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RIPMyLittleCase · 02-19-2009, 07:18 AM

Hi everyone. My name is Jenny and my little Yorkie girl was Casey. We rescued her from the street. I was on my way home from work one morning in 2005 when I spotted this adorable little Yorkie walking down my sidewalk. She followed me right into our garage. She had a collar but no tags. I brought her inside and got her some water. I let her wander around my back yard which is fenced with my Dachsie. But we knew we had to find her owner. It turned out that she belonged to a neighbor 2 doors down. They looked so relieved to be getting her back. They said they had adopted her from our local shelter 2 weeks before that. I noticed that she was older as she had really bad cataracts. A few days later my husband saw her walking down the sidewalk across the street. He took her back to her home again. About a month later we thought that we saw her at the house next door to us. We went to those neighbor and asked how she got there. We were told that little Casey had almost been hit by a car right out in front of our homes a week or so before. Prior to that, they had also returned her to her former home. When she almost got hit, the neighbor went to take her home and asked her owners if they even wanted her. The response was unbelievable. Those people ran to get her blanket and food and said that she was just not their kind of dog! Dave and Azalea took her in knowing that they could not keep her but would try to find a no-kill shelter for her not knowing that we had the same experiences with her. We gladly took her into our home. We took her to the vet who said that she definitely had cataracts that were far too bad to do anything about. She had a huge bladder stone with the consistency of a pine cone which have a photo of. Most of her teeth were bad and had to come out. She had a collapsing trachea as well! They guesstimated her to be anywhere from 7 to 11 years old but could not pinpoint it due to her condition and not really knowing where she came from. It definitely was not our local shelter because she had not been fixed and they do not adopt out until they are healthy and altered! Those first neighbors just did not want to foot the bill to help her get healthy again! In my heart I believed back then, and still do, that she was a castoff from a puppy mill after she had served her purpose. In her 3 1/2 years with us she knew unconditional love. She was spoiled beyond belief and any health issue that arose was treated. Several times we thought we were going to lose her but she hung in there and got better.

The middle of November last year, right after I had back surgery, her trachea got much much worse. She had meds to take that seemed to help a little but not for long. She would only have restful periods of about an hour or so before she would start gasping for air and coughing. Then she would go right back to playing and barking as if she were a puppy. She slept with us in our bed. Well, actually, we slept with her because she took up the whole bed and kept pushing us over and she was only 5 pounds! That last night she could not even make it 45 minutes before having trouble. We had to make the decision to stop being so selfish by making her continue to be so miserable just so that we could have her with us. Even our vets cried with us that awful morning of January 8th, 2008. We lost our precious little girl but we have her back home with us. We have her ashes in a beautiful wooden urn with an interchangeable photo frame and a plaque engraved for her. We have place it on our fireplace mantel when we are downstairs and on a nightstand at night when we go to bed.

We miss her so very much but take solace in the fact that we made the last part of her life special.

We just adopted a YorkiePoo puppy who also has some medical issues that are birth defects. He is happy in his new home with his new big brother.

yorkie mom-3 · 02-19-2009, 07:35 AM

to YT.I'm sorry for your loss of your little one. God bless you and your husband for taking her and giving her a loving world to live in. And your probably right that she was a cast off from a mill. One of ours is a mill rescue as well and I know all to well about the health issues. But it's so so worth it.

Mommy_2_Roxy · 02-19-2009, 07:37 AM

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like you have a great heart!

Best of luck with your new little Yorkie-Poo

!!!!!

bcrass2 · 02-19-2009, 07:46 AM

You are such an angel

...Those babies are so lucky to own you as a human!!!! Welcome to YT!!!!

TeresaM · 02-19-2009, 07:47 AM

Welcome to YT. This is a great place. I'm so sorry for your loss of your sweet baby. But thank you so very much for giving her a great life and a loving end.

Mom to Hot Rod · 02-19-2009, 07:49 AM

First of all, welcome to YT. I was in tears reading your story. I am so sorry for your loss. I am so glad that she found her way to you and your family and got to know what love and family are. RIP little one.

nanahas3 · 02-20-2009, 01:59 AM

First welcome to YT second thank you so much for making that little girls last days here happy ones I know you have a big reward waiting in heaven for having such a big heart

Patti · 02-20-2009, 06:11 AM

Welcome to YT. I am sorry for the loss of your sweet Casey. You were her angel here on earth.

