11/11/2025
So this was another very hard day for me and my family. I had to put Aspen to sleep today. She had lymphoma and was acting totally normal up until the end of last week. She went downhill very fast. She would have been 10 years old next month and was the youngest of my three standards. Dave is taking it very hard. It will be very hard not having her in doggie daycare anymore. She was such a sweet goofy dog, who always had to know what we were doing and where we were. The connections we make with our babies are so strong and it is so very hard to let them go. Though we have been through this SO many times before with other babies we have had, it just never gets any easier. We will miss her terribly, but letting her go also let her go of the pain and suffering she was in. I know she will always be with us. Our hearts are breaking right now, but in time, we will be able to think of her and smile. RIP my sweet Aspen and fly high. (Aspen was the brindle colored one and this is an OLD photo)