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

Bob Hicks bob at seeinghandassociation.com
Mon May 7 14:46:35 UTC 2012


What a wonderful life!  Go in peace Echo

Best regards,

Bob Hicks
Access Technology Specialist
Seeing Hand Association, Inc.
304-232-4810
<bob at seeinghandassociation.com>
----- 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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