Newbie was a rescue from a dog fighting house. According to the shelter from which we got her, they couldn’t get her to fight, so they used her for breeding. For her entire life with us, she had scars from where they tied her down for breeding… But despite coming from the most abusive background imaginable, she was the absolute sweetest dog. She was in my life for about a decade and, other than in her sleep, I never once heard her make an aggressive sound.

Unfortunately, she died a few years ago from a failing pancreas. She’s the only dog I ever had to choose to let die. I wish she were still here.

edit: She was really stinky, though.

  • Lydia_K@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I’m so sorry, it’s so incredibly hard to end the suffering of someone you love so much, but in the end, it’s the best that you can do, you can’t fix it.

    She seems like an amazing dog whom you gave the best life you were able. You should be happy about that, she had years of her life when she was safe, and happy, and loved.

    • toynbee@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Thank you, and I do take pride in giving her a good home . I don’t remember the details for sure but when I got her from the ASPCA I think she had been there for nine months, which is amazing to me; I don’t know who could see her there and not immediately adopt her.

      When she was alive I would sometimes look at her and feel sorry that she had had the hard time she did (she came with some very visible scars), especially when she was having nightmares. Whenever she would whimper in her sleep I would try to wake her and reassure her she was safe.

      I’ve had dogs before her and since her, I’ve loved all of them, but I’ve never had one like her.