Daisey

I feel like the worst person ever. In my last blog I mentioned that I thought there was more that I wanted to talk about but couldn't remember....well Daisey was one of those points. Kolt got Daisey when he was 16 years old. She was a sweet yellow lab who wanted nothing more than to please others. She loved to swim, fetch, run, hike, and just BE with us. She spent a lot of her 14 years living with Kolt's parents and a few with mine because we didn't have a place for her. It was a very difficult thing to leave her behind in Idaho when we left because we're only allowed to have 2 pets on base and splitting up Rex and Reina was not an option. She was a great dog, a sweet heart and she will be thoroughly missed.

Kolt's mom called us about a week before we left for Idaho to let us know Daisey's health had taken a sudden, dramatic change for the worse. She had been quite healthy and happy right up until then. Whatever it was came on hard and fast. We barely made it up to Idaho in time, but we did make it soon enough to see her one last time and take her to the vet to be put down. I've never had to do that before, put down an animal, and it's not something I want to do again any time soon. She looked so helpless and miserable, and while it was awful to see her like that, it reassured us that we were doing the right thing. We both loved that dog so much. When you wait to have kids like we did, animals become like your children and it hurt to let her go. But it was the right choice. She lived a long healthy life, 14 years is almost unheard of for a lab, and was loved by all who knew her.

Rest in peace Daisey, we love you.