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IN MEMORY OF GINGER...

HERE SHE WAS, MELLOW GINGER. ORIGINAL SHELTER RESCUE, PLACED AND RETURNED A YEAR LATER BECAUSE SHE WAS THROWING UP MESSING UP THE APARTMENT. NONCHALANTLY DROPPED OFF BY THE OWNER AT OUR KENNEL AND NOT EVEN A GOOD-BY. WE ALSO NOTICED SHE WAS A LITTLE THIN AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE HER FOR A VET VISIT... WHICH TURNED INTO A HOSPITAL STAY; A THOROUGH EXAMINATION & BLOOD WORK REVEALED THE POSSIBILITY OF LEUKEMIA... A BONE MARROW TEST FOLLOWED AND CONFIRMED. THIS LITTLE GIRL WENT DOWNHILL SO QUICKLY THAT AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT COULD NOT BE STARTED AND THE VET THOUGHT IT WAS KINDER TO LET HER GO .... NOT TO PROLONG SUFFERING, SHE COULDN'T HOLD ANY FOOD DOWN .... IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO GIVE UP, BUT WHEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE GOES IT JUST ISN'T FAIR TO PROLONG LIFE AT THE COST OF SUFFERING (WITH NO REAL CURE IN SIGHT). I PICKED GINGER UP FOR ONE NIGHT OF LOVING AND CARING AND TOOK HER BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR A PEACEFUL SHOT AT THE VET... ANOTHER KIND DEED ALL OF US COMPASSIONATE RESCUERS ARE PAYING BACK .... WHO EVER SAID LIFE, AS A RESCUER IS EASY? BUT THESE BELOVED BOXERS TEACH YOU A LOT! THEY NEVER COMPLAIN, SUFFER IN SILENCE AND LICK YOUR FACE WITH THE LAST BREATH OF THEIR LIVES... Ursula / a longtime, compassionate rescuer ....