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Originally Posted by TeresaM  This is the story as I know it. I can't vouch for any of it, I never bothered to verify it. Her previous life was of no concern to me. I simply wanted to give her the best that I could.
BiewerBaby was her breeder in Germany. He showed and championed her. He had some litters (I don't know how many) and then sold her to someone here in the states. It seems that this person was either a bad byb or a puppy mill. She was in many dog fights at this place and somehow lost her eye. Either due to a fight injury or infection. I don't believe she was ever able to have puppies and he gave her to someone else who and said if she was ever able to get puppies out of Bonnie that he would take a female in payment. This lady thought Bonnie had mange because she had bald spots with open wounds. Her vet said that it wasn't mange but infected dog bites from fighting. I believe Bonnie then went to a couple of other homes from there and finally ended up with me last April. She had serious issues with other females and a lot of other quirky behaviors. JMHO but they were defense behaviors she developed to deal with her fears and anxieties. I got her spayed and was told by my vet that we got to her just in time as her uterus was full of pus and infection. Her agression dimished tremendously after her spay and in time most of her other quirks disappeared too. She had seizures and was on meds that controlled them. She was a part of our pack and loved to run barking her head off out the back door with them whenever a "threat" to hearth and home presented itself. She and G took their jobs as our home security officers very seriously. 
My vet took every precautions with Bonnie. They were well aware of her seizures and knew her back story as much as I did. We talked at length before her appointment about what anesthesia and care would be used for her. He is an Texas A&M grad with several years experience in an ER before he opened his own practice. His facility is state of the art, clean and well maintained. His staff is compassionate and knowledgable. I have no doubt that everything was done to ensure that Bonnie made it through this without any issues. They did everything they could to revive her and are grieving with me in her loss. She was their only surgery patient on Fri. And when I dropped her off I told them that I fully expected to have to give her a bath when I got home because I found that she usually messed herself when left in small areas and for them to not worry if she did. The receptionist said, "Well then the crate is not an option for this girl. I'll just keep her up front with me until they are ready." And she did. She said Bonnie sat on her lap while she worked and that she happily greeted everyone who came in. Several people petted and spoke to her. That, as much as anything, has helped me. To know that she was in Sara's lap and the center of attention in her last hours.
My vet had already contacted colleagues at A&M and sent all her paperwork and stats to them to review. He wanted to be sure someone else looked at it and that he hadn't missed anything. He is also having the anesthesia machine company come out this week and run a diagnostic on the machine to be sure it wasn't giving false readings. It's not that she didn't come out of the anesthesia, her heart and breathing stopped when they turned her to do the other side of her mouth. The best guess is that she may have had a blood clot that came loose when they turned her over.
My sister and her boyfriend have a beautiful ranch close by and agreed without hesitation to allow me to lay Bonnie to rest there. I took her out Sat morning, they already had a spot picked out and the hole dug for me. Rick layed her very gently down and carefully covered her up. There are huge shade trees all around her now. A gentle creek flows close by. The birds were singing her to heaven and my sister hugged me fiercely the whole time. I will be able to visit her any time I need to.
Hug your babies, love every moment you have with them. The good, the bad and the ugly moments. I don't know why God needed her to come home to him now, but I trust in his love for me and I know I will see her again. She and Annie B are, I'm sure, running wild and terrorizing the bunnies and squirels together now. It's funny, my 2 puppy mill rescues, one of their most favorite things to do was run and run in the back yard. Neither ever seemed to tire of that activity.  Run like the wind, sweet babies. Run like the wind until we are together again.
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Love you Teresa, my heart bleeds with you at this time....God Bless you and I know you gave this girl every drop of compassion that you have.....You are a dear friend, just thought Bonnie's Story must be told, from the begining to the end....It started off very rough but ended in compassion that will fill all of our hearts on YT forever....God Bless this little girl and others that have and are suffering....
BONNIE'S STORY.......Never forget what goes on and continues to go on in this world.....