HOLLY'S MEMORIAL - PART 2

As I continue down memory lane, I'd like to share some of Holly's adventures "out and about"!

Here are a few of the trips Holly took. 

First, Zorinsky Lake, here in Omaha, for a day of frolicking in  the water, and hunting for critters.

A warm day in winter to take a dip!

There's got to be something interesting in there!

A keen eye and alert ears listening for those critters.

A beautiful stance while chillin' in the lake.

 Second, a very special trip to meet her bestest Malabro, Summit the Super Mal, for the very first time!

Summi on the left and Holly on the right.  Hard to believe Summi was only 10 months old then!!  To say he's a big boy, is an understatement!

Walking with the Big Guy!

Being playful with her new pal.

Next, a trip to the Danish Windmill in Elk Horn Iowa.

With dad in front of the windmill.

 Looking for the rabbit who ran into the bushes.

Checking out the scenery.

From there, we actually continued our trip and visited the historic Covered Bridges of Madison County!

This is the Cutler-Donahoe Bridge built in 1870.

Checking out the inside of the covered bridge.

While in the same area, we found this really cool castle.

The wording on the side of the castle says "Erected in memory of Caleb and Ruth Clark. Pioneer settlers of Madison County.1846-1926."

A great view from the tower.

Beauty shot in the fall scenery.

And, finally, in July, 2008, off to meet her true love, Dave, and the rest of the Army of Four in Kansas.

Meeting the Ao4 hu-mom.

Meeting the beautiful leader of the Ao4, Stormy.

The sweet and lovely Amber.

The very handsome Zim.

Overwhelmed with joy at meeting her adorable beau, Dave!  

She was VERY excited to finally meet her true love!

She DEFINITELY enjoyed her car rides!

I sure hope this picture makes you laugh as much as I always do when looking at it!

Until tomorrow.

Holly's mom, Jan

HOLLY'S MEMORIAL- PART 1

Holly's mom here.  I'd like to start by saying that this has been the most shocking loss for me.  All the other pets that I have had in my adult life have all passed away from issues related to old age.  My two cats, Alex and Kirby, were 13 and 17.  My very first Siberian, Abby, who I got at just 6 weeks old, lived to be 16 1/2.  My husband's two Samoyeds (from when we first got together in 2002), Cyrus and Kona, lived to ages 13 and 14.  My first rescue, Shula, who was 13 when I adopted her, lived to be 16. 

Holly was only 8.

From the moment we saw this dog in a corn field on our way home from visiting my husbands family on December 24, 2005, Holly came into our home and immediately made it HER HOUSE!

She was a BIG girl, but weighed only 79 pounds and was skin and bones.  We also found out she had tapeworms, so she definitely would not have lived much longer in the freezing cold of winter, with no food.

This picture shows just how thin she was.  We could see every rib, her hip bones and feel every bone in her spine.  But, she was SO happy to finally get love and attention, and FOOD!

 

She was even small enough to fit on the recliner!  But that sure didn't last long!

10 months later, you can see she is quite the fat and happy Malagal!

Although she ruled her house with an iron paw, she was such a snuggle baby!  She absolutely LOVED cuddling!

Snuggling with me.

Snuggling with dad.

Or, napping with dad.

And, of course, snuggling with her best Malabro Summi's mummi!

But, most especially, she LOVED snuggling with her baby Khady!  The bond was immediate, and the two were absolutely inseparable!

I hope you will come back to visit each day this week as I continue to share this incredible girl with you all. And, thank you all SO MUCH for your thoughts, prayers, and words of kindness.  Although I can't stop crying when I read them, they mean the world to me!

Jan

HOLLY

It is with extreme shock and sadness that I must tell you all that Holly suddenly passed away yesterday. 

She had not been feeling well for about a week, so we took her to the vet on Thursday, 3/21 because she was not eating well and was having some diarrhea.  Her blood work showed all her organ function was fine but that she had a bad infection and some gastrointestinal bacteria, so she was put on Flagyl and Ciprofloxen.  Over the weekend she seemed to be getting worse, and refused to eat at all.  I actually had to spoon force feed her some canned food to get some nutrition into her. 

So, Monday morning I called the vet to tell her Holly was not any better and so I took her in so they could try to figure out what was going on.  They re-ran her blood work and it showed her white count had gone from 40,000 on Thursday to 58,000.  The vet did an x-ray, and did not like what she saw, so did an ultrasound.  It showed several masses of different sizes all throughout her abdomen.  The vet said they could open her up to see what was going on, but that it did not look good.  I told her to go ahead, because I needed to know for sure nothing could be done, before I could let her go.

When the vet got her opened up, she found a massive tumor on her pancreas with metastasis throughout her intestines and completely covering her liver.  There was no reason to wake her up.  I went to the office, and got to be there with her when she left. I told her how very much I loved her, and how I would be sure to take care of her baby Khady for her. 

I am devastated beyond belief and still in shock and denial that this actually happened.  On March 8th she went in for her annual vaccines and was just fine.  Two and a half weeks later, she is gone.  I just can't wrap my head around it.

I have decided to continue this blog in honor of my very specially Hollybollyboo.  Of course, her beautiful baby Khady will take over for her, because I know that is what Holly would want.  I have never known two dogs so incredibly attached to each other.

I will be posting some memories and pictures this week to honor her.  I hope you will all drop by to smile at those memories, and maybe they will bring back some fond memories of your own.

