The Many Styles of Lucy

This report from our friend Lucy's Human:

 

As many of you know, we recently went through a rough spell with Lucy and allergies.  One trip to the vet, $150, and 3 different prescriptions, and Lucy is on the mend.  But, we've had to make some adjustments.  Lucy no longer goes outside without some type of protection between her beautiful spotted little belly and the grass- because that was the root of the problem.  So, every day, Lucy gets to pick out a new t-shirt!  I was sharing mine with her, but they seemed a little constrictive, so now she's borrowing Daddy's t-shirts.  I think she kinda likes her new look.

Of course, all of this is not without it's challenges, Daddy's t-shirts are a bit on the long side and her little wiggle bum gets stuck in them, so I've had to figure out a way to keep her little butt wiggling.  So, several times a day, she comes to me to be tied back up!  One good knot on her back and she's ready to wiggle again!

The t-shirts have given her rash a chance to heal, and she's no longer being exposed to the grass!  See there is a creative solution to everything, which is what boxer parenting is all about!  Where there is a will there is a way!

 

 

Remembering Hope (part II)

Here are the last of Hope's memorial photos.

Life was not too hard on her

She was always right there to offer kisses

She could even perform her imitation of "ET"

She was in heaven as a "lap dog"

This is the very last photo taken of our "Little Dog"

Remembering Hope (part I)

We recently received one of those sad emails on the BML. The ones that announce that one of own has gone on ahead, to wherever your particular beliefs assign. Shortly after that I received some photos of Hope asking that I post them in her memory. What follows are the words of Hope's "mom" and the first of those photos.

Her AKC name was Hope Springs Eternal however to us she was "Little Dog".  She bounded into our lives one winter evening in February 2005 at the age of 8 weeks and our lives have never been the same.  She brought back sunshine and laughter into our lives during a bleak period thus her name Hope.  She knew she was the queen of the universe and that the world revolved around her but she was kind to her subjects as they bestowed countless hugs and kisses through the years of her reign.  Even in the end, when the awful cancer had consumed her body and she was in pain, she bestowed final kisses on us to let us know it was okay.  She left us way to soon and there will forever be a big hole in our hearts and lives that can never be filled.

                  Hope aka "Little Dog"
December 21, 2004 - October 12, 2012

She came to live with us in February 2005

She lived every second of her life with "Joie de Vivre"

Although mischievous at times she knew there was always going to be a present for her

She matured into a beautiful boxer lady