My husband asked if I'd shared what happened with you all. I told him no because I couldn't sit here to write about it. I spent most of the day in tears.
Oh great... I'm starting to cry again. I'll be back.
My old dog, who's been the perfect dog, is going on 12. He protects the livestock and our kids from coyotes and other predators and is a great alarm system when anyone comes around.
We know that he doesn't have a lot of years left, he's starting to slow down even now. We need a large dog (actually two) as watch dogs out here. So, last fall we rescued this sweet little German Shepherd girl from a local rescue organization.
She has been everything we wanted in a new dog. She just turned a year old a few weeks ago and already has chased off coyotes with my male. They chase them to our property line and then stop ... they are both shepherds and soo smart.
Except... she loved to "race" trucks that went by our road. We live on a private, dirt road (dead-end) that has very little traffic. Just four neighbors and us use it. She would race them staying on our side of the fence and always stop at the fence line. Always. It's a 4 strand barbless wire so they can go through ... they just don't. What we didn't know is that for the last couple of weeks she's been going through the fence on the south side of the pasture to continue racing the garbage truck. I've talked with them in the past about us not wanting her to go out of the fenced area - I wish they would have told us that she was. We can only see the north fence line, not the south, from the house and I watched her stop at the north line yesterday morning, like always.
The trash truck men said that she slipped (the road was really muddy from a huge rain we got) and went under their tires. There was nothing they could do .. I don't blame them at all. It's my fault that she went through the fence .. I should have gone outside and watched her going that direction. I appreciated them coming up to the house and telling us what happened. We couldn't see where it happened (it's over a hill) so we would have not known where she was.
My husband said she died instantly. I'm glad she wasn't in any pain.
There ... I've shared with you because I know you guys understand how much I loved her. I know she was 'just a dog' and that people lose their children and spouses and there is no comparison but ... I so loved her.
I'm editing this to add her picture ...
Oh great... I'm starting to cry again. I'll be back.
My old dog, who's been the perfect dog, is going on 12. He protects the livestock and our kids from coyotes and other predators and is a great alarm system when anyone comes around.
We know that he doesn't have a lot of years left, he's starting to slow down even now. We need a large dog (actually two) as watch dogs out here. So, last fall we rescued this sweet little German Shepherd girl from a local rescue organization.
She has been everything we wanted in a new dog. She just turned a year old a few weeks ago and already has chased off coyotes with my male. They chase them to our property line and then stop ... they are both shepherds and soo smart.
Except... she loved to "race" trucks that went by our road. We live on a private, dirt road (dead-end) that has very little traffic. Just four neighbors and us use it. She would race them staying on our side of the fence and always stop at the fence line. Always. It's a 4 strand barbless wire so they can go through ... they just don't. What we didn't know is that for the last couple of weeks she's been going through the fence on the south side of the pasture to continue racing the garbage truck. I've talked with them in the past about us not wanting her to go out of the fenced area - I wish they would have told us that she was. We can only see the north fence line, not the south, from the house and I watched her stop at the north line yesterday morning, like always.
The trash truck men said that she slipped (the road was really muddy from a huge rain we got) and went under their tires. There was nothing they could do .. I don't blame them at all. It's my fault that she went through the fence .. I should have gone outside and watched her going that direction. I appreciated them coming up to the house and telling us what happened. We couldn't see where it happened (it's over a hill) so we would have not known where she was.
My husband said she died instantly. I'm glad she wasn't in any pain.
There ... I've shared with you because I know you guys understand how much I loved her. I know she was 'just a dog' and that people lose their children and spouses and there is no comparison but ... I so loved her.
I'm editing this to add her picture ...
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