E-Vet Clinic - Dog Health Care

Yes another long time patient of mine has gone from this earth and her owner has written a very beautiful email to let us all know. She has given me permission to post it here. Dallas we will miss you!

Balanced on the thin blade that separates the intense pain of loss and the overwhelming joy of love experienced, I helped my dear Dallas go home today. Her lively spirit eagerly broke loose from the confines of her painful body…and she soared to the big herding field in the sky.

She is my teacher, my mentor, my hero, my model for living life…and because of her, Dancing Hearts was born and carries on her torch of compassion and joy.

One short month ago, we discovered she had advanced bone cancer. 4 weeks goes by so fast. We all prepared ourselves for the parting this weekend and her desire was that I not remember her painful days, but her happy playful days…so she rallied for a beautiful couple of hours on Sunday afternoon, playing and running in the sun. It was a miracle, really. And a gift of unforgettable magnitude.

I came home this afternoon with her quiet body, and Joe prepared her final resting place on the farm. When I got home, Joe greeted me with a teary grin, saying: Dallas sent us a message, and it’s on the kitchen table. So, I went inside, and indeed, there was Dallas, comforting and teaching us, even after she was gone with her “message”. We had ordered personalized license plates for my new van, back in January, and when I called a couple of weeks ago to find out why they hadn’t arrived yet, the Sec of State said wait one more week or so, then call us back if you don’t get them, they’re probably lost in the mail…but no, the plates were not lost, they were just waiting to arrive on a special day. So, there on the kitchen table, today, 2 months late, was the miracle message from Dallas. The plates are the ones with the white dove, and the message is PEACE.

Everyone loved Dallas. My most beautiful champion, my Boo Boo girl. Bringing joy and laughter was her special gift, with her peaceful and playful heart. Our sweet bringer of joy.

I will miss you with all my being, Dallas. And, I am more grateful than words can ever describe for the gift of having you in my life.

For my readers- Kathy is the owner of Dancing Hearts a Holistic Learning Center to which Dallas was a big part of helping Kathy find her niche.

Choleena you will be sorely missed.

Choleena was one of my longest standing clients. I have been adjusting her for over 8 years. A whippet ex-racer with a couple mangled toes and an amazingly strong will and heart. She left this earth last week at the ripe old age of 15! What a great life her owner gave to her and vice versa.

Over the years I have had the opportunity to be involved with many, many different patients and occasionally some of them pass on and are no longer with us. It is a sad time for the owners of these family members, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank the owners for bringing and sharing such wonderful dogs into my life.

In the past few months I have had the opportunity to share my care and treatment to two dogs that I will always remember and they have both passed -

(owners names withheld for privacy)

Filly - you will be missed for your enthusiastic, hyper-energetic greetings and visits. It is amazing what shape you were in for an old(er) Labrador. No one ever guessed you were that old. Unfortunately your big heart (in more ways than one) got the better of you and you will be sorely missed.

Huey - you will be missed for your unsure of what I am doing to you look. To your owners amazement you would let me do what I had to even though it seemed like you were not quite sure. It was a shame that you had to contract the horrible degenerative myelopathy that German Shephards are prone to contracting. It was great to see the smile on your owners face when she talked about you “walking, actually walking” on the underwater treadmill.

If I missed any others I am sorry. Please inform me and I will put up a memorial to your dog.

I have a future post coming up on another one of my clients dogs, a success story about degenerative myelopathy - wait till you hear the story about Bear!