[nagdu] Rest in peace, Echo, April 17, 1995 - May 4, 2012

[Laurel]

Tracey, my heart is saddened to read of your loss. Echo had a long and
wonderful life, and I know it has to be comforting to you that she was
able to cross the rainbow bridge at home. Please know that my thoughts
and prayers are with you. Picture a hug from Stockard and I. I really
enjoyed hearing about your adventures with her and I know she will
always have a special place in your heart.


On 5/5/12, Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Ah, Tracy. I am sorry to hear it, and I miss the wonderful spirit you
> have shared with us. I miss her, too.
>
> Many hugs and shared tears.
>
> Tami
>
> On 05/05/2012 08:05 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>> Rest in peace, Echo, April 17, 1995 - May 4, 2012
>>
>> We had to put Echo to sleep yesterday.  Her arthritis had gotten very
>> bad,
>> and she seemed to
>>
>> be uncomfortable more and more, so we called the vet to come.  We found a
>> vet who makes
>>
>> house calls, and they've been taking care of Echo for the last year or
>> so.
>>   It was good that
>>
>> Echo could lie in one of her favorite places, at home, and die in peace.
>> We are very sad.  I thought I was ready, but I wasn't.  I keep listening
>> for her, and
>>
>> walking around the places she used to lie.
>> My husband did a lot to take care of her, and it leaves a big empty space
>> in his life, too.
>>
>> He was wonderful with her, very patient with all the old dog problems and
>> quirks.
>>
>> While I was looking through my file to write down her death date, I found
>> an entry I'd made
>>
>> after the first NFB convention I attended with Echo, in New Orleans.  It
>> was just a few
>>
>> months after we'd met, and I wasn't sure she'd be able to cope with it,
>> but she did great!
>>
>> Echo's specialty was remembering places we'd been before.  She was great
>> at finding the
>>
>> right elevator bank.  Once, I'd had breakfast at a table off a big
>> corridor.  Later that
>>
>> day, I got turned around somehow after a meeting and was looking for the
>> elevator, but not
>>
>> giving Echo good directions, so she started showing me places we'd been,
>> trying to hit on
>>
>> the right one.  She showed me the table where I'd had breakfast, and I
>> recognized where we
>>
>> were and gave her the right directions at last.
>> She was a soft dog who needed a bit of cheerleading, but, so long as she
>> knew I had
>>
>> confidence in her and appreciated her, she could do anything.
>> I remember, at that same convention in New Orleans, we took a carriage
>> ride.  We thought my
>>
>> husband would have to lift Echo up into the carriage, but she climbed the
>> ladder like it was
>>
>> the most natural thing in the world.
>> When we first got back from training, we had some problems, but GDB sent
>> someone out, and,
>>
>> in about 45 minutes, he figured out the tiny thing I was doing wrong,
>> straightened me out,
>>
>> and we were good from then on.  We did a lot of travelling together; Echo
>> had a lot of miles
>>
>> under her paws.  She worked until she was eleven and a half, then she had
>> a long, happy
>>
>> retirement.
>> Like my husband says, we will be lucky if we have as good a life as she
>> did. And to have
>>
>> people to love and care for us up to the end.  She always did her best
>> for
>> us, and we did
>>
>> our best for her. Sadly, the last thing we could do for her was give her
>> a
>> peaceful ending.
>>
>> Now she's in the happy hunting ground, chasing rabbits and squirrels like
>> she used to, and
>>
>> stealing tomatoes. My parents are there, so they can give her a belly
>> rub.
>>   And she can wag
>>
>> her tail again.  When her back end got bad, she couldn't really wag like
>> she used to.
>> Good-bye, old gal. We miss you.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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