Missy's last day | Missy the Beagle Home | After she's gone
The end
While we waited for my sister Gloria, Missy lay on the cool ceramic tile in the hallway at Judi's house. Kyle lay on the floor next to her and slowly scratched the back of her neck. Just before Gloria arrived, Scooter came by with three
pepperonis from a pizza that he had ordered earlier in the day. Even though
Missy wouldn't eat cheese, she wolfed down those
pepperonis!!! I was very pleased.
When Gloria arrived, we took
Missy out on Judi's back patio, and I sat holding her in my
lap. I held her head in my hand and scratched her behind the ears, while Gloria found a
vein. I kept
whispering "I love you" into her ears, and Judi scratched
her back. Missy made soft snuffling noises, like she did
when she was happy, and I do believe she was very happy
and content at that moment. Then she laid her head down on my arm and
took a deep breath and went to sleep. My sister was
listening with her stethoscope, and she whispered, "She's
gone," and that was it.
The pictures below are of Missy's final resting place, a planter in Judi's back yard where Missy liked to hunt for lizards and sniff the smells.
Sit tibi terra levis
(May the earth lie lightly on you,
spoken by Sir Walter Scott,
in memory of his dog Maida)
Missy's last day | Missy the Beagle Home | After she's gone