I was going through photos and came across photos of my beloved Sadie. She was one of a kind. Troy and I were out shopping one day and as we were sitting at the stop light, I noticed a lady in a van with 2 black schnauzer puppies. I said oh I want one, so we stopped and talked to the lady. One was a male and the other was a female. I asked Troy if we could please get the female, he said if Ashley agreed we would get her. I knew Ashley would never say no to a puppy. So began our life with Sadie. There was never a dull moment. There was a special connection between me and her. After Troy passed, she would bark at me every morning telling me to get up. I didn’t want to get up but her and Lucy made me. She would patrol around the pool every day. She was quite the hunter, sadly she caught many a rabbit until I finally stopped them from getting into the fenced area. She developed a heart murmur and was put on meds, and then sadly she developed Cushings. But she kept plugging along. After Kim blessed me with Jude, Sadie was busy teaching her, Jude followed Sadie everywhere. I thought she would always be with me. She started coughing one night, the vet said it was congestive heart failure and there was really nothing we could do. The humane thing was to let her go. Melvin wasn’t able to be with me at the time, so I had to take Sadie all by myself. It was so very hard that I was all alone. I remember saying bye to her and I just couldn’t quit crying. I didn’t go to work the next day. I had just lost another piece of our life together. I miss her every day, she was such a special dog. I loved all my dogs, but me and her had a special bond. She helped save me after Troy passed. And for that I’m forever grateful.
Jane is a Widow 