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[i KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. YOUR LOVE FOR SIMON. I WENT THROUGH THE SAME EXPERIENCE ONLY ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO WITH MY TEACUP MALTESE. CRUMB WAS ONLY 9 WEEKS OLD WHEN I GOT HER HOME. I GOT HER HOME ON A SATURDAY, THEN THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY I TOOK MY FRIEND TO THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS HAVING SURGERY DONE. I LEFT CRUMB WITH HER WATER, FOOD AND TOYS. I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT THAT DAY. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A SITTER. ANYWAY, I WAS GONE FROM ABOUT 9:AM TO ABOUT 3 PM. I WAS DRIVING FROM HOLLYWOOD TO THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. WHEN I ENTERED THE TOWNHOME AND WENT DIRECTLY TO CRUMB'S CRATE, I SAW HER THERE STRETCHED OUT DEAD! HER EYES WERE STILL OPEN, IF YOU EVER SAW A GROWN MAN CRY, I WAS THE ONE. I CRIED AND CRIED LIKE A BABY. I DIDNT EVEN CRY LIKE THAT FOR A PERSON. CRUMB WAS A PERSON TO ME. EVEN THOUGH I DIDNT EVEN HAVE HER FOR A WEEK. I CALLED THE BREEDER, AND HE TOLD ME TO MEET HIM AT THE VETS HERE IN RESEDA, NEARBY. DRIVING MY BABY DEAD IN HER CRIB WITH HER FAVORITE BLANKET WAS THE WORST DRIVE I HAD IN MY LIFE. I MET THE BREEDER AND THE DR WAS THERE, THEY PERFORMED AN AUTOPSY ON CRUMB AND TOLD ME SHE HAD SOME KIND OFF LIVER/KIDNEY FAILURE. THE BREEDER TOLD ME I WOULD BE GETTING ANOTHER DOG. AT THAT TIME I WASNT EVEN THINKING OF THAT. SO TIME WENT BY, AND THE BREEDER GAVE ME "BOOBAH". AT THE TIME SHE WEIGHED 3LBS, 1 OZ. THE MOMENT SHE SAW ME SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH ME. FULL OF KISSES AND ATTENTION. SO FAR, MY STRONG FEELINGS FOR CRUMB ARE STILL THERE, EVERY SO OFTEN I THINK OF HER BUT BOOBAH BRINGS A LOT OF JOY INTO MY HEART. I AM GOING TO WAR ABOUT LEARNING ABOUT YORKIES AND SOAKING UP AS MUCH INFO AS POSSIBLE.
SO, SIMON IS IN HEAVEN, I PRAY FOR YOUR LOSS, AND JUST LIKE ME, ALL WILL BE BETTER. TAKE CARE...GILBERT