A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}

Dixie Flyer wrote:
Yesterday I read an article about a Beagle that someone skinned alive and dropped it off at a park. The Tennessee Sheriff's is offering a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. The dog was carried to a vet where it was put down. Anyone that could do such a thing is a very sick person.

I read about this the other day. How in the world could a person get enjoyment out of doing something like that? I grew up with Beagles and it made me sick reading that article. My uncle gave me a beagle when I was 5 years old and she was my best friend. A day after my 17th birthday, she passed from thyroid cancer. I remember I had a chemistry test that morning and I was sobbing and couldn't go to school. My dad was a school teacher and he said I could stay home that day. I usually had to be really sick, almost on deaths door, before my dad would let me stay home on a school day but he understood as he loved the dog too.

I hope Pickles is doing better today. My neighbor who spends his summers in Franklin, NC has a Schnauzer named Lucy. She is a sweetheart and we have dog sat for her several times. She got sick last week and wouldn't eat or do her business. They took her to the local vet and he said her white blood cells were down. They took her to Greenville, SC on Thursday to have a bunch of tests done. She really didn't improve much until Monday. They were able to feed her by hand a little and she finally did her business. They got the results of the tests back from Greenville last night and it does not appear to be cancer but like an auto-immune issue. They might have to put her on a few weeks of steroids. We will be visiting them once we leave Sevierville and head to Whittier, NC. Where they live in Franklin is only about a 20 minute drive from the park we are staying.