[Dailydrool] Willow ATB 2/4/2012

[Wendie Prince]

Willow lost her battle with lymphoma this afternoon.   Willow had been
fighting this for a couple of months,  we opted to do only palliative care
since Willow was close to being 16yrs old.  Our girl is free from her
ailments now and from some of the demons that earned her the nickname of
Willow Beast.

Despite her grumpiness, she was loved very deeply by Pat and myself.  She
grew on us, and as we learned what her triggers were with the other hounds,
her grumps became much more manageable.  I am pretty certain though, she
made a few visitors more than concerned as we would have to pick her up out
of a fight and take her for a time out. 

Up until a couple of months ago, when I would go to kiss her on her face,
she would usually put her paw up, just as I was about to kiss her, pushing
me away.  It was our little game,  for me to try and miss her big paw.  I
truly think she enjoyed when I did this.  Lately though, she was not doing
that,  she was letting us hug on her and kiss her.  It was really after that
change in her play behavior with me, I knew we were on the downslide to this
day. 

Fly free sweet Willow!  You tried so hard to hide that sweetness, but both
of us knew it was inside you all along. 

 

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