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Our wonderful Bailey died today. Her battle with cancer is over and she is at peace. More details later.

Our wonderful dog Bailey’s absolute favorite activity is taking a walk. After work, we’d come home and after dinner take a walk in the spectacular weather we’ve been having in the Memphis area (although admittedly hot and humid for a Sheltie). Bailey likes walks so much we’d have to spell the work W-A-L-K, [...]

We spent our spring break in our friends’ condo (THANKS Randy & Melissa) at Pensacola Beach, FL.
Since Bailey gets around a little slower these days, she rode the luggage cart up the elevator. She was pretty funny!
We were treated to some phenomenal sunrises. This photo doesn’t begin to do it justice, but [...]

As March marks a new beginning, it seems Bailey begins her downward health spiral. Once she started on Prednisone in December 2006, her appetite has generally been good. Voracious even. My last blog entry indicated Bailey began to show symptoms of slowing down. Continuing that, her appetite is decreasing. She no [...]

Lynette talked to our vet the other day so we could get a refill on the Prednisone for Bailey. During the conversation, the vet told Lynette that Bailey is a miracle dog since she is still alive and doing reasonably well. Bailey really hadn’t changed much between Christmas and mid-February. As of [...]

Our vet and oncologist both said Bailey had 4-6 weeks to live. That was the first week in December, 2006. It’s been 8 weeks and Bailey seems to be doing pretty well. Yes, her breathing is laborious, and she is clearly not as quick as she used to be. However, despite it being a [...]

After a holiday hiatus, I’m back with updates on our dog Bailey. She made it through Christmas and New Year’s in fine fashion. Bailey does seem to find it gradually more difficult to breath. Yesterday, she started up the stairs to be with the kids playing the Nintendo Wii, and she got stuck half way [...]

As I write this on Christmas Eve, we made another observation about Bailey’s condition. She is normally seen wagging her tail a lot; over the past week or so, she has almost completely stopped wagging her tail. Other than that, she has her good days and her bad days. Bailey still likes to follow us [...]

Bailey had a noticeably worse day. Her breathing seems to be labored a bit and she continues to slow down. In the past, she would run up and down the steps after Nicholas–she still tries to do that, but just can’t keep up to her old self. She specifically had difficulty a couple times coming [...]

In the spirit of Christmas, I found some past photos and came across this one of Lynette & Bailey. This photo was taken in our Bedford, New Hampshire home in December 1999. This was Bailey’s first Christmas. We are pretty hopeful that she will make it through Christmas 2006!
As of today, Bailey continues to eat [...]