Today is Pupster Chloe's 7th Rainbow Bridge Anniversary

 

 
Our beautiful #pupster and chatty chowhound, “Chloe,” the absolute sweetheart of our #FiveSibes who never met a treat or food she didn’t like, made her sudden journey to the #RainbowBridge 7 years ago today due to sudden liver failure. 💔 I think Mother Nature knew as it rained all day here, like tears from Heaven.  
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Chloe was my daughter’s baby, and while I prefer to focus today on her beauty, charm, loyalty, sweetness, great enthusiasm to talk and eat…and oh, how she rallied back after two emergency CCL surgeries after blowing them out at the same time. What an amazing patient she was after that scary surgery...when we carried her in, but with the aid of a sling harness, she walked out two days later on rebuilt hind legs. She was truly an ideal patient, and healed well under my daughter’s care. 
 
I still felt the need to recognize today, the day she had suddenly earned her wings after she stopped doing what she loved to do--eat. Thinking she just had a tummy upset as she had just had her annual check-up four months earlier and all was fine then, we were shocked to discover that after our vet ran some tests, her liver count was so high, and she was going into liver failure. How? I'm still, all these years later, seven to be exact, taken aback by such a sudden and fatal change. We had to let her go peacefully in my daughter's arms that day on our deck, her favorite spot. The sun was out and our other Huskies were there. 
 
And then she was gone.
 
Chloe was truly a sweet, sweet girl and always up for a photo session! I so love this pic I took of her with the FiveSibes sign sent by a dear friend. So love that sweet face.
 
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I have to admit to you though, I struggled all day with this thought...did I want to post her Rainbow Bridge anniversary? Di I want to continue posting on each of my FiveSibes Rainbow Bridge date? Or, just share their birthday/gotcha days and remember them and all the joy they had brought to our lives? As you can see, I opted to share her date. Will I continue to share their Rainbow Bridge anniversary dates in the future? I don't honestly know...but what I do know is that I will continue to share all the fond memories over the years because those bring me joy. But, I may just phase out the Rainbow Bridge anniversaries because, frankly, they're too painful.
 
What are your thoughts on sharing Rainbow Bridge dates? 
 
  
Dear CocoPuff, this song is for you. You are forever in our hearts.
 
 
 
 

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