[Dailydrool] Elwood ATB

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This morning at 10:30 EDT my sweet Ellybelly joined Spanky and Sonny ATB.  
Also welcoming him are Buster, Rascal, Rufus and Snuggles. 
Elwood was my first foster and of course I failed. I picked him up the  
Friday after Thanksgiving 2001 and on the ride home, I looked at this funny  
looking basset curled up on the front seat and told him if no one adopted him 
by  Christmas, he would be my present that year. The first night he lay on 
the floor  while Spanky and I sat on the sofa and when I patted the cushion 
he got  right up. Three nights later, he came over and laid his chin on my 
leg and I was  hooked. We made  it official on 1/1/2002. Elly was always a  
quiet dog, no frantic barking and greeting me calmly at the  door. He  went to 
TriState events, liked to take long strolls in  the woods stopping  to mark 
everything, and snuggling at my feet on the bed. He endured multiple  
fosters with good manners but always kept to himself. A few years ago, he lost  
an eye to glaucoma and 18 months later the other eye. Blindness didn't faze 
him  at all. He bumped into things but knew how to find the back door and his 
bowl.  In the  past couple of years, he spent most of his time sleeping 
near me.  In my bedroom he has a bed, a  quilt and a comforter which he would 
choose  and rearrange them until he was comfy. 
At the vet today  he weighed 33 lbs down 12 since  March despite  the fact  
that I had been feeding him extra. His heart was fine and  the vet could 
find no masses but we both knew that some type of cancer had to be  inside 
him. Rather than put him thru tests for treatment he would never survive  and I 
 couldn't let him starve to death, I made the decision to say good  bye to 
my buddyboy. I wrapped him in  a blanket and held him on my lap  while Dr. 
Robyn eased him to the Bridge. My candle will be lit once more  tonight.
Kathy with Crackers and Loki
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