Shasta Has Departed . . . :(
I'm mostly on the cat forums, but can't post this there . . . our 14 year old black and white Siberian Shasta was put to rest yesterday afternoon. Her cinnamon sister, Sadie, had to be put down last year and I never posted about it because I felt like I didn't know anyone on the dog boards, so nobody would care, really.
I just need to unburden myself of the grief, so I thought posting about Shasta might help.
We had her since she was a pup, and . . . gosh . . . 14 years is a long time to have a dog, so I'm grateful for that. She had a laundry list of ailments, and could barely walk even with the pain meds, so we felt it was time to let her go. The vet kindly came to our home to ease her suffering, and Shasta is now buried next to Sadie. I hope she is kinder to Sadie at the Rainbow Bridge than she was to her on earth, as they had their violent disagreements several times. Shasta felt Sadie was a threat to her Alpha status. We finally decided to take them to a Vet Behaviorist and learned that Shasta's personality was not really typical of a dog; more like a wolf in that if let go she could survive nicely on her own in the wild. Sadie was the one that sought human affection and attention, like most dogs. Shasta was very independent, but we still loved her despite her quirks; she was out first dog, and she was born on Valentine's Day (her middle name), so she will always be our forever Shasta Valentine.
I will leave them in my Avatar, as a tribute.
