Harriet, sweet Harriet

For nearly 3 years, our home was graced by the presence of Harriet, the foster Beagle.  She came to us on a hot day in June of 2009. We found her near death underneath a friend's car in our driveway. She was infested, infected,  raw and swollen. We never thought she'd live...but she did! With the help of The Shamrock Pet Foundation and Dr. Garrity at the Downtown Animal Hospital in Louisiville, Harriet's health returned but she was still clearly an aged senior and not highly adoptable. So she lived with us and we gave her as much comfort, food and prednisone as we could to keep her feeling like a pup for as long as possible. She had her bad habits, licking the floor incessantly being the most annoying, but she was a sweet little old lady and I look back on the time she lived here with fondness. We're glad that when her time came, she was able to go without assistance while laying on her cozy bed at home.  She died late morning on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. We scattered her ashes in the woods she used to roam, underneath some white flowering dogwoods. Goodbye sweet Harriet.