Droopy

[Rob Wick]

Thanks, Laurie. I have read the Rainbow Bridge story many times. You are right. It is comforting.

This is where we got Droopy from.

https://bassetrescue.org/

We were fortunate in that Droopy had not been physically abused by her previous owner. A couple got her for their son. The mother had cancer, and they wanted to give the son something to keep his mind off of his mother's illness. Eventually the mother died and the son went to college. The father was forced to work two jobs just to keep up the mortgage payments, so Droopy was often left alone, which gave her separation anxiety. He finally realized it was not doing her any good, so he surrendered her to the group. She never liked it when we left the house and shadowed us when we were home.

I also must thank Anita of this forum. Droopy was diagnosed with degenerative myelopothy which causes loss of maneuverability in the hind quarters. Anita kindly purchased a sling that allowed us to take Droopy out for walks and things almost up to the day we had to put her down.

I sent this photo to Ed Steers. She was laying behind my chair in the office.



This is the picture I took when I found her in the tub.



Best
Rob