RIP Ginger

[electricland]

... my cousins' dog, 17 years old and in failing health, was put down last night. She got a reprieve Thursday night when the power was cut, but no call from the governor last night. She and her brother Fred (who died a few years ago) were sweet, yappy, lively, maddening little dogs who never quite mastered the art of house-training. I remember J and I doing our level best to train them at the cottage the summer I was 12. I also remember waking up in the sofa bed when I'd slept over to find one in front of me and one in the crook of my knees, effectively immobilizing me. My dog, Brandy, was two years younger than them and always held them in great respect despite being four times their size; they used to play tag at the cottage, Brandy running just fast enough to keep ahead of the dachshunds around and around the cottage.

Good times.

Comments

[pariah-ink.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, their amazing ability to make sure you don't get up until they let you. If you were really unlucky, it would be Ginger behind your knees on top of the covers, and Fred in front under the covers, so you couldn't try moving over them, or moving the covers.

When they gave her the relaxant prior to being put down she looked more comfortable and relaxed than she had in years.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I know, you guys did the right thing for her. But I'll miss her.

It's never easy... I was kind of hoping she'd beat the vet like Fred did!

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

Ginger was the kind of dog that gave all other small dogs a bad name and she was damn proud of it. She had more personality than almost any two dogs that I've ever known. Between the couch of eating and the dogs of immobilizing Mike's house was somewhat hard to leave some days :)

It just won't seem the same over there without the minefield in the dining room but I think she had a very long and relatively happy life... so stuff and stuff.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Here's to obstreperous little dogs!

[scapersuse.livejournal.com]

*Sniff* Poor Ginger. :*(

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Yup. *sniff*