Today was a sad, sad day for our family as we lost our sweet baby girl,
Buttercup. She was put to sleep with me petting her this morning at the
hospital where she had been for over 8 days. She was beating cancer only
to have an unrelated serious GI problem befall her.
We'll never learn her date of birth, who had cared for her for much of her
life, how she became a stray, or her first-given name. But there are many
things I'll remember about Buttercup & here are 10 of them:
1. Her eager look and bright vibrant eyes and her smiling face as she and
I ran around the park treeing squirrels (she anticipated each morning walk
with "dancing" vigor);
2. Buttercup's love of napping on the bed in our guest bedroom while we
were at work (a leisure activity she taught Bruno);
3. Buttercup's tail!!! She didn't need a boxer butt wiggle with her long
talkative tail;
4. Her bark! She would demand-bark for treats when we came home from
work (something she also taught Bruno!); and her three-part bark that
sounded like Rooooh'-Ooooooh-Ooooooh always made me laugh;
5. Buttercup playing with Bruno. She loved to growl in his face with
tail wagging and chase him around. When he'd try to take charge, the
boxing would commence.
6. Her love of doggie treats and peanut butter (I gave her spoonfuls of
PB to fatten her up when we first got her);
7. Teaching Buttercup sign-language commands when she was going rapidly
deaf after we first got her and then watching her adjust to her silent
world with actual happiness (and with some calmness too because she could
know what we wanted by our signals and that allowed her world to remain
predictable);
8. Her love of people and of most dogs too (she made lots of friends at
the local park including a rescue dog from Hurricane Katrina, LeRoy); she
really had the sweetest personality;
9. Buttercup greeting me every morning by coming to the side of the bed.
Her sweet face and
wagging tail were often the first images of my day; and,
10. Buttercup either slung over the back of a living room chair or sitting
on the back of it looking out our front window taking in all the sights of
the neighborhood.
Buttercup was an awesome dog. She is sorely missed.
--David
Buttercup is now in foster with
a male dog and a cat, and she is doing great! She walks awesome on a leash
and stays either right by my side or a little bit behind me. I'm sure that
someone must have trained her at some point. She seems to really like the
couch and just wants to lay around, which is great for me and Champ! She did
see Phil, my cat, for a few minutes and seemed curious, but not too
interested. When he darted away, she ran after him, but quickly lost
interest. I'm sure she could adapt fine in a house with a cat. She is full
of kisses and her whole body wiggles. Buttercup is a gentle girl that would
fit into almost any home. Apply today for Buttercup!
Buttercup was found as a stray and is estimated to be around 5 years old.
She is reported to be very sweet with people. Buttercup will be going into a
foster home soon, and we will update her page once we know more about her.
Thank you for your interest in Buttercup!
