nootka
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This afternoon when I went to give fresh water to our Sheltie/Mini Aussie cross, Moonie, I noticed he was not responding and he did not move when I called him. I guess I knew before I even called him, but it had not really registered that he was not leaping around and yipping as usual.
The last year has been a little tough as he had to be kenneled a lot because he bit our three year old, Brandon, on the face. We wrestled with whether to rehome him or have him euthanized, as he had shown aggression towards a small child previously and has killed a few kittens in his time, but we opted to be very responsible with his freedom given his age, and we felt bad that he could not be as free as he was in his younger years.
My son, Kenny, 6 at the time, picked him out of a litter of five, or rather Moonie picked him. He jumped into his lap, he was the biggest and strongest of the litter and Ken named him "Blue Moon" in honor of his blue eye. Moonie had a lot of adventures in his life, and cheated death a few times. He was run over by our neighbor while he was fixing our fence, and nearly died in that incident, then another time he ran away and ate a bunch of salmon during spawning time at the river, and was very ill with Salmonella. He used to goad 1000-lb. bull Elk into fighting and then run away. Another time he led me the right way home when I was lost in our woods while looking for our runaway minis.
RIP, Moonie, 8-95 to 8-06, and thank you for your time with us and we are sorry we could not do better by you.
Chasing/playing with Mouse in 2003...
And in 2005...
Just last Winter visiting with susanne when she came down in Feb.:
Don't have any pics that show his face (he had one blue eye and one brown eye) on this computer or scanned. We will miss him, but are ever glad that he went without struggle or, apparently, pain.
Thanks for sharing in our loss by reading about our doggie.
Liz M.
The last year has been a little tough as he had to be kenneled a lot because he bit our three year old, Brandon, on the face. We wrestled with whether to rehome him or have him euthanized, as he had shown aggression towards a small child previously and has killed a few kittens in his time, but we opted to be very responsible with his freedom given his age, and we felt bad that he could not be as free as he was in his younger years.
My son, Kenny, 6 at the time, picked him out of a litter of five, or rather Moonie picked him. He jumped into his lap, he was the biggest and strongest of the litter and Ken named him "Blue Moon" in honor of his blue eye. Moonie had a lot of adventures in his life, and cheated death a few times. He was run over by our neighbor while he was fixing our fence, and nearly died in that incident, then another time he ran away and ate a bunch of salmon during spawning time at the river, and was very ill with Salmonella. He used to goad 1000-lb. bull Elk into fighting and then run away. Another time he led me the right way home when I was lost in our woods while looking for our runaway minis.
RIP, Moonie, 8-95 to 8-06, and thank you for your time with us and we are sorry we could not do better by you.
Chasing/playing with Mouse in 2003...
And in 2005...
Just last Winter visiting with susanne when she came down in Feb.:
Don't have any pics that show his face (he had one blue eye and one brown eye) on this computer or scanned. We will miss him, but are ever glad that he went without struggle or, apparently, pain.
Thanks for sharing in our loss by reading about our doggie.
Liz M.