Sad Day

Today I started out feeling refreshed and ready for a new week with a new outlook on our wait. I found my peace over the weekend and was feeling great! Riley and I went to Frank's and Whole Foods like we always do on Mondays to do our grocery shopping and have lunch with my dad. We got home and I walked in the back door with 5 bags hanging from my arms. When I walked in I was greeted by my dog Sammy and our other dog Aston was laying on the floor in the laundry room not moving and her eyes were open. Not what I wanted to come home to. I was in shock. I called my husband crying and told Riley to wait outside. I couldn't believe it, and poor Sammy was just laying on the floor looking at her. You could tell that he didn't understand what was going on. I called my in laws and they thankfully were already on their way over. My Father in law wrapped her in a blanket and bags and we buried her in the back yard with her tennis ball. It was really sad. She was a month away from turning 11 yrs old. She has been through a lot. When she was just a baby, she was run over by a Cadillac and had to have one of her back legs shortened and a pin put in. Then the next year she got some sort of stomach virus and was on an IV and was really sick. Over the last few years she has lost half her body weight and hasn't been eating . I had recently switched her to wet food just a few days ago to see if maybe she would eat that with her dry food. We shave both of our Shelties because they shed A LOT! Her hair stopped growing back in certain spots and she looked really bad, like a stray dog. I was hoping that by getting her to eat more, maybe her hair would start coming back. She was fine yesterday, chasing the ball and barking up a storm as usual. But this morning I guess she was a little off. She didn't rush to the door to go out like she usually does , but she was eating her dry food when we left which was unusual. I told her she was a good girl. At least she got a bath last week and was clean and fluffy. Poor little Aston. We will miss you and so will Sammy. RIP