Mitzy

When I was about 6 my family bought a dog. We drove out to a farm in our maroon station wagon and picked her up. She was just a mut but she was pretty. I remember being in the car thinking of names for our new dog, but of course I couldn’t think of anything that was great for her. Finally my mom came up with Mitzy. She was such a mitzy. She was just happy and nice, but unfortunately I was 6 and I was always bothering her so we didn’t have the best relationship. But she still loved me and I loved her. I grew up with her and two years ago our time together was cut short. Mitzy began to change. She was having problems. She could hardly hold her bladder, and she was drinking a ton of water. We were worried so we took her to the vet. We went into the room and told the vet about our problems. She gave us a few possibilities of her sickness. One thing she said was diabetes. When she said that my mom started crying. I wasn’t exactly sure what that entailed so I wasn’t very upset yet. She was correct. Mitzy had diabetes and we had to make a hard decision. If we were to treat her diabetes we would have to test her blood and give her shots every day. I couldn’t imagine hurting her like that on a daily basis. Pricking her with needles and seeing her sick was something I couldn’t handle. So we took her home and made the decision to put her down. It was devastating. She was our first family dog and we loved her so much. That day I sat at home with her and cried all day. It was so sad. Today thinking about it I’m pretty upset, but now I have a new dog and I love her so much. Her name is Beatrice or Bea for short and she is literally the love of my life. She is a beautiful English springer spaniel that is full of energy and just loves to be loved. I know everyone thinks their dog is the prettiest, but seriously she is the prettiest dog I’ve ever seen. She jumps into my bed every morning to wake me up then we cuddle. It was sad to see Mitzy go, but we we’re blessed with a new dog that my family loves.