Eight days ago Reggie gave birth to 5 girls and 1 boy. We lost the little boy yesterday. This morning we lost Reggie. I rushed her to the vet, he got an IV in her but within 15 minutes she was gone. We will be keeping one of her little girls. I don't have much time to grieve as I now have to take over motherly duties. I've already feed the girls once with the bottle and they took it fine. At least they are all nice and healthy. I will do what ever I have to do to make sure her little girls grow up.
Reggie was our first yorkie. We got her from our friends in FL, Richard and Gail. That's how she got her name...R & G, Reggie. She was the first born in a litter of 4. Her sisters Megan and Miram grew to 4 and 4.5 pounds, her little brother, Boomer was a whopping 2.5 pounds. Reggie didn't realize she was supposed to stay small. She just kept growing to over 8 pounds. We had a ChowChow and my husband was worried about how he would treat her. I said, he will either love her or eat her! Sure enough, he loved her.
She was the best mommy there could be. When she was in heat in January, I said this would be her last litter as she is 7 and was getting a little on the cranky side. Little did I know that not only would this be her last litter, that she would be gone forever.
Reggie was so smart and expressive, you would have sworn that there was a person trapped inside her body. She had to be near me or on me all the time. When she had her first litter, I was on the computer and she was sitting at my feet. Sure enough, she gave birth to her first born, Sassy, right there on my foot. She traveled with us quite often when she was young. If I had to leave her, she wouldn't eat and would sit at the door and cry until I got back. She was a great mouser, much better than any cat we ever had. She loved to be brushed and would lay on my lap 24/7 if that was possible. She smiled when you rubbed her belly. As she got older, like me, she would sleep with her mouth open.........God, please take good care of my girl. I know you have plans for her or you wouldn't have taken her from me already.
Reggie, my love, my life, you will be in our hearts forever. Give my mom a big kiss for me. Goodbye by baby. I will be with you again someday.
pic 1) taken just before she whelped her first litter.
pic 2) Reggie smiling
pic 3) taken March 26, 2006, night before she gave birth
pic 4) her last litter ever, five girls and one boy