Rest in peace my beautiful Boo.  Your mommy and daddy love you very much and will miss you forever.

Jan

OOPS!

Seriously???????

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!

 

Some pup, or pups, have been very busy, and mom is NOT impressed!

Hollybollyboo

WHAT HOLE?

The snow is gone and we are all quite sad.  But, there is always yard work to be done.  Especially since it is now SPRING!



That thing is big enough to hold Khady!  I wonder what Titus has planned for it?

Hollybollyboo

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Snooter kisses!

Khady Lynn

FUN FOTO FRIDAY

Titus in snow bliss!

Happy weekend everyone!

Hollybollyboo

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

NEW SNOW!!

Hollybollyboo

WASN'T ME!

No one is talking, and with good reason.  All I can say is.....It wasn't ME!




Hollybollyboo

BEAUTIFICATION

Last night mom went to a grooming demo for Taysia Blue Siberian Husky Rescue, and Titus got to be a demo dog and be beautified!!

 

He was a really good boy.....well, except when they were brushing his fluffy butt!  

Needless to say, after all his beautification, he came home and crashed!

He really does look great.  You just can't tell by his sleeping position!

Just glad it wasn't me!

Hollybollyboo

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Lena

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

SNOW MOUNTAIN OR SNOW CONE?

Hey everybuddy!  It's me, Khady Lynn!

As you saw in our last post, I have claimed the snow mountain as MINE!

It's quite the perfect place for a little Princess like me.  I think it totally suits me, don't you?

However, my snow mountain also doubles as a snow cone!  Monty is snacking away right behind me.  I decided to give it a try too.

Mmmmmmm, tasty!

Even Holly wanted to have a snack, and dug in with both paws!

HEY!!! Everybody needs to stop eating my snow mountain!

I'll just have my bossy mom keep everyone away.

She does a great job of yelling at everyone else, so I trust her to watch over me.  After all, I am her baby!

After a long day of sitting on my snow mountain, and eating it like it's a snow cone, there was only one thing left to do.......

Have a great Monday everybuddy!

Khady Lynn

I'M BAAAAACCKKKK!

HELLOOOOOO!!!! I would like to apologize for being gone for so long. I can only blame it on my extremely lazy human for not allowing me to post anything. While I have been busy relaxing and napping, mom has been busy taking care of Samuel.

You see, Samuel had been having more problems walking, getting around, and was losing weight. For several months mom thought it was just his arthritis getting worse and the vet suggested steroid shots instead of his usual Rimadyl. They helped a little, but not significantly. Then, in November, mom saw him licking his "pawsonal" region and looked to see why he was licking there. Well, she found a lump in his scrotal area. (which is technically not there cuz he has been neutered) He went to the vet and it was removed. Luckily, it was benign. And, for a while, since he was on antibiotics, he seemed to be doing a bit better.

Then, he seemed to get worse, and almost stopped eating all together, and continued to lose weight, and just didn't seem well. So, back to the vet he went, and the vet did an ultrasound and found an extensive mass in his abdomen. The next day he went in for surgery to see if the mass could be removed. Thankfully, it was completely removed. What the vet found was that it appeared that something had punctured through his intestine, and then caused an abscess the size of a softball in his omentum.  The vet looked through the mass to see if she could figure out what caused the perforation, but did not find anything.  She thought it was possible that whatever punctured the intestine might have then gone back into the intestine and passed through.  The only thing mom thought could possibly have caused it was a stick that he had chewed on.  The vet thought it had been there for quite a long time based on what she saw.

So, he is now doing better.  We just need to get some weight on him.  Mom is very thankful, especially since Samuel is almost 15 years old!  She is still very watchful of him, but he is doing so much better than he was!

Now, on to more exciting stuff!

We got a whole bunch of snow a few days ago!!!!  Needless to say, we were all very happy!  Here are some examples for your enjoyment;

Titus and Lena are VERY happy with the fresh snow!

Titus and Lena doing zoomies.

Handsome, goofy, droopy eared Samuel.

Khady, relentlessly trying to chew on Titus.

I spent quite a bit of time taste-testing the new powder!

Little Miss Princess Khady claiming the snow mountain throne.

We are suppose to get even MORE snow this week!  Needless to say, we are all VERY happy with the forecast!

And now, back to my usual routine;

Yes, it's all about the relaxing and napping!  Well, at least for ME it is!

Hollybollyboo

FUN WITH DIGGING

Yes, I know it has been, like, furever since I posted anything.  I am blaming it on the lazy human woman who has to type for me.  But, anyway, I'm back with some fun that I "technically" wasn't involved in.  However, as Queen of this house, it IS my job to snoopervise EVERYTHING!  Including the other furry inhabitants who are being BAD! (or, good if you look at it from a Siberian Husky point of view).

First, guess what mom caught the "foster" boy, Titus, doing?



But, do you think he got in trouble for doing it?  Heck no!  Mom just laughed at him.  I think she knows that scolding him at this point was probably pointless.

Then, dad scooped out a "trench" along the patio so that when the snow finally comes it has a place to drain instead of creating a wading pool on the patio.  Well, since DAD was digging, Titus and Khady decided they would help too. I, of course, made sure Khady was doing a satisfactory job, without actually getting my nice big swappers dirty.  After all, it IS below my Queenly status to do manual labor (or ANY labor for that matter).



So, the patio is now ready for snow, if only we would hurry up and get some!

Hollybollyboo