Rest in Peace Daisy

We got her on December 19, 2019 and she passed away at Treehouse Animal Hospital today (07/17/2025) slightly before noon. She was one year old when we first brought her home, just before Covid struck. She was an English Pointer, or so we were told. She did point birds for the first couple years of her life but she stopped when she was about 3 years old.

We could not have asked for a better dog – though she never learned to leash walk well, and flat out refused to come when called, no matter what we did, she had a wonderful personality and was a beloved member of the family and the perfect companion. She was always there during the hard times and her presence helped all three of us get through them. It sounds silly to write that, but it’s quite true. Her personality was perfect for the three of us. We loved her and she loved us. She was also the rare 60 lb lap dog and was always cuddling up to one or more of us.

She was a wonderful sister to Gizmo, they could and did play together for hours and usually stayed within five feet of each other at all times.

She was a wonderful companion to Marleigh – they took great delight in looking after each other.

She was diagnosed with a small cell sarcoma on her right leg in February of this year (2025). That manifested in a large lump on her right hip. Several vet visits later the tumor was proven to be inoperable and she was given four months to live.

She made it five.

Making the decision to have her put to sleep was quite difficult but I think we got the timing perfect. Her spirits were still good, and she did not seem to be in any pain, but her tumor ruptured yesterday and it was only a matter of time before that started to have effects

She went very peacefully. At Treehouse Animal Hospital they have an interesting policy of “no dog should go to heaven without tasting chocolate” and they gave her four Hershey’s Kisses, which Daisy enjoyed greatly.

The good people of Treehouse could not have been better. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

Today is a hard day, but as the day passes I’m appreciating more and more what a wonderful companion and member of the family she was and how much I’ll miss her and will treasure her memory.

Gizmo and Snow are quite depressed today – dogs really do seem to know when a dog has gone temporarily and when a dog is gone for good.

There are many stories I could relate here, the times she got into this or that, or the time she spotted a scorpion in a rental cabin and carefully followed it until I could deal with it, but there’s just too many to go into.

Goodbye for now Daisy – we’ll meet again sometime in a better world.

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We’ll miss you girl.