BonBon · 02-20-2009, 07:07 AM

What a wonderful story, and what a lucky girl she was to have found you! We're so glad to have you here on YT. Welcome!

llcornell · 03-11-2009, 07:46 PM

What a wonderful story. How lucky you guys were to have found each other.

AbbysMom08 · 03-11-2009, 08:49 PM

Welcome to YT!
I was in tears as I read your post. I am sorry for your loss.
Your little girl was so lucky to have you for a mommy.

Lucia · 03-11-2009, 11:20 PM

Welcome to YT...I'm sorry for the loss of your precious Casey

bless your heart for making her time with you so special - I can tell from your post that she is loved and missed. I wish you lots of luck with your new furbaby xxx xxx

biflow · 03-12-2009, 06:27 AM

Welcome to YT. Sorry about your loss.

AMD · 03-12-2009, 07:00 AM

Welcome to YT!!

I'm so sorry for your loss. Good luck with your new yorkiepoo!!

Milly monster · 03-12-2009, 07:04 AM

thank you for sharing that with us! She was such a lucky dog to have found you! You and your husband are good people showing that little dog real love and giving her a wonderfull home . please don't ever change! Your little angel is gone to a better place but I know that her spirit will stay with you forever!

02-19-2009, 07:18 AM	#1
RIPMyLittleCase Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bolingbrook,IL,USA Posts: 264	New to the group Hi everyone. My name is Jenny and my little Yorkie girl was Casey. We rescued her from the street. I was on my way home from work one morning in 2005 when I spotted this adorable little Yorkie walking down my sidewalk. She followed me right into our garage. She had a collar but no tags. I brought her inside and got her some water. I let her wander around my back yard which is fenced with my Dachsie. But we knew we had to find her owner. It turned out that she belonged to a neighbor 2 doors down. They looked so relieved to be getting her back. They said they had adopted her from our local shelter 2 weeks before that. I noticed that she was older as she had really bad cataracts. A few days later my husband saw her walking down the sidewalk across the street. He took her back to her home again. About a month later we thought that we saw her at the house next door to us. We went to those neighbor and asked how she got there. We were told that little Casey had almost been hit by a car right out in front of our homes a week or so before. Prior to that, they had also returned her to her former home. When she almost got hit, the neighbor went to take her home and asked her owners if they even wanted her. The response was unbelievable. Those people ran to get her blanket and food and said that she was just not their kind of dog! Dave and Azalea took her in knowing that they could not keep her but would try to find a no-kill shelter for her not knowing that we had the same experiences with her. We gladly took her into our home. We took her to the vet who said that she definitely had cataracts that were far too bad to do anything about. She had a huge bladder stone with the consistency of a pine cone which have a photo of. Most of her teeth were bad and had to come out. She had a collapsing trachea as well! They guesstimated her to be anywhere from 7 to 11 years old but could not pinpoint it due to her condition and not really knowing where she came from. It definitely was not our local shelter because she had not been fixed and they do not adopt out until they are healthy and altered! Those first neighbors just did not want to foot the bill to help her get healthy again! In my heart I believed back then, and still do, that she was a castoff from a puppy mill after she had served her purpose. In her 3 1/2 years with us she knew unconditional love. She was spoiled beyond belief and any health issue that arose was treated. Several times we thought we were going to lose her but she hung in there and got better. The middle of November last year, right after I had back surgery, her trachea got much much worse. She had meds to take that seemed to help a little but not for long. She would only have restful periods of about an hour or so before she would start gasping for air and coughing. Then she would go right back to playing and barking as if she were a puppy. She slept with us in our bed. Well, actually, we slept with her because she took up the whole bed and kept pushing us over and she was only 5 pounds! That last night she could not even make it 45 minutes before having trouble. We had to make the decision to stop being so selfish by making her continue to be so miserable just so that we could have her with us. Even our vets cried with us that awful morning of January 8th, 2008. We lost our precious little girl but we have her back home with us. We have her ashes in a beautiful wooden urn with an interchangeable photo frame and a plaque engraved for her. We have place it on our fireplace mantel when we are downstairs and on a nightstand at night when we go to bed. We miss her so very much but take solace in the fact that we made the last part of her life special. We just adopted a YorkiePoo puppy who also has some medical issues that are birth defects. He is happy in his new home with his new big brother.

