Difference between revisions of "Sally"
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| + | When [[Dana Reddick|Dana]] was six years old, she desperately wanted a puppy, so [[Ro Reddick|Ro]] & [[Jon Reddick|Jon]] went for a visit to the Tallahassee animal shelter to see about adopting. | ||
| + | There was a litter of puppies just weeks old, and Dana was let into the pen with them to select one. They were all jumping & yipping for her attention, playfully chewing on her shoes and climbing up her legs, but she instead waded through their excitement to a tiny, shivering lump of fur curled up in a stainless steel feeding bowl. | ||
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| + | She picked up this tiny, sickly puppy and cradled it in her arms, and looked to her parents indicating this was the one she wanted. We glanced at the animal shelter vet who shook her head and whispered that this one probably wasn't going to live. It was underweight, had worms, and above all was born with muscular & skeletal defects which would likely mean a short life if any life at all. | ||
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| + | Jon & Ro tried to encourage Dana to reconsider and look at the other puppies that really wanted to go home with her. But she wouldn't be convinced. Instead she held the tiny dog tighter and said, "But this one ''needs'' me." | ||
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| + | Having committed to adopt the puppy if and when it could be nursed to health, the animal shelter vet began a few week course of shots, medicine, vitamins and manual feedings. Miraculously, the small pup came around to at least and acceptable level of health to be adopted, and the Reddicks took her home. | ||
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| + | Dana named her Sally, after the patchwork character from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas animated film. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Revision as of 18:33, 31 July 2011
Sally was a was a family pet adopted by the Reddicks in 2004 while living in Tallahassee, FL.
Life
When Dana was six years old, she desperately wanted a puppy, so Ro & Jon went for a visit to the Tallahassee animal shelter to see about adopting.
There was a litter of puppies just weeks old, and Dana was let into the pen with them to select one. They were all jumping & yipping for her attention, playfully chewing on her shoes and climbing up her legs, but she instead waded through their excitement to a tiny, shivering lump of fur curled up in a stainless steel feeding bowl.
She picked up this tiny, sickly puppy and cradled it in her arms, and looked to her parents indicating this was the one she wanted. We glanced at the animal shelter vet who shook her head and whispered that this one probably wasn't going to live. It was underweight, had worms, and above all was born with muscular & skeletal defects which would likely mean a short life if any life at all.
Jon & Ro tried to encourage Dana to reconsider and look at the other puppies that really wanted to go home with her. But she wouldn't be convinced. Instead she held the tiny dog tighter and said, "But this one needs me."
Having committed to adopt the puppy if and when it could be nursed to health, the animal shelter vet began a few week course of shots, medicine, vitamins and manual feedings. Miraculously, the small pup came around to at least and acceptable level of health to be adopted, and the Reddicks took her home.
Dana named her Sally, after the patchwork character from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas animated film.
Death
Some time on the evening of July 30, 2011, Sally laid down with her nose between her paws, and passed away.
She was buried in the evening of July 31, 2001 in the back yard of the Reddicks' home on Everholly Lane in Jacksonville, FL.
