[Dailydrool] Holly Da Dolly

[Pamela McQuade via Dailydrool]

Holly Da Dolly, June 15, 2000-May 29, 2015

It is with deep sorrow that I share that Holly slipped into he arms of 
her Creator this afternoon, following what was either a stroke or 
pulmonary embolism. I had gone out to buy some foods to tempt her 
appetite. When I came home, I found her collapsed on our dining room 
floor. Drew rushed home to help me take her to the vet. There was really 
nothing more that could have been done.

Holly will be much missed by her humans and Horton, who I believe saw 
her as his mama. Dexter may be glad not to have his nose nipped, but I'm 
sure he did not wish his sister anything but good. There is a large 
space left in our home and hearts today. As a pack leader (of the real 
kind) she ruled with an iron paw, and we will miss having her in charge.

We are thankful to have shared three years of her life and only wish 
that she could have stayed longer.

Holly came into rescue when her humans were moving and did not want to 
deal with her health issues. She was borderline with Cushing's disease, 
and they glibly told me they did not think it was fair to make her 
travel all that way (I would have stopped every hour to let her pee 
before I gave her up, but that was too big an inconvenience, I guess). 
She definitely had it better here.

Holly came to us at age eleven, the same age her almost-look-alike 
Alexis Grace left us. I always thought of her as God's way of letting me 
have the years I'd never been able to share with Alexis, who had come 
from even worse circumstances. I wanted Lex to stay with us for many 
years and enjoy all the things she'd missed out on in a home that did 
not care well for her. Having Holly healed the hurt that I could not do 
that.

We know that she was much loved and will be greatly missed.

Pam, food slave to the Dashing Bassets, who have one more heavenly hound