It is with a VERY heavy heart that I tell you all
that our little special agent Fi, first name Fi, last name Fi, left us
last night for a new mission in heaven. She was a shelter pull from
Detroit Animal Control who was supposed to be a transport to another
foster home but once we met her we realized that she was meant to hold
down our couch for the rest of her life. John, who used to hate little
dogs, was smitten with her immediately and the second day we had her I
came home to find him in the yard raking leaves with only one dog in the
yard with him, of course this was the start of his love for his little
girl. When she first came in she could hardly walk, her knees and hips
were that of a 100 year old dog, she would take 4 steps and fall over,
within a few weeks we had her up to racing around the house so fast that
her little ears would bob up and down with every step. She never
actually broke into a run, but she moved as fast as she could to be a
true toy poodle and make sure to always stay under our feet. The first
day I brought her to my parents, I asked my mom "isn't she cute?" my mom
looked at her and said "she's PINK!" she had a severe flea allergy that
made her lose most of her hair. I will never forget the first time I
discovered that her hair had finally grown in and she had her first
professional grooming. She looked so sweet with bows in her little ears.
I was so proud of how beautiful she looked. I will miss so many things
about our little Fi, but the biggest things that come to mind are
her becoming a "racing Fi" at night running after us everywhere we went.
At bedtime we always gave her cookies once she was safely in our bed.
She saw this as "every poodle for themselves" and would mow down the
other dogs to shark us for her cookies. She never really liked to eat
her food out of a dog bowl so most nights John would sit with her on his
lap and feed her with a spoon. I don't know what her life was like
before she was dumped at the shelter, if she had a loving mom or
dad who, maybe passed away and the thoughtless family dumped her or if
she was actually a young dog who had a really rough life, her teeth were
such a mess there was no vet willing to take a guess at an actual age on
her. I always told anyone who asked that she was "around 100" Because
of her being in the Detroit AC we made up endless stories of her
spending her life on the streets of Detroit beating up pit bulls for
food. I doubt that her 6 pounds would overtake any dog for food, but it
was fun to make up stories.
Even though my heart is broken I feel so lucky
to have had her in our lives. As every dog does, she taught us a lot, we
learned a lot about deaf dogs, we learned a lot about senior dogs, we
learned about more natural supplements, for her liver, for her teeth,
for her ears, and for her urinary tract problems. We will never know
what it was that actually took her from us in the end, but I feel that
the 9 months we got with her was about 8 1/2 more than I had ever
expected. I am happy to say that because god had a wonderful plan, she
didn't die at the shelter as an unwanted and forgotten little dog, she
was able to leave us with dignity in her loving daddy's arms while he
told her how much he loved her and mommy sitting next to them as a, very
much wanted little girl. It will never cease to amaze me that this dog
was actually thrown out by somebody who didn't want her, to become a
little sweetheart who's mommy and daddy would do anything to have back.
My friend from Colorado was in in February and
fell madly in love with FiFi as well, I don't think that Rosanna put
FiFi down at all while she was in town. While we were out one night
shopping, we bought her a princess costume. I have attached one of the
pictures that we took while she walked around her royal castle in her
"princess Fi" costume.
I know that she is free of her stiff back legs
and can run and jump and play and hear now. This makes me happy as it
warms my heart to think of her healed of all of her ailments.
Run and play, my sweet Fi, you deserve it,
thank you for all of the love you gave us, we will miss you, our little
"special agent Fi, first name Fi, last name Fi!"
Abbie
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