02/04/2024
13yrs ago this girl Sunnie came into my life as a AKC 6 month old puppy mill rescue that the breeder would not take back from the puppy buyer. She came in with the intentions of finding a forever family and it was never my Intentions of her being a rescue fail that I could never rehome. She stole my heart the first week and she was the light to some of my darkest days and times, just as I was the light to her dark when she needed someone to love her. She has been by my side through everything that could go right or wrong in the last 13 years of my life and for 10 of those years she was by my side through every rescue horse, dog or puppy that crossed our paths and was their to help them into their next chapter with their new owners. She was always eager to meet new people knowing she would never leave my side and I would never leave her anywhere. What most people never knew about Ole Sunnie Money is that she had the worst hips our vet had ever seen and he said she shouldn’t even be walking. You see she was born without hip sockets to hold her hips in place but she stayed active and you would never know that she had bad hips as she could jump in the truck, catch a ball in thin air as she was doing a flip and would chase a ball all day till she killed the ball or you got tired of throwing that ball and the vet said that’s what kept Sunnie fit and able to be active. She was by my side through all 3 of my kids, through relationships and breakups through every horse I started and trained and on thousands of road trips she was my copilot that chased trucks through the windows, most of the ride or road on my center consul of my truck as a shotgun rider when she wasn’t chasing trucks through the windows. She always thought the kids booster seats were hers and did not belong to the kids and she always thought the driver side backseat was hers and did not like to share, but still she was my sidekick on every trip we went on till her hip started giving her issues three years ago, so the last three years she’s just laid around the yard or on the couch or chair and has watched the property. She has only went on short road trips the last few years even though I hated leaving her behind, because too many truck rides would make her hips start hurting. She was good staying at the house though and she didn’t hurt that way. I’ve always said her hips would give out before her big Texas sized heart or soul did and that’s what happened today just out of the blue with no signs of pain or limping prior, so I did what I always told her I would do, I would never let her suffer or live in pain a minute longer than she had to. Today has been the hardest day of my life as she was my heart and soul but I know I did the right thing in letting her go. No other dog could ever take her place as she is irreplaceable and was one of a kind. She loved everybody, but if she thought that I was in trouble, she would be the first one to threaten somebody to back off and she loved taking care of the kids and watching over them. Sonny was my shadow my Velcro that never left my side, that licked the tears when I cried and picked up my falling pieces when I didn’t know what to do, she was always my solid in this life I knew was their when I needed her. Sunnie Money you will be greatly missed, but I truly believe we will see each other again. First picture is sunnies last ride today, second is Timothy telling his best friend good bye, third is me telling her I will miss and love her and the rest of our adventures together.
