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

[d m gina]

Hi there,
I just got done reading your message,
I remember those stories as well, and what fun we have had to laugh oveer them.
Are you with present dog now?
Or do you have to apply to get one?
You write well, and I know she thanks you for all of the service you gave her.
She as all guides love to do what we enjoy.
Blessings to you always,
Original message:
> Oh, Tracy, this is so sad and thanks for sharing some things about your life
> with Echo with us.

> here's a virtual hug if you want it.

> Margo and Arrow
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 11:05 AM
> Subject: [nagdu] Rest in peace, Echo, April 17, 1995 - May 4, 2012


>> 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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