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<DIV>On Monday morning Fonda went to the rainbow bridge. We do not know Fonda's age, she was a rescue, a sweet older girl, probably a basset and cocker mix. Fonda had a basset body, the fur of a cocker ( tons and tons of soft hair), and the sweet expression of the cocker spaniel. She died the same day as our Emma (08/11/06), and Emma is the reason she was with us. To honor Emma's memory, we decided to foster 2 older hounds and Alexa sent us Fonda and Buster. We already had four dogs of our own, so Fonda and Buster made six. At this time we still hoped that someone would come forward and adopt these 2 wonderful older guys, but noone ever expressed any interest, so Fonda and Buster became ours. I can only say it was a privilege to be able to give Fonda a home for the past 2 years. She had the best of food and medicine we could give her, a huge yard, her own personal recliner, doggie brothers and sisters, and as much love as we could give. Of course, with 6 needy dogs (all rescues), there never seems to be enough attention for each one to go around. During the past few months, Fonda deteriorated. She had serious eye problems requiring 3 different medications twice daily, constant skin rashes, hearing loss, a heart murmur and most serious of all, doggie dementia. Fonda no longer knew where she was and would pace for hours crying. While we could ameliate some of these conditions, we could not cure them, Fonda was just old and her body and mind were giving out. So we made the decision, always so hard, to send her to the bridge. Her suffering is over, but our grief has just started. To honor Fonda, we ask that anyone reading this post who has the room and time, would consider adopting or fostering one of these older hounds who otherwise will not have a home - you will get back much more than you will be giving.</DIV>
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