Black Velvet
April 3, 97 to May 19, 97

"Athena" had 10 puppies... 2 girls and eight boys. When Black Velvet, the "pick" of the litter, was 5 & 1/2 weeks old, she walked into a wall -- for the first time NOT navigating with the furry pack of litter mates. I took her to an opthomoligist specialist who confirmed that she had Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and was born blind. Suddenly fearful, she cringed at every sudden sound; and my loving vet and I sent her to the Rainbow Bridge, where she would never be in danger of fear biting.

Tiny
April 3, 97 to Aug. 6, 97

"Tiny," one of her 5 "runt" brothers never grew normally. He was the sweetest, gentlest and most loving puppy I have EVER known. As he approached his four month birthday, he stopped eating, and lost weight frighteningly fast. Two sessions of I.V. transfusions kept him alive for another week, but blood work revealed kidney failure, and with a broken heart I held him in my arms, as my vet again gave another one of my puppies a farewell kiss on the nose, as she gave him the shot to release him from his pain and suffering.

 

Tiny and Black Velvet were lucky puppies. They were loved, if only briefly, beyond imagination, and will be, for eternity. They are buried together in a flower garden under a sprawling oak tree, in the back of my acreage. They have each other, to play with, until their mother and litter mates and I join them, years from now, at the Rainbow Bridge.

Black Velvet & Tiny play at DogStar with Beanie Baby & Micro

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