Ivy

​Another sweet alumna, Ivy, has passed away.   Ivy’s mom Robyn told us her story…
 
“Ivy came to us in 2019, she had been the breeding female at a local hunting farm. She lived the first part of her life in a kennel.
 
When she came to us, I knew immediately she was going to be a foster failure. All she wanted was to be loved on…. She was shy and timid at first but once you sat still, she would come and curl up next to you for some snuggles.
 
Over the next few years her confidence grew, and she became queen of the house. She loved to snuggle but she also loved her cozy cave. She was a master chipmunk hunter and taught her sister how to dig up the yard... we still have some holes to remind us.
 
Last fall Ivy started losing weight.  Within a few weeks she really started to slow down. She was diagnosed with liver cancer and in December she told us she was ready to run free from pain. Her decline was really quick, so she did not have a chance to suffer. She was the lost mellow GSP ever and we miss her greatly!”
 
Ivy was no doubt incredibly blessed to spend the last 5 years of her life with her true forever family.
 
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller