About two weeks ago we had to put our beloved Jypsy down. Jypsy is our black lab that Ryan and I got almost 8 years ago....just 4 months after we were married.
She was 7 weeks old, born of a litter from my Dad's dog, Chick. This last year she starting to become "unbalanced". She had a SUPER sensitivity to certain sounds, such as vacuum's and air compressors. The sound would just send her into a zone and she would do anything to get away from it. So about a month ago our neighbor decided to start doing some "home improvement" (although, I have had a hard time figuring out what he could possibly be doing) and has been using the air compressor an awful lot. So, after many attempts to try and protect Jypsy we were finally at our whits end when she was actually causing harm to herself. There were many days when we would come home and find that the neighbor was "improving" and Jypsy was bleeding. So, we made the hard call and took her in. WOW!!!! was this one of the hardest things we have ever done?
I realize in the grand scheme of life, our pets are just a bleep on the radar, but saying goodbye to 8 years was brutal!

So, so long Pat's Boise River Jypsy Queen, Jypsy Kitty, Kitty, Jypsy bear, JB. We will love and miss you.
Enjoy the view!