RIP Dakota
Last night our farm dog, Dakota passed away in her sleep. We are going to miss her terribly and the barn isn’t going to be the same without her. Everyone, including our other 2 dogs and the barn cat, Lily, are mourning her loss, and, although I’d never thought I’d say this, I’ve already begun to miss her collie yipps whenever she saw the least bit of movement out the window. You were a special treat in our lives and I sincerely hope that your last few days were wonderful. Unfortunately, she had severe arthritis in her spine and all 4 legs, to the point where she was barely able to walk without pain medication and so we’d been working with the vet to get her comfortable, all with the understanding that if we were unable, we would put her down so she wouldn’t have to be in pain. Yesterday, I thought we’d gotten it figured out, as she was bounding around like a young dog again. But you never know everything that goes on and reasons why things happen. All I know is that she felt really good for her last 24 hours. So wherever you are, Dakota baby, we miss you and hope that you’re in a better place now where there is no such thing as pain and you can play with Bailey all day long. We will always remember and love you.