Cheyenne - Gonna miss the old girl

[HarleyDog]

Had to take our dog to her last vet visit today. She was extremely sick over the last 2 days and couldn't hold anything down. Our normal vet was out today, so we had to arrange to see another vet (oddly this happened last october when Cheyenne was really sick, our vet was out and had to get into this vet). When we arrived, we couldn't go in because of the covid restrictions. They came out and got her and we explained everything to the assistant who then took her in. After about 30 minutes, the assistant came out and had my wife call inside to talk to the vet. He explained what he was going to do and she told him we would go get a bite to eat and be back (he was going to run some blood tests and an x-ray). We were gone for like 20-25 minutes and we were back, waiting in the parking lot. 

After sitting awhile the assistant came out and said it was going to be awhile, maybe 3pm before they had all the results, so since that was going to be another 2hr wait and we lived 12 miles away, we went home to wait for the call. After about an hour we couldn't take it anymore and drove back over. My wife drove her SUV and I drove my car, simply because she has to work tonight. On the way, the vet called my wife and explained our girl's organs were shutting down. As we arrived, they gave us masks and let us in because we were going to have to let her go. I'm thankful we got to be with her and she didn't have to die alone.

My wife has always said Chey had a separation disorder. If we would leave her alone just to be back in 10 minutes, sometimes she would tear the blinds off the back door or tip the trash can. She hasn't done that in several years, but if she had that disorder, I'm especially glad she crossed over with us there embracing her. I feel so sorry for my wife tonight. She refused to take the night off because her coworkers were already short-handed, even though her boss told her she could.

Chey was a 13yr old beagle/something mix who my wife rescued from the shelter. My wife has had her for 10yrs and I've been with her for 9yrs. She was an Alpha dog. Really going to miss her. Now our other dog Isabell is going to be all alone. Isabell and Chey are both alphas and would tangle now and then. Probably about 2-3 grand in vet bills because of their shenanigans, but they did love each other. They just wanted dominance over the other. They could be around each other peacefully and even sleep next to one another. It's just once every 4-5 months, out of nowhere, it was on and that was a tough fight to break up.

Cheyenne took 3 injections to go. She was a fighter. We will miss her. We knew it was coming soon though because she was losing her hearing, sleeping a lot and sometimes pretty confused when she would awaken. Which dementia is common in old dogs. There's giong to be a big void without her. So to my girl, I raise this treat one last time. RIP.