English Cocker Spaniel - Snoopy

After having those three dogs for 5 years and then sent back to my parents, i dont have dogs until 10 yrs. later. That was when my children are all grown up...my elder daughter and son already started working. The first dog i had is Snoopy, english cocker spaniel, all black in color. Also my real darling. A pity is she was down with distemper for weeks after we got her and it was a surprised to doctor that she can recovered. With her recovery, she was down with fits. Imagine it like your own child....i was really tied down with her. Whenever she got fits, she will made noise to wake me up, and then i will be there with her, wipe her, clean her, hold her. The worst part is her fit was not once a night, its two or three times a night. Sometimes after the first fit, just when i was going to sleep soundly, her moans will wake me up again for her 2nd fits.

Life goes on with her having fits now and then, everyday before i left for work, i will talk to her, tell her dont play too much with my daughter's dog. The reason is that when she played too much, over excited, she will surely have fits in the night. She grows to be very nice dog...furs shinning for a sick dog.

The worst fit was after a year, she was not able to move for almost three weeks. I had to wipe her clean everyday after my work, mop the floor etc etc. I was at one time thought of putting her to sleep instead of having her suffer like this, but the vet said "well, you have come so far, and with snoopy fighting her sickness one after another, why not give her another chance. She might recover....give her sometime". Then a friend told me to buy some chicken meat and liver to cook for her to eat, saying that she needs something solid. He also told me to try to hang her under the staircase to get her to walk. So I did what he told me and also every evening after back from work, i hanged her under the staircase, and my daughter and myself will take turns to massage her legs. Surprisingly, she recovered after one month and Mr. Yeoh, the vet was very surprised to see it too. She recovered but with a limp when she walks. I love to see her running, she ran like a horse, hopping...

The good doesnt stay long, one day my daughter called me, saying that snoopy is missing from home. You see, we got a small hole for the dogs to go to the garden to do business....and my daughter told me the gate was locked, so no way can she ran out of the house. Someone who doesnt know she is a sick dog, must have climbed over the gate and took her. She gone just like that with me going round the housing area, looking high and low for her....crying for dont know what will happen to her. Putting up flyers everywhere, still no news of her.

I still miss her very very much.