy. I am sure Zeus and Annie met Snowy at the bridge and they are playing, running free.
I do feel like Beryl said, I feel the loss too.

Run Free Sweet Angel Baby.

Snowy8 , I don't have words. Snowy felt like family, I hope you find comfort knowing you were with her as she crossed.
I'm so sorry ,

Hilda, I can't stop crying. I am so sorry. My heart is breaking right along
with yours. Hang in there, we're all here for you if you need us.

I'm so sorry Hilda. I didn't think i would start crying over this but i am. So sorry for your loss.

Hilda, I'm so very sorry for your loss. I can't see to type. to you, and run free sweet Snowy.

Oh, Snowy girl, Godspeed on the next step in the journey.



I'm so sorry, Hilda.

Ya'll are so sweet. I feel the same way, I will be reading a funny story about someone's grey & feel like I was there too. Then when I read something sad, it just tears my heart out.
Today, this morning, was very intimate. It was just me, Dr Blackburn & Snowy. It was very quiet, he whispered as he did things with her. She laid quietly as if she was totally ready to leave.
Ironically too, the place we laid her was where she had laid both times she had the strokes...it wasn't in the same room as where Dear had crossed.
The others have been clingy today, which is normal. We took a nap & it was restful...I don't feel tired much. I'm going to get in here & feed....that will feel strange. I still have nearly a full bag of the Purina One, so I'm going to go ahead & mix it in with the Pedigree, there's more Pedigree so it should mix in well...
Strangely Snowy never had a tummy problem when I switched her from Pedigree to Purina One.
She was such a fighter...it was so heart breaking to see her down like that. She was cute though when she took her Bil Jac this morning & bit it in 1/2, ate one bite, then ate the other.
I miss my sassy ole girl.

I am sure you will Hilda and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Here I go crying again. Your in my thoughts and prayers Hilda. I have never had to do this and I know it's hard but I'm not sure I could do it, I feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

I have been crying since Hilda told me this am and even had Dave a little weepy eyed. All I have to say is that Hilda was being humane to let her go. Snowy is at the Bridge having a good old time and racing the wind, she has healed from all her injuries and of course old age.

I wish that there were words that could take the hurt away...They give us so much joy while they are with us. This joy is so much more than the hurt of having to say goodbye. Thank you Hilda, for sharing Snowy with us and making her a familiar and much loved part of our lives. I will truly miss the "Snowy stories" . Your EG friends and hounds are the family you get to pick and your family is here with you now...

L.

Words can not express how sorry I am for your loss. As someone said the loss of Snowy feels like a loss of one of my own. I have loved seeing the pictures of your beautiful girl and reading the wonderful stories. She is now running free at the bridge met by many who have gone before her, what fun they will be having.
I send prayers and hugs for you.

Again I am sorry for your loss.
Tara

Ya'll are so sweet.
Its not an easy thing to do, no matter whether its cancer or old age. I think I've known for a long time that our time was going to be short. I've been watching her for signs...one day though she'd be down in the hip, then the next moment she was barreling out the back door. Jumping on the futon or my bed. I think it was Monday, she jumped on the futon for her dinner.
But Wednesday...when I came home & she was sitting on the kitchen floor, I knew then...it was my biggest fear that she would fall & not be able to get up & she was struggling. When I helped her up though, she tried to trot outside...she waivered...then went on. She even stopped that night to eat some cat krispies that Jjetz had left in the backyard. I yelled at all 3 of the girls to drop it right now! Snowy quickly spit hers out & started for the door. But then later, when I went to help her outside, she couldn't stand. So it went back & forth.
Thursday morning when she woke me up at 4am...I knew then...it was time. She gave up when she'd struggle to stand...she couldn't stand Wednesday night to eat her dinner, even after going outside. So it was a go, no go all the time.
Thursday morning though...when she just stopped trying to get up...it was a sign.
Even at the vet's, she didn't struggle to stand up. When they brought her into the room, she just quietly laid there on the comforter. It was like she was ready.
I had really wanted her to make it to her 14th birthday in August...but it was more important for her to be comfortable. Now she's pain free, hurt free, back to her 62 lbs racing weight & no broken hock. She's reunited with Pegasus Bool Brogan Racer Dear Buycut & Sadie-Grey & that pesty little Bones...

You have been on my mind today Hilda.

Hilda, I just got on this thread and learned that you lost Snowy. I'm so sorry! I am in tears at your loss. I know that Apache will be there on the welcoming committee at the Rainbow Bridge. Losing these precious hounds is so painful and it's only by having the help from friends that we get by. Hugs from a friend.

I am so sorry for your lost, Hilda. I know what you are going though. Snowy is at peace and is pain free, running and playing with all the other dogs and cats, including my Toby. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. No matter how many times we say good bye to our fur babies, it never gets any easier. I'm sure that Snowy will be sending you another greyhound to you to love and take care of. Take care.

Just checking in Hilda, to see how you are doing. The first couple of weeks seem to be the hardest sometimes. Too many things are out of place in the world without the familiar hound in her familiar place. Your Miami family is thinking about you and holding you close.

L.

Ya'll are so sweet & so thoughtful. The first night after I got home from her burial, it was very strange...there was a hollow spot the house. Especially when I opened the laundry room door & there stood only 4 pups & a big space between Pipi-Francine & Gabby where Snowy used to stand.
Gabby walked the floor looking for her after I went to bed & that was heart wrenching...but last night she didn't.
Today, Gabby is stretched out across the middle of the futon where Snowy usually slept on Saturdays.
Since her stroke in November, Snowy Gabby & Pipi had formed a close friendship, the 3 of them went outside together. And when she had her 2nd stroke, it was Pipi who alarmed me that something was wrong.
I know that when she crossed the bridge, there were so many pups & kitties, horses that met her there....there's no pain, plenty of fluffy futons & lots of goodies (other than cat krispies) to snack on.

I got my yellow butterfly today at lunch. I was driving along, I had stopped somewhere in the shade to eat my McDonalds & on the way back I passed this cleared off place & there it was....that was my sign she's okay.

Yesterday I saw another yellow butterfly this time in the front of the house

Hilda the two yellow butterflies I told you about were the first ones I saw this year..

Ohmygosh...she knew you loved her...

Maybe she came by to thank me

I just got on the board and learned of your loss. I am so sorry you lost your beloved grey. Just hoping you are doing okay, my prayers are with you.

I've been thinking about you Hilda, all day, on and off, as I moved through the ICU taking care of business. My thoughts ranged from "I hope she is feeling better" to "this must be so hard for her" to "how can I fix this?". It seems like a dream sometimes when we lose one so special in our lives. Its like the world tilts a little and everything is still somewhat off-kilter. It wasn't until I got to my car to drive home in the "peace and quiet" (What?!!, am I nuts??, there is no quiet in the revenge and freeform traffic that is Miami) that I realized that there wasn't much that I could DO to make you feel better but that your healing would come with time. I spend my working hours trying to do this for people with broken parts. We cant fix a broken heart where I work even though we can fix most everything else. So if I cant fix it, I will share it with you as will, I'm sure, the rest of the wonderful friends that you have on this board. We will continue to hold you and Snowy close to us until the pain goes away and is replaced by the memories that quiet our crying heart. Thinking of you and hoping that you are feeling better today. Missing Snowy..

I'm so sorry for your loss. Your love and kindness for Snowy will be rewarded in heaven.
Snowy will be waiting for you. Until you meet again, may God bless.

With sympathy
F.D.

Aww...thank you...
Last night I was reading an email someone sent me. A woman I knew was found murdered in her home Wednesday night. She had been strangled, her car was stolen, some credit cards. She had 9 greyhounds. I met Becky about 6 years ago when I took Snowy to the hospital where she was the "event coordinator" for the hospice floor. She applied for adoption of a greyhound named Wubba. She liked Snowy...and pretended Snowy & Wubba were getting married....Snowy left him at the alter.
When Snowy died May 29, I thought of Becky because she called Snowy, Snoweesha because I used to polish Snowy's toenails blue .
Well hearing about Becky's death last night, then seeing it on the news...I couldn't help but think about Snowy again. I think about her all the time & I miss her really bad. But I'm at that stage in her death where I can't help but smile & laugh at her memory. She could be such a hoot.
She was such a fighter...at 4 yrs old, she broke her hock so terribly that the track vet was ready with a needle when they brought her off the track. Her trainer said no, took her to his kennel & they set her leg right there. The next morning she had surgery. She ended up having 3 surgeries. Her owners, Clayton & Rosie had hoped to keep her for breeding, she had such a good pedigree & she was a "rare" color.
In the meantime she was spoiled rotten. Once she was able to walk...and the cast were off, Robert took her walking at night after all the races were done. But the leg just couldn't hold any extra weight & they decided to put her up for adoption instead. She was only at the adoption kennel 2 weeks when I got her.
In the 9 years we were together, this was the only time she got sick. That stupid stroke in November.
She had an ear hematoma that she acted like wasn't even there. Then BuyCut bit her in the face & she wanted her dinner before we went to the vet. Nothing got her down.
Last night...a friend of mine wrote & told me 2 of her dogs were shaking because of the storm...I wrote What storm? About that time I heard thunder...no one was walking the floor...I had no idea.
No one wakes me up at 5:30 anymore either.

Snowy,

Duke will show you around.


Hilda, you are in my prayers.