Goodbye Polo!

Today was a very hard day for Kim - she had to have Polo put down.

Around Christmas Polo was diagnosed with a fast growing cancer on her face. The vet did surgery to remove it but knew that it was not all gone. By two weeks later her face was already beginning to swell again. Kim knew it was time but it is very hard to lose an old and faithful friend.

Kim got Polo the summer of 1993 (or maybe 1992). We would often characterize her as the perfect dog - if she didn't shed. She would bark only if someone came to the door and she loved to chase squirrels. She hated to be confined - if you left her loose in the house all would be fine but if you locked her in a room then you may have to replace the door mouldings since she would have tried to remove them for you. In her younger days she would come and run around the pond in our backyard - she would go so fast you would think she was actually laying on her side making that oval. In later years she would run some and but have to stop and rest and then walk back up to the house. She had no tolerence for any dog that would step foot on her yard either - and she considered our yard her yard. A new neighbor had a dog that came and surprised Polo - and the fight was on. Polo waited until she found that dog tied in its yard and surprised it too. She thought turn about was fair play! Polo had another different characteristic - she had just a nub for a tail. And when she was excited she would wag that nub just like a tail. She hated thunder storms - she would sit right under your feet if there was any thunder at all.

We know she is in a much better place than she has been for the past few months (although she was not in pain we knew she was not enjoying life quite as much as she had been) - and we hope there are plenty of squirrels for her to chase!

We will sure miss her - and even her hair too!