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[devababy]

Rocket was with me for 15 1/2 years and she bought us so much laughter and spark to our lives. She stayed by my side through all the sad times and my illness, and when we did not know if our kids had gotten safely out of the "tower 1" on 9/11 (they did), she never left my side through all those days sensing something was terribly wrong.

Her health had been failing the last few months and numerous visits to the vet helped but we knew that she was dying. She felt good on Saturday and then that night just went into a decline. Never moving, eating, just sleeping and/or looking at us. I knew that look. My husband did take her to the vet and they confirmed that her life could be prolonged but maybe for a month, but that the pain would be great, kidneys failing, severe back problems, arthritis in her jointsand a heart problem. It was time for her to join KimSoo (our pug who left us in February) and to play and snap at KimSoo again, and chase her around. So we let her go. That is never easy.She was my little mutt dog that captured our hearts forever.

We buried her in our pet cemetery,next to KimSoo, and I'm going to plant a drought resistant plant there (someone on this board suggested it and I liked that thought). We have marked her grave with a large flat stone and I put a solar light by her grave, just like we did for KimSoo. That way when I look back there at night I can see "their" lights glowing.

Thank you all for just listening. Hug your pets for KimSoo and Rocket.