Today I witnessed the passing

[2naSalit]

of one of my dearest pals.
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Jenny-Penny (for her copper coloring) AKA JenPenFriend

She was 18yrs +6.75 months old, one of the finest friends and the ONLY dog allowed to shed fur and leave trail dirt in my vehicle. Her human and I took her in to the vet this morning and she passed peacefully... she was ready to go. It was really hard to say good-bye but we gave her the best last few days we could until the appointment. This awesome girl traversed the Frank Church Wilderness River of No Return (in Idaho) when young and we climbed many mountains together in recent years, the last being the Gravelly Mts. in Montana. In this photo she is standing in her favorite "swimming hole" in the South Fork of the Madison River just outside Yellowstone NP last Saturday.

RIP, sweet little girl, we'll miss you a lot for a very long time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How beautiful she was, my dear 2naSalit...

I am so sorry for your loss...

I remember crying for weeks after our Dalmatian passed. It was tough.

I hope your good memories will sustain you...

[2naSalit]

2. Thank you

dear California Peggy.

She wasn't my pet but we were very good friends. The sting of the day is what I'm working on right now, I had to got o work after I made sure her human was okay. We're good friends and have seen some good and hard times as friends. I was honored that I was asked to be there... I was one of three people Jenny trusted enough to leave the yard with. She had seen a rapid decline for the last couple weeks and knew it was getting time. She was a breed that usually lives about 12 years so 18+ was amazing, even the vet thought so. She was dearly loved and had a very long, happy life. We are at peace about it, but it's still hard not to cry for a couple days.

I thought it fitting to honor her this way.

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. What you wrote WAS very fitting...

You're welcome...

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. aw,

[2naSalit]

7. Yeah...

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she was a sweetie right to the end. I think one of hard parts of the day afterward was that I had to go to work. A two-sided issue because I had to greet the public all day which meant I had to set it all to the side until I got home... but being busy was a good thing, kept me from crying myself sick.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

8. I've been there.

In fact I've cancelled meetings and work and even legal stuff, just because... "My sweet, ol' girl just died!" Hope you and your family feel better soon.

[Skittles]

5. so sorry 2naSalit

she was a beaut

Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you.....
I loved you so --
'twas Heaven here with you.

--by Ilsa Paschal Richardson

[2naSalit]

6. Thanks Skittles

She was amazing and I do many fond memories... and about 500 pictures that I put on a DVD for her human last Christmas. We knew it was coming and were shocked that she was in such good shape even two years after we started keeping a close watch on her. Up until about two weeks ago she still ran a mile or so every few days, and would get in the river to "ice down" her hips. She was pretty smart.

I will take heed in the rhyme you shared here. I'll be okay in a day or so, at least the tears will cease by then. But for the moment...

[defacto7]

9. This is a very touching tribute.

She certainly had a wonderful and rich life the way you tell the story. Very special relationships are hard to find in the human world, but not so hard to find with dogs it seems. They just want to love you and protect you and play.

It is so sad when the time comes to say goodbye. I have a difficult time coming soon with one of my dogs, I try not to think about it too much but in a short while I'll be missing my best friend too.

Peace, and joyful thoughts about Jenny-Penny and about the next friend in your life.

[2naSalit]

10. Thank you

Though it wasn't a surprise, it was a hard experience. She wasn't my baby but her human had been with her for half her adult life, I was there for both of them, but for my own peace too.

I wish you well in your coming difficulty, it's the only thing I have a hard time with when it comes to having someone in my life whom I love so unconditionally and they love me back in the same way. Last pet I had was an awesome kitty who was more like a dog than a cat and it nearly did me in when she disappeared... taken by an owl when she got out a window in a new house.

But this OP is about Jenny, she was just so cool, if anything happened to her human, I would have taken her in. Her human broke her ankle last Feb. and I went over to walk Jenny twice a day for ten solid weeks... because I loved Jenny and she wouldn't let anyone else take her out of the yard. I was glad to have been blessed with all those hours in the snow and springtime while her human was learning to walk again. That was one thing that made my presence special today.

I thank all of you who have shared kind words here, I appreciate it more than you might imagine. But, since I have a cool summer job working in YNP, I have to get to bed so I can handle the day tomorrow... didn't sleep much last night knowing what today was going to be like.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. heartbreaking. ..... our fur babies are so special.

I admire your ability to write through your pain, too. It's not a skill of mine (I wallow, whine and fall apart ), so I just had to say.

Love, strength, hugs to you all.

[2naSalit]

40. Thank You

I can see you have pets and understand. (I love you catwalk GIF!!! Laugh every time I see it.)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

45. that cat gif cracks me up too.

I found him on the innerwebz.

That's my Shrimpy in the pic. I love her very very much.

And I know what the pain of losing them feels like too.
You get through it, but....it takes time. And a lot of sobbing, which helps the healing.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. What a beautiful dog and I am so sorry...

It sounds like she had such a happy life - and a long one. And she was so fortunate to have you in her life for both the good times and when she needed you most.

[2naSalit]

13. Thank you

I was blessed to be in her life, especially since she was someone else's dog. But she loved me because her mom and I are friends... and I would always take her to the river for a swim when I visited and her mom didn't have a car! A symbiotic relationship.

The initial transition is the hardest part. As Jenny's mom said when we got back to their place, "I am at peace with it, she didn't struggle. I think the hardest part was getting to the vet and the event itself, now that's it's done we'll get past it all eventually."

And she was right. It's the first day or three that are the hardest.

Thank you for your kind words and thoughts.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. I've been there, so I do understand.

