[Magdalen] Prayers for my friend

[Lesley de Voil]

Having had one border collie, Bella of blessed memory, I can
understand that, for Zipp, loss of mobility is more than a loss of
quality of life, it's just as much a loss of the meaning of life.
Prayers for Lindsey as she deals with *her* loss at this time.

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On 3/17/15, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Your prayers are requested for my Texas friend Lindsey, who had to put her
> beloved border collie, Zipp, to sleep this morning. She is heartbroken as
> it was so unexpected.
>
> Zipp was a "lost dog", literally--he turned up in her church's parking lot
> as a teenaged pup about 7 years ago and although they tried every possible
> means of finding his owner, he was never claimed. There had been a cattle
> auction the week he turned up, and Lindsey still thinks that's where he may
> have come from. In any case, he attached himself totally to Lindsey and
> there was no changing his mind. Her senior border collie, Sugar (long since
> gone to Rainbow Bridge), wasn't terribly pleased to get a little brother,
> but she grudgingly accepted him so long as he understood who was the big
> dog. Zipp became Lindsey's guardian, protector, and constant companion.
> When she met the man who is now her husband, Zipp had to inspect and
> approve him "or I wouldn't have gone out with him, " she always said. Zipp
> got really sick about a week ago and the vet had diagnosed him with
> megaesophagus, a condition that's rare in adult dogs. She was prepared to
> deal with the special feeding procedures he would have had to have for the
> rest of his life, but when she went to pick him up, he couldn't walk. She
> found out that when he was given his bath at the clinic, he "somehow fell".
> She thinks one of the people who works there may have dropped him or
> otherwise mishandled him. In any case, he was permanently paralyzed in his
> hindquarters, and she made the decision to put him down because he was so
> miserable. She still has Emma, a rescued half border collie, half blue
> heeler, but she will miss Zipp, the dog who chose her, terribly.
>