Meet Avuinn!

As a few of you may know... I adopted a 14 yr. old blind/deaf Lhasa Apso named Gaga on April 8th, 2010. Unfortunately, the last month or so, she has been drastically losing weight and will be put down shortly after losing a battle that we've tried so hard to fight. But in more ways than others, I was only wanting her to win this battle for me, because she has brightened up my life so much and I just couldnt imagine my life without her. She will be my first animal that I've had to make the decision to end her life. And Im always questioning "am I doing the right thing?", I know that I am. But then again, I still question it and still think "there's other ways to help her and maybe she will be okay". But she wont and her good days will start to be very few and far inbetween.<br><br>So today, I took my GagaMonster back to the Sanctuary where I had adopted her from. They were able to say their goodbyes, then they showed me 2 wonderful Lhasa's that they had recently rescued. One was a definite "no" to add to my family. She was younger at 3 years old, but she didnt like kids, didnt like other dogs and just wanted to be a one-person dog. I've got twins coming into my life within the next few months and even have my best friend's son, my "nephew", who just loves dogs and wouldnt understand that he wasnt supposed to play with his most favoritest thing in the world. And I also have 2 other dogs, as-well as my GagaMonster who wouldnt be able to defend herself. The 2nd dog I was shown, was this gorgeous Lhasa who was missing an eye. She was picked up a few years ago by one of our "pterridactyl (sp?) eagles" and when it had picked her up... It pecked her right eye out. Then when the family that had her since she was 8 wks. old, paid quite a bit just for her alone (she's AKC Reg. with several champion sires in her line), then all her vet bills (she had to have alot of her top teeth pulled, etc.), they decided to take her to our "3 week hold, then kill shelter", because they were having their 3rd child. This gorgeous girl grew up with their first child who was 5 years old at the time they had gotten her, then was there for the birth of their 2nd child and most of his growing up as-well. So they just didnt want her anymore I guess. Well, 3 weeks had passed and she was on the euthanasia list if the dog runs in the shelter got full. Our wonderful no-kill animal sanctuary ended up taking her and several other dogs in. I had seen this girl on Petfinder when she was at the Kenai Animal Shelter (the 3 wk. hold then put down), then again when she was on Petfinder at the Animal Sanctuary.<br><br>I introduced her to my GagaMonster and Goku and she LOVED them. A few hours later after visiting with them, and allowing them to say their goodbyes to GagaMonster, I took her home. We went over to my best friend's house and my "nephew" just LOVED her. And she loved him... Especially cause he kept feeding her scraps when we were sitting at the dinner table. He would put her leash on and walk her around the house and say "come on puppy" and then take off running (he is only 1 and a half) and she did everything he said and even ran along with him down the hallway. She had a blast.<br><br>GagaMonster, Goku and Avuinn (Ay-Vinn) are now inseperable. They stay together, eat together and even sleep together. I am glad that GagaMonster has another friend to play with that will hopefully ease her pain, Goku's pain and mine especially. But letting my baby girl go... Will probably be one of the hardest things I'll ever have to do.<br><br><img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dodgersuperman/AK15_17634868-1-pn.jpg"; alt="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dodgersuperman/AK15_17634868-1-pn.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br><img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dodgersuperman/012519.jpg"; alt="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dodgersuperman/012519.jpg"; class="bb-image" />