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

Lyn Gwizdak linda.gwizdak at cox.net
Sun May 6 19:15:49 UTC 2012


Sorry to hear about Echo.  I bet Ben misses her as well. Dogs grieve just 
like humans do.

Take care of yourselves,

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Rest in peace, Echo, April 17, 1995 - May 4, 2012


> Thanks to everyone for your condolences.
>
> Dar, yes, I have my current Seeing Eye dog Ben.  I've had him for 5 and a
> half years now.  I'd be twice as sad now, if I had no dog to take care of.
> Tracy
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> nagdu mailing list
>>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>>> nagdu:
>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/margo.downey%40verizon.net
>>
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nagdu mailing list
>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nagdu:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/dmgina%40samobile.net
>>
>> --
>> --Dar
>> skype: dmgina23
>>   FB: dmgina
>> www.twitter.com/dmgina
>> every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/carcione%40access.net
>>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/linda.gwizdak%40cox.net 





More information about the NAGDU mailing list