I have been debating about posting these pictures, and telling this story because It's a sad one. I figure I use this blog as our family journal, and since she was a part of our family, she deserveses a post.
A few weeks ago while the kids and I were in Vegas visiting Carson. Cory called and told me that Shorty was blind. I was thinking "well, she wasn't blind yesterday." Well we came home and I saw with my own eyes that yes, indeed she was blind. It was so sad to see her stumbling out of her kennel, and running into everything. She knew who we were, and she didn't look like she was in any kind of pain so we just watched her for a week or so while we were deciding what to do. Well over the week we watched he drop weight like crazy. She has always been a really good eater, so it worried us. In our hearts we knew that something was wrong. In the next few days she stopped and eating and drinking. Then, right before we made the decision to put her down Cory felt a lump in her throat that wasn't there before. The next day the lump had grown almost to the size of a softball:( It was such a hard decision to make, but we know it was the right thing to do. I feel like the last few days of her life she was suffering. We loved Shorty so much, and she was such a good dog. She loved Cash and Charley and was such a good protector for them. With her in the backyard there was always a sense of security. She will definitely be missed.
