She was my beautiful golden retriever my sweet baby girl born 12-08-1997 passed 08-29-2006 sister of Buddy my beautiful baby boy she was only 8 years old so young she was so good natured and so loving we didn't aquire Houdini until she was a year old but she fit right in with the family her and Buddy didn't get along at first but they soon became friends she liked playing ball and love to swim with Buddy I would open the gate to the pool and she would take a running start and jump right in the middle of the pool and than she would sit on the steps of the pool for hours.She used to get so excited when we would come home from being gone all day that she would bark seemed like forever I would get so mad at her because she was so loud, I would give anything now to be able to hear that beautiful bark of hers I miss her so much.About 3 weeks before she passed I noticed she had some redness in her eye I thougt maybe just an allergy so we took her to the vet,he seemed to think something else was wrong so he sent me to an opthemoligst any way an eye dr for pets they said they thought it was a tumor so we had surgery done they removed the eye it was a very large tumor behind the eye,we thought that she was going to be ok after that she seemed to be fine after that for about 2 weeks than she seemed to just go down after that so fast i couldn't believe it .I took her to the vet and he did x-rays on her and foound the cancer he told me she had about 2 weeks that I could take her home and give her all the love I could,we did all we could but sometimes it feels like when you have no control over anything you just feel so helpless you want to do everything and can't do anything.

We lived on an acre and had chickens no matter how sick she was she love to go to the chicken coop and look and the chickens thats one thing she seemed to love so much.I wish some times I could just go back and change some things I know I couldn't save her but I just want to hug her one more time.

I knew the moment she stopped eating it was time to go so I took her for her last ride on Aug.29.2006 I will never forget that day,it broke my heart I feel so much regret that I did not stay in the same room with her I had every intention of being in that room that day,and the vet said this will be hard if you have never done this before,and at this point she really won't care I shouldn't have listened to him however I was just out side and I came back in after and spent some time with her I know I loved her,she will always be my beautiful baby girl and she sits next to her brother on the shelf in my room and are gaurded by angels.Be at Peace baby girl mama loves you.

I forgot to tell you how I aquired these 2 precious animals. Buddy I picked out when he was just 3 weeks old I held him in my arms and watched him sleep he was a Christmas gift I brought him home at 6 weeks old he was so cute and into everything.Houdini we got after she was a yr old,she was from the same litter as Buddy her owners couldn't keep her any longer so we decided to take her and they were both the pride of our lives.

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