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| Name: |
Sarah
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Age: |
Ten years old
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| Gender: |
Female |
Breed: |
Keeshond |
| Home: |
Mississippi, USA |
Sarah
is my heart dog. She and I connect on a deeper level than I have
ever had before with any animal. She
is the puppy of our dear departed Nyssa who was our first keeshond. I
helped with Sarah's birth, I saw her first toddling steps, and I was
there when her eyes opened. Sarah is a very special dog. She has a
heart of gold. We move every four years or so with my husband's job and
she always adjusts, never complains and settles in quickly. She has
gone to work with me for most of my career as a Veterinary technician
and never cases any trouble at the office. In fact, she often becomes
the official mascot of what ever hospital we work at. At our last one,
she was on the list of employees as the "Kitten Manager". Her favorite
thing to do is help raise orphaned kittens. Even though she was spayed
at six months and never had a litter of her own, she is willing to take
on any litter of kittens I bring home. She cleans them, plays with
them, tolerates them and loves them. We have a Mohawk Indian Shaman
friend who gave her the official Indian name "Kisses Kittens".
Four years ago she had to have a surgery to remove a non-cancerous tumor
from her parathyroid gland. Three months ago, she had to undergo the
same surgery for the other side of her throat. As a result of the two
surgeries her Larynx became paralyzed and she started to strangle. At
this time she is up at the Vet school at MS State. She had surgery to
tie back one side of her larynx so she can breath on Friday, but it
wasn't enough. They had to put in a Pharangostomy tube and redo the
surgery Tuesday. My poor old sweetheart has been through so much. She
has given of herself to comfort me when I had cancer, she has given love
and comfort to baby kittens who would have died otherwise, and she has
suffered quietly through her own surgeries. She is truly a gift from
God.
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