08/08/2026
On Wednesday, we had to say goodbye to our sweet little girl, Annie.
Back in early January of 2014, we were walking through the animal shelter in Dublin, California - looking for a cat. The kids found Annie.
She has been such a blessing over the years. She loved to go on hikes where she would bounce through the high grass like tigger - absolutely adorable.
She loved to snuggle and ended up being an emotional support dog for the whole family.
She was also the perfect little passenger princess and always came on our rides to the beach and hiking in the foothills.
She was diagnosed with an inoperable bladder tumor last September. We put her on meds that help her to beat the odds and live far longer than the average and they seemed to take away her aches and pains she had with arthritis. She became a young dog again (except for the incontinence that naturally comes with this kind of tumor).
An ultrasound the week before last showed the one thing I prayed had somehow been a misdiagnosis, or that the meds had stopped the progression of. The tumor had become huge, almost completely blocking her ability to pass urine.
We decided to make her last week great. More car rides. Pup cups. Endless snuggles. Diet be damned - all the yummy food you want.
We had 5 dogs. Now we have 4. I feel like we are missing someone every timeI take the dogs in or out. Every time it’s time to eat. Every time I walk into the bedroom (where she used to like to hang out). I keep looking for her.
We were so blessed to have her come into our lives. She was such an incredibly sweet girl.
I have found that doing the right thing is not always the easy thing. It certainly wasn’t in this case.
Her last day included her last yummy breakfast. I cleaned off the patio area, set up fans and an evap cooler with ice to make it comfortable. Lit candles. Played Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Had Kleenex boxes on all the tables & made up one of the large dog beds in the middle so we could all be on the ground with her. She had a last treat Spencer made her, and was buried with special crystals and things with some meaning and love.
She was buried under our olive tree.
Rest in Peace, Ann
