My dearest Trinket. I was only lucky enough to know her for 2 1/2 short years. I was just doing a favor for Arda by pulling this old doberwoman out of Detroit AC, but when I saw her, there was no way she was going anywhere. The tips of her ears were frostbitten off, she was very underweight, and worst of all, her mouth was infected with open abcesses. My vet said she had the mouth of a neglected 14 yr old dog. She came to my home and walked right in past the cat and to my walk-in closet and went to sleep for about 12 hours straight. When she finally emerged, she went outside and got aquainted with her new yard. She even followed me into our rabbit pen and layed down in the warm straw with the bunnies hopping around her. Trinket was long overdue on a lot of things and she was taking what was owed to her. She ate what she wanted, napped on my bed, and always rode in the front seat. She hated cameras, strangers, and flashlights. She was such a quirky little dog that needed to have things her way, but never questioned authority whether it came from me or a child.
Trinket's vision was failing, as well as her mind. She would circle the perimeter of the house continually until she was interupted by my voice. Right before Christmas, she developed a spontaneous bleed from her nose and mouth that required vet intervention. It was decided that she probably had a tumor up there somewhere. About 3 weeks ago, she stopped eating. Not even the best human food tempted her toward the end. I selfishly kept her with me longer than I probably should have, but I loved her and wanted her to have more time in a loving family. After all, she had so much to make up for.
I will miss you Trink, and so will your kids. Clare has been asking for you. She bends Chyna's ears down and says "look, it's Trinket!". Run free my doberlady....I'll see you again someday.

The Allen Family

Karen; I'm so sorry for your loss. It never gets easy. Please, know that you and you alone made a difference in her life. No Dobe or dog in that fact deserves to die at Animal control. Thanks for caring about our breed. And love the next one as much as the last one. For the Love of Dobermanns, Arda

I'm really sorry, Karen. I know there is nothing that I can say that will make you feel better. I'm just very sorry for your loss. I had to go back and get what you had said about Trinket because it touched me when I read it. This is what you said....

Karen and family,
I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful lady. She is whole again and will be waiting to see you some day. Hope the kids are handling things at this hard time. Know that you loved her and gave her a lifetime of love to carry her to the bridge.
I am grateful that I got to meet her and she how loving she was to everyone.
Hugs,
Lorie

Karen -

Your post brought tears to my eyes. You saved Trinket from a living Hell, brought her into your home and allowed her to experience how life should be. Just know in your heart that, because of you, her life was forever changed - as was yours. My heart goes out to you and your family.


Linda Stevens

Karen:
We have 7 waiting at the bridge now, we have an idea of what you are feeling.
You gave Trinket the best and most comfortable and loved years of her life.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Doc & Sharon

Karen,
We are so sorry to hear about your loss. I never know what to say. It is just to hard to face that we loose them to darn soon. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.

The Gray family

Thank you to everyone who sypathized with my family for our loss of Trinket. It has been 1 week since she left us and I still look for her. Everytime I go into that walk-in closet, I look to see if she's in my pile of clothes. She has left a very heavy paw-print on our hearts Your posts have been very comforting and it's been nice to be able to share her story with people who can understand the loss of such a valued four-legged family member

Karen