I finally had to make the decision for my beloved Cairn Terrier, who was also 18 (and 5 months), after spending two nights awake with him. I never thought I could make that kind of decision, but I finally just knew it was time. He was my vet's eldest canine "patient," and he cried, too. And you were with her when it counted, so you can't ask for more. Be kind to yourself and your friend. I'll be thinking of you, too.

[2naSalit]

16. Thank you!

I am also thankful for those of you who are helping me feel the other important things about Jenny beyond the tears. It's so true, she was a great friend and companion on hikes. I met her when she was already over ten years old, couldn't tell that she was that old.

I just needed to let others know that a wonderful being passed today and it shouldn't go unnoticed. I even started a photobucket account just to post her picture.

I am feeling less sad now that I have seen all the compassionate comments, now I think I can go to sleep and not have a soaked pillow before I drift off. I knew all you pet-lovers out there would help me get through this.

Thanks to all of you!

[Solly Mack]

12. What a beauty she was!

I'm so sorry, 2naSalit.

[2naSalit]

14. So true

Thank you.

[roguevalley]

18. she hasntgone from you. her spirit just changed form. only love to you

[lovemydog]

20. That is so true. Thank you.

[2naSalit]

42. I do see it that way...

It is the sting of the event and the process of coming to the decision to let her go that hurts the most... it wasn't my decision but I was a primary consultant.

I am glad that she was a happy girl to the last, as you can see in her picture. She greeted me at the door with that lovey smile just and hour before she was gone... that's the million dollar smile I'll always think of when I reminisce about her from now on.

[roguevalley]

44. if it gives you peace i was dozing on the afternoon my sister took her old dog in. i felt a hard

Poke on my chest, the opened my eyes. I saw a big black nose, the happiest eyes. Ever saw. It was her dog, hootch. It was at that moment he had let. He came to tell me good bye

[lovemydog]

19. What a beauty. Jenny-Penny, what a great name.

I lost my dog Angelina shortly after joining here. It's funny, I named myself lovemydog because I love her so much. A couple months later she got cancer and passed away. She was an australian shephard / blue heeler mix, got her at a shelter when she was eight weeks old. Best friend always. May you honor her 2naSalit, I know you will. I honor Angie every day and am so glad to have know her. Some day I will get another dog and give him or her a great life too.

[shenmue]

21. Rest in peace

Good dog.

[irisblue]

22. what a smile!

(((Jenny-Penny))

[mnhtnbb]

23. What a pretty girl!

With that fox like tail!

I am so sorry for your loss...can just imagine how her human feels. I've been there, too.

These dear, sweet doggies live on in your heart.

[LiberalElite]

24. .

[GeorgeGist]

25. It's awfully dusty in here.

[Number9Dream]

26. Sorry for your loss

It's losing part of your family.

[alsame]

27. RIP across

the Rainbow Bridge, Jenny-Penny. You were a very good girl

Condolences to all who loved her

[femmocrat]

28. So sorry for your loss.

She was a beautiful dog with a great spirit.

[TuxedoKat]

29. Ah, so sorry

for the loss of your beloved Jenny-Penny (what a great name, BTW). She looks like she was such a sweet dog and sounds like she was an awesome companion too. She certainly had a full and wonderful life with you. Oh, I just noticed her age. I lost my beloved cat Queequeg earlier this year at age 18.5 years too. (((HUGS)))

[TuxedoKat]

30. So sorry for your loss

for the loss of your beloved Jenny-Penny (what a great name, BTW). She looks like she was such a sweet dog and sounds like she was an awesome companion too. She certainly had a full and wonderful life with you. Oh, I just noticed her age. I lost my beloved cat Queequeg earlier this year at age 18.5 years too. (((HUGS)))

[fizzgig]

31. rest easy, sweet jenny-penny

[MrMickeysMom]

32. Thanks for sharing Jenny-Penny's story...

What unconditional love she brought to you all, sweet being of light, she must have been.

May you find some comfort in sharing her life with us.

[Duppers]

33. there something in my eyes

Every one who's every had a treasured friend will share your grief.
Thanks for the picture and story.

for JenPenFriend

[Worried senior]

34. I really hate seeing these threads

I feel so bad for everyone that has loved and lost a pal and we've lost quite a few over the years.

She had a wonderfully long life and was just a beauty.

I'm sure your good friend appreciates what you've done for her more than anything and knows you will be there while she's grieving.

[bigwillq]

35. I am very sorry for your loss.

Great looking dog.

[hobbit709]

36. So sorry. RIP Jenny-Penny.

[2naSalit]

37. thank you everyone

for your comforting comments and condolences, they matter and I truly appreciate them.

I am holding up and in a better humor today, Jenny's mom is too but still very sad. I had the benefit of a good day at work to help lift my spirits. Seems I have found a good summer gig that I can return to next year so I am thankful for all the good things, including the well wishes in all the comments above.

Thanks guys, I needed that.

2na

[lovemydog]

38. Here's another for good luck

[2naSalit]

39. Thank you! n/t

[Kali]

41. nice tribute

cool looking dog,

so hard to let them go

[2naSalit]

43. Indeed, that was the hardest part. n/t

[texanwitch]

46. I know the feeling.

I so miss my girl dog and it has been two years.

My girl liked to cool her paws in water also.

She was also a red dog.

[herding cats]

47. She lived a long, and it sounds very happy life.

It's painful to when we know it's time to part with one of our furry friends in life. Even when we know it's the right thing to do. She looked so very well loved and happy in that photo. You were all lucky to have had each other in your lives, I would say. It sounds like you made many a happy memory together to savor for decades to come.

Peace to you.