02-19-2009, 07:37 AM	#3
Mommy_2_Roxy Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mpls, Minnesota Posts: 558	So sorry for your loss. Sounds like you have a great heart! Best of luck with your new little Yorkie-Poo !!!!! __________________ My dog's not spoiled, I'm just well-trained

02-19-2009, 07:46 AM	#4
bcrass2 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Snowflake, AZ, USA Posts: 672	You are such an angel ...Those babies are so lucky to own you as a human!!!! Welcome to YT!!!! __________________ Chloe and Little Man's Mommy We Miss you Milo!

02-19-2009, 07:47 AM	#5
TeresaM Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TX Posts: 3,358	Welcome to YT. This is a great place. I'm so sorry for your loss of your sweet baby. But thank you so very much for giving her a great life and a loving end. __________________ If you think dogs can't count, put 3 biscuits in your pocket, then give him only 2. Gracie Ruth & Boo & Yogi & RIP Annie B. & Bonnie Lane

02-19-2009, 07:49 AM	#6
Mom to Hot Rod Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MD Posts: 10,908	First of all, welcome to YT. I was in tears reading your story. I am so sorry for your loss. I am so glad that she found her way to you and your family and got to know what love and family are. RIP little one. __________________ www.kissecollar.com Soft Cone Collars for Post-surgery and much more! 10% (non-food) - Discount code YT10

02-19-2009, 07:35 AM	#2
yorkie mom-3 YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: nebraska Posts: 616	to YT.I'm sorry for your loss of your little one. God bless you and your husband for taking her and giving her a loving world to live in. And your probably right that she was a cast off from a mill. One of ours is a mill rescue as well and I know all to well about the health issues. But it's so so worth it.

02-20-2009, 01:59 AM	#7
nanahas3 ♥Love My Snuggle Bugs♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Missouri Posts: 4,290	First welcome to YT second thank you so much for making that little girls last days here happy ones I know you have a big reward waiting in heaven for having such a big heart

02-20-2009, 06:11 AM	#8
Patti Donating YT 30K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 35,509 Blog Entries: 6	Welcome to YT. I am sorry for the loss of your sweet Casey. You were her angel here on earth. __________________ Cali Pixie Roxie : RIP Nikki; RIP Maya;RIP my sweet Dixie girl 1/17/08 http://callipuppyscastle.bravehost.com/index.html

02-20-2009, 07:07 AM	#9
BonBon Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies Posts: 10,350	What a wonderful story, and what a lucky girl she was to have found you! We're so glad to have you here on YT. Welcome! __________________ He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -- Author Unknown

03-11-2009, 07:46 PM	#10
llcornell Stop Puppy Mills Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: california Posts: 1,152	What a wonderful story. How lucky you guys were to have found each other. __________________ Proud mom to Sam & Daisy

03-11-2009, 08:49 PM	#11
AbbysMom08 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,268	Welcome to YT! I was in tears as I read your post. I am sorry for your loss. Your little girl was so lucky to have you for a mommy.

03-11-2009, 11:20 PM	#12
Lucia Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England Posts: 2,197	Welcome to YT...I'm sorry for the loss of your precious Casey bless your heart for making her time with you so special - I can tell from your post that she is loved and missed. I wish you lots of luck with your new furbaby xxx xxx __________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.'

03-12-2009, 06:27 AM	#13
biflow Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: AL US Posts: 28	Welcome to YT. Sorry about your loss. __________________ *Sam's Mom*

03-12-2009, 07:00 AM	#14
AMD Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 8,986	Welcome to YT!! I'm so sorry for your loss. Good luck with your new yorkiepoo!!

03-12-2009, 07:04 AM	#15
Milly monster Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 15	thank you for sharing that with us! She was such a lucky dog to have found you! You and your husband are good people showing that little dog real love and giving her a wonderfull home . please don't ever change! Your little angel is gone to a better place but I know that her spirit will stay with you forever!