My sweet little puppy girl!

I will start with my sweet puppy girl Ammy. Ammy was a black and  silver toy poodle. She was my husbands birthday present to himself almost five years ago.  When he brought her home I had no idea I would become so attached to her. She quickly became a very important part of my life. Although there were potty training accidents and getting up in the middle of the night to take her out, I never regretted having her. She and I were inseparable. When I would come home from school I would walk in the house and say "Where's my puppy girl" and she would come running, tail wagging so excited to see me. I would pick her up and be smothered with her kisses. She also brought me so much comfort. If I were sick or having a bad day, she would always make me feel better! She was the best puppy!

She was not perfect!  There were times we would come home to this! She loved a good roll of toilet paper! 


Writing about Ammy and remembering her is still so emotional for me! The tears are flowing and my heart is breaking! I need to stop for now! 

Last summer we took Ammy on vacation with us to Canada.She loved going places with us. On the way home I noticed that Ammy was not acting like herself and that her tummy was starting to get bloated. When we got home I took her to the vet to have her looked at.The vet did a few tests and determined that Ammy was constipated.I took her home to watch her. This was on Thursday and by Sunday she was really bad. Neil and I took her to an emergency care vet. After this vet examined her she asked us if Ammy had ever been around rat poison. My heart sunk! Neither Neil or I could remember a time when she could have gotten into it. We told the vet that we had just gotten home from vacation and had spent time in different campgrounds. Maybe she got into it in one of the campgrounds.She was bleeding internally and was a very sick little girl. Neil and I made the decision to treat her. The next day we took her to a vet at the Timpanogas Animal Hospital.  They were so nice and understanding. I could not stop crying. They drained fluid and gave her a Vitamin K shot and told us to take her to the Cottonwood Animal Hospital. The vets kept reassuring us that we were on the right track and that she should be fine. We visited her on Tuesday morning hoping to bring her home but they told us she still needed to be watched. Tuesday evening we again went to visit her and they said she was not out of the woods yet. They wanted to run more tests then they would call us. We got home around 9:00 and about a half hour later the vet called and said he had some bad news. I thought he was going to tell me that it was going to take longer for her to get better.  I never in my life expected for him to tell me that she died. I was devastated! I could not even speak. I handed Neil the phone and he confirmed the sad news that she really did die. The date was July 27th 2010.

We brought her home the next morning and buried her by her favorite place in the yard. The swing! I still miss her terribly!