Bevin
Kathy and Bevin
Bevin was with me from the time she was 8 weeks old to the time she was 14 years old. She would chase a ball until she was literally foaming at the mouth and wanted more. She went to fish camp with my partner and when I arrived it was very dark and my partner threw a stick into the forest for Bevin to go find and I said she couldn't find it because it was dark...a few minutes later she came back with the stick. She was an amazing dog. My partner said we needed to give her chemotherapy for her lymphoma and I would never do that again. Bevin became incontinent and it mortified her. She could no longer get up the deck steps. She just looked at me as though it was my duty to see her off in a good way so I took her to McDonalds and got her a couple cheeseburgers and then we went to the vet. This was the hardest day of my life but I felt I owed it to her to be by her side to the end. And it was a really good life for her. She lived out on the river which was a seven mile walk for all of us. She pulled a sled that was loaded with her dog food and left us in the dust (snow) when we got to the river. Later, she came running back, having turned the sled around, wondering where the heck we were. She had black bear encounters and I only saw the rear end of the bear as it ran from her and she came right back when I called her. She hated the mosquitoes in summer and grumbled profusely when she got put outside on her run then. She had a litter of 14 puppies that I had to catheterize to feed because she wouldn't bother. And who could blame her? 14?? She was born to be everything but a Mom and that was fine in my book. She was my bestest friend always and I do miss her still.