Gracie the Dog

Gracie died from canine lymphosarcoma. It is a very common (most) cause of death for Goldens. She was placed on a Steroid to lower the swelling but the biopsy reported "abnormal cells".

[She was a Golden, all of her cells are abnormally heart-shaped!]

She was a great companion, even on the days she was very bad because we let her be, unintentionally. She sat quietly in the background as each of the boys were brought home, never complaining about taking the back seat. She stopped jumping on the bed a few months ago which should have been a sign she was not doing well, she loved sleeping on Michelle’s legs at night. She’d wait until we were sleeping and hop up to steal the heat.

She’s was the best dog I have ever had in my life, and truly a gift. There really is no way to thank Frankie and Jeff and Ashleigh and Jarrod for her [she was really a gift from them].

She had a good life with us and she deserved far better than long drawn out “therapy” as the kids would have watched her slow decline. The cat was spending an unusual amount of time in her crate, sometime while she is in it already. This is very odd and sent us a signal that he sensed something was wrong or he knew she was in pain.

I shared a few pictures of her in our lives over the last 12 years. She was a good girl.

Her full registered name is Peyton's Princess Grace after her awesome father Peyton, the best dog I was lucky enough to meet before her.

Goodbye sweet girl.