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I would like to tell you the story of our Keisha Monster
We didn't know what kind of dog we wanted, & my husband saw an ad in the paper, "3month old Chow Puppy- $50". Well, why not go check it out. I'll never foret that day. She was running wild! The lady had to catch her for us! we looked at her mother, which was red & her grandmother, she was black, and so was this little puppy, and ohhhh what a cutie pie she was! How could we resist? Only $50 sure, we'll take her!
Little did we know, when we got home, she would want nothing to do with us! If we were in one room, she was in the other! If we went into the room she was in, she would get up and leave! Oh...this dog didn't like us. Now what?! We would let her outside, & do you think we could get her in? NO WAY!
She loved being outside! If you ran after her, that just made it worse! We had to trick her just to get her in the house! We lived in town, with a small yard, so we couldn't leave her out, she was considered a dangerous dog.
Anyway, she seemed lonely, so, we got anothr dog, a Rottie-Angus. She loved to rough him up!!! We have video's & my goodness...she never left him alone! He would get so mad at her. As time went by, our Angus was getting to be a VERY BIG BOY! Now when they played, he would hurt her, & man did that make her mad! No matter what his size or her's, she was definately the Alpha! She never cowed down to him. We had to move, the yard was just too small for the both of them. So, we moved to the country where they had plenty of room to run. Well, now all they wanted was in the house! Oh..ya just can't win! Time passed by & they were the best of friends. They had their morining routine, walk the fence, & of course, Keisha was first. It was so funny, because you knew every morning it was the same thing. Wherever she was, he was too, he was her shadow.
She ended up getting cancer on her nose. Poor girl. Instead of having a black nose, her's turned almost translucent. Then it would get sores & bleed, then scab up. She had to see a specialist, & got medicine. Unfortunately, it make her really moody. She was never mean to us, but Angus, she just wanted him to leave her alone. Finally, it went away, believe it or not. And she was her same old self again. then, she hurt her leg, she couldn't even hardely walk, think it was called a torn acl, something like that. She never walked the same again. She used to shake, start at her head & work her way back to her tail was the funniest thing to watch, but after that, the poor girl couldn't harldly shake at all. But thru everything, she still seemed to be a very happy dog. She really acted like she loved us, & always let us know, maby just a small kiss on the cheek, or just a nudge, but she let us know.
This is the hardest part to tell....One morning, we had some left over rice, so I gave it to her & Angus. Couldn't have been more than a cup or so. I was getting ready for work, & Angus was barking. I thought he wanted in the house, like always, but then he stared to howl & bark. I couldn't figure out why, so I went to check. He was standing on the porch just looking out into the yard. I looked around & didn't see Keisha.
Then I heard the most awful sound. She was under the small trailer we had in the back yard. I ran out to see what was wrong, figuring something (maybe a racoon or something had bitten her. I tried to get her to come out, but she laid there & cried. Finally with some coaxing, she came out, then tried to run off, all along crying. It was the worst sound, I knew something was wrong, but I didn't know what. I immediately went into the house & called the vet.He was at his other office, so the woman said she would call him & have him call me. Not even 2 minutes later, he called & told me to bring her in. I knew if he wanted her to come in right away, something serious was wrong. I had to carry her into the house, she could no longer stand, her stomach was bloated and hard. I put her in the back seat of my car & started to the vets. She was still crying in pain, it hurt so much to listen to that & not be able to do anything. For some unknown reason, she just needed to be in the front seat with me. As hard as it was for her, she finally made her way up front. She seemed so happy to be there. I carried her in & they took her right back. I knew then, this wasn't good, not at all. All along I kept trying to make myself believe everything would be ok. He started working on her as soon as he came in the room. I couldn't tell you everything he did, but it was alot. His assistant kept saying "have faith", but I knew, that was it for my little monster. It was abut 30 minutes later, he said the most awful words I have ever had to hear, "I'm sorry". Sorry, sorry about what? My girl's going to be ok. No...she had died. Her heart couldn't take it anymore..it gave up.But just before, she gave me this look, like saying "I love you mom". Oh my god, my baby girl is gone. NOOOOOOO, is all I could cry. I laid over her crying, what do I do now? This isn't supposed to be happening. I called my husband at work & told him to come home, our Keisha had died. I took her home with me in the back seat of the car, covered with a blanket the vet gave me. I don't know if anyone seen me, but I lost it in the car. I was screaming & crying, thinking again, what now? This isn't right. It's all my fault. If only I hadn't given her the rice. Of course, the vet said it wasn't that, but I just can't help thinking, "what if I didn't give it to her, would she still be here with me now?
When I got home (the longest 15 minutes of my life), my husband was home. "What happened?" he asked. "I don't know" I said, and told him the whole story. I have never seen him cry, but that day he did. Angus was looking for her, I'm sure, wondering where she was. When we brought her in the house, we first laid her on our table, yes, the table. I had to hold her. But it wasn't just me who had to, so did my husband. After a while, we laid her on the floor, in the spot she always laid. We wanted Angus to know, we didn't just take her away from him, she had died. He sniffed her a little, then laid down by her. She was his world. What would our family do now? We buried her in our flowerbed, one of her favorite places. In with her we put: her leash, she loved to go; her rug that she always laid on; some treats, she loved treats & the blanket she laid on at the foot of our bed. I wrote a note to put in with her, to let her know how much we loved her & how much she would be missed.
Our family just wasn't the same after that. We just didn't think that angus was going to make it. After all that we didn't want another dog, something to get attached to, just so it can be ripped out of our lives. No thanks.
Well, Angus was acting worse, he didn't even want to get up. We really needed to do something, or we were going to loose him too.
That's it, we need another dog, he needs a friend.
We just happened to go in the mall, why not look at the pet store. I knew not to get one there. They are always sick, something always wrong with them, no, we will not get a pet store puppy.
We were just looking, oh, what beautiful huskies! Ok, we'll play with her a little, nothing else to do! Oh! She's sooooo cute! Time to go now. We left, & got something to eat. We talked about the cute little puppy we had just played with, she was so adorable. But we don't need to pay $600 for a dog, that's crazy, we don't even really want one now. Why are we talking about this? Well, Angus does need a friend, & she is about one of the cutest puppies I've ever seen, Let's go back & get her!!!!!!! So, we did, needless to say! And now we have our little Roxey, who isn't so little any more!
Roxey has made a big difference in our Angus, & we are very, very glad! As of now, we have had her 1yr & 2 months. Ya know, sometimes she does some of the same things Keisha did. Do you think Keisha could have been reincarnated? Never know! All I know is getting her was one of the best things we've ever done, for all of us!
A short time after getting Roxey, I got a Siberian Husky book, in it I was reading about something called gastrintestinal bloat. When I read it, I knew, that is what Keisha had died from. The vet never really knew, but after reading this, I knew.

I'm sorry this is so long, it is the same story that is on our webpage. It is too painful to write about her right now (due to a post I read about bloat just this last Wednesday), but I did want everone to read about & see my beautiful girl.
My Girl

This is my favorite pic of Keisha & Angus

This is why we called her monster! Look at her fur!

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