On the 24th of March, a saturday, at 5:36 pm we let Ursa, our McNab/Germanshepherd go to rainbow bridge. Ursa would have been 15 on the 24th of April. Ursa came into my life at the very young age of 9 days on May 2 1992. The owner was going to shoot her the next day with his 22. At 6 she contracted Lymes disease and a following shot of cortisone caused Lupus to flare up. She lost the sight in one eye to it. At 8 she developed Cushing's disease and in one season she went from jet black to mostly white. I never thought she would make it past 10. In the last few weeks of her life she seemed to have developed congestive heart failure. We did not want her to suffer any pain or discomfort and she could hardly walk 6 feet without getting tired and having to stop for breath. Oshota ,our Golden/Rottweiller/Irishwolfhound, we let go last June 24th , also a Saturday, to complications of sponylosis. She went lame suddenly and after 23 days became parylized from the lower back down. She was 13 1/2. I dug a 6 foot deep grave for Ursa and planted a cork screw willow over her. Now we only have one dog, Chelsea. Ursa had a big presence in the house and now it is so quiet. Here is a picture of Oshota, Ursa and Chelsea. This was 2 years ago when Oshota was 11 and Ursa was 13, Chelsea was 4, she is 6 now. Even though I thought we would lose Ursa a long time ago, It does not make it any easier to know that Ursa lived far longer than anyone could have hoped for, she was my eveready dog. We miss Ursa and Oshota very much. I sent Ursa off with 4 tennis balls, a racket ball, her treats, food, her bowl and collar, and a very big bottle of water, the lupus made her thirsty. I lined her casket with her blanket.
