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We Think Deeper About Life When We Are In The Mist Of Facing Death
And for me that death was that of fur kid Misty.
Misty was our 13 year old fawn Doberman.
We adopted her when she was 6 ½ years old. While adopting her we were aware that we would likely out liver her. And she would likely die before either one of us. Typical lifespan of a dog is 10–13 years. She was not the first fur kid to be adopted.
She joined our family in May of 2014, just over 6 years ago. We drove 400 miles to the Doberman rescue center in Northern California and adopted her on first sight. I remember meeting her for the first time. I got down on the floor at her level and looked at her eye to eye. I knew from that first sight she was the one to join our family. She joined our family consisting of one other Doberman and 4 Cats, they all were rescued fur kids, too.
Misty loved spinning donuts in the yard and we would encourage her to run around. This was a daily exercise for her until several months ago when we noticed that she started to slow down.
She takes medication for DCM (Canine dilated cardiomyopathy), and a water pill, pee pill, and thyroid pill. She knows within minutes when each of these times come around for the medication. She knows when it is time to eat. She has a regular…
