[Dailydrool] Daizey Doozer Byers - long

[Tammara Byers]

We adopted Doozer from Pat at WABR in March of 2002,  she was at 
Petsmart that Saturday in hopes of being adopted,  she was scared silly 
and oh so cute,  Pat suggested maybe we foster her for a while and see 
how things go,  yeah, right,  we filled out the papers in a couple of 
days and she was all ours.
She was 10 months old and had come from an abusive home,  afraid of 
almost everything and everyone.
Eventually she came out of her shell,  but if you weren't in our home on 
a regular basis she would growl as she backed away from you with her 
rump on the ground!! She would eventually come to you after you sat down 
and things were calm.
She always had joint problems,  and we would have to keep her quiet and 
put her on meds for a few days until she was better,  but on the 11th 
she went down in the rear and her left leg was hanging up next to her 
side,  and off to the vet we went,  he diagnosed degenerative disc 
disease,  but the rimadyl wasn't working so on the 17th we went to Pat's 
vet in Spokane.
He agreed with the diagnosis but changed her meds to prednisone, a 
muscle relaxer and a pain reliever,  with decreasing doses over time, no 
change at all after 4 days, the vet said give her 10 days and if no 
change than there probably wouldn't be one,  he believed she probably 
had a tumor wrapped around a disc somewhere with the way her left rear 
leg was hanging up.
By Sunday the 27th I knew we had to let her go, she wasn't getting 
better and was losing muscle mass, we carried her everywhere because she 
couldn't walk.
We took her to our local vet on Monday and she went quickly, I know she 
was tired and ready to let go, but as is always the case,  we are the 
ones who aren't ready.
She was my lap dog, my bell hound,  she loved to talk to you with cute 
little grunting sounds, and she would wag her tail like crazy but her 
tail was always down, as though she was still somewhat fearful.
Seven years was not nearly enough, but I am so grateful for what we had 
in that time,  Doo was only eight years old,  but for 7 of those all she 
knew was a warm home, plenty of food and treats and the knowledge that 
she was safe and loved dearly and unconditionally.
I know you are free of pain now Doozer, and I know someday we will be 
together again, and you can sit on my lap and tell me about your day, 
and I can hold you close and rub those soft ears again.
Mommy loves you,
Tammara
forever momma to Freckles and Harley D
Murphy, ATB 5-9-9
Daizey Doo ATB 12-28-9
Douglas ATB 4-25-06
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