Unknown - 17/07/20
Human family: Keith
Photo(s) of Daisy (1)

Daisy

I rescued Daisy in 2006. Late one afternoon I was out driving and turned down a side street. I slowed down when passing a police car and glanced over as I passed by, I saw someone holding down a small white dog. Something about the dog stayed with me that night and I decided to call veterinarians the next morning. The second one I called had her and told me she had a broken leg and head wound. Her then owner did not want her and was going to have her put to sleep. I stopped them and paid her bills and she was signed over to me. Daisy did not end up just taking a piece of my heart over the years she took all of it. The last few years have not been easy on her. She ended up with arthritis in both front legs, I guess from all of her running and jumping. I built ramps for her to get on the couch and the bed, I did everything I could to give her the freedom and ability to do things. I took her to laser therapy 3 times a week for the arthritis. Every morning I picked her up and carried her down the stairs to the backyard, I sat on the steps and waited on her to do what she wanted. If it was raining I wore a rain coat and held the umbrella over her. When I would go to pick her up she would jump up a little with her front legs to help me. She knew she could not jump out of my suv so she would walk into my arms and I would put her on the ground. She had to be with me at all times and slept next to me her whole life. When she was younger and I would sit in the recliner she would walk along the back of the couch and lay on the arm rest. I attached one of the pictures of her doing that. She would sleep there and just watch me. I usually ended up moving her to the recliner with me where she would fall asleep in my lap. When I would get home from work she would greet me at the basement door, always so happy to see me. She loved to lay on the back of the couch and look out the window all day, I even tinted the windows to protect her eyes. She did not like to have her picture taken and would sometimes turn her head away. If there was a clicking or flash it scared her and she would start shaking. She was afraid of storms and fireworks. I have had other dogs in my life but she was different, there was something very special about her. The whole 14 years I had her she never growled at me or the vet, she just wagged her tail and was always happy. She loved to bark and she had a different bark for whatever she saw. I would always know if it was someone or another animal. I miss her so much. I talk to her pictures and box if ashes next to my bed several times a day. Losing her was the hardest thing I have ever been through. I did my best to keep her safe and protected. I was so scared for her when I got the news she was not going to make it. My life has felt so empty without her in it. I do not even know how many times a day I cry when I think about her. Some little memory of something she did and there I will go crying again. I would have done anything and given anything to make her better. She did not deserve to be in pain and it hurt me that she was. I loved Daisy with all of my heart. I pray for her to be safe, protected and loved every day. If I am seeing things that is okay but several mornings I have woken to see her sitting on the bed watching me. I have seen her out of the corner of my eye walk into the living room. I felt her touch her nose to the back of my leg when I was in the kitchen. She would do that to let me know she wanted to treat. I never thought about my life with her. Everything happened so fast with her passing, I had no time to think. I was so devastated and heartbroken. I also pray every night to please let me be with Daisy when I die. She was my world and I feel so lonely without her. It's not the same sleeping in the bed without her next to me. Coming home is not the same now. My house does not feel the same. I bought this house because of the big back yard and it's very close to work. I thought about her in everything I have done over the last 14 years. If I went anywhere over and hour she went with me. I always made sure I had a jug of water and food. I did not care if I went hungry but she was not going to do without. I am so scared because she had separation anxiety when I was away from her and I felt the same way. Now I am here alone and all I can do is pray she is safe. I hope she is okay. I do not care what happens to me I just want Daisy to be okay.

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