Zoie
A donation was made in memory of Zoie by Chelsea Tripp on Aug 26, 2009.
Our beloved black girl, Zoie, passed away on June 23, 2009. She died suddenly, lying on the floor by my left foot. Dr. Rob, our local veterinarian, believes she passed a blood clot.
Zoie almost made the first anniversary of her oral melanoma cancer diagnose, June 26, 2009. With the wonderful loving care of Doctors Rob & Chelsea, Zoie's WSU Oncologist, her life was extended and, except for a couple of setbacks, she had quality of life until the end. Zoie was a tough little girl, having experienced her share of medical problems during her 13+ years; major back surgery, also at WSU, five years ago, hernia surgery and two separate surgeries to remove the melanoma in her mouth. Zoie loved going to the vet's office, wagging her tail the whole time, she especially loved standing on the scale to be weighed. She had the best of medical care during her entire life, especially this past year.
Sunday was Zoie's favorite day of the week. Her Dad made her favorite food, pancakes or "cakes" as she preferred to call them. Zoie sat by Mike's feet the whole time he was cooking, getting especially excited when she knew it was almost time to eat. Zoie always had her own "cakes", no butter, no syrup, thank you. Sunday breakfast won't be the same.
There will be silence at night in our home as we prepare for bed. For Zoie's entire life, every night she would bark, and bark, and bark some more as Dad got ready for bed. Zoie would have preferred for him to sleep somewhere else. The bedroom was ours, mine and Zoie's. We always warned house guests about Zoie's night time barking.
Zoie loved her "good kid cookies". She earned a cookie after going outside to go potty, for being a good girl and for absolutely no reason at all. She always knew where the cookie jar was, even when her Mom moved it to a new location on one of the kitchen counters. Zoie would spin fast, tight, excited circles before getting her treat but had to "sit pretty" to receive the treat. As she got older her circles became wider and she spun slower but that was still her routine every time she earned a treat. She also did her "circle dance" to let you know she had to go outside.
Zoie was never interested in chew bones, balls or tug ropes - but she loved her babies! Her favorite baby was "Lion Baby", a stuffed animal that Mike gave her when she was about 2-3 months old. Lion Baby looked like Lion King. Zoie nurtured LB, slept with LB and carried him everywhere she went. LB would sometimes disappear for a few days. Zoie would hide him when we had company. But once the company was gone, or when you asked where LB was, she would go right to where she had hidden him & bring him back out. There were other favorite "babies" but LB was always #1. Lion Baby will be saved in Zoie's memory box. A funny side story about LB: a special friend came by the house one day. As always, Zoie brought out LB with no intentions of actually letting our friend touch or hold LB. Not knowing the rules, our friend ripped LB out of Zoie's mouth and threw him across the room. Zoie was mortified, retrieved LB and left the room to go hide him from his attacker.
Zoie had a sweet, loving personality. She personified "unconditional love" every moment of her life. Her biggest life disappointment was two years ago when her Mom brought Riley home. Her life had been perfect; she had her two favorite "peoples" all to herself. And then, life changed! But with the tolerance and grace of a true lady she accepted him, better said, put up with him. She endured his rowdiness, his "me first" attitude, and having to share us, toys, beds and more.
Thirteen years of wonderful memories and funny stories is what Zoie has left for us. She was my soul mate, my best friend, my constant companion and she will always be missed. I am sad in my selfishness; I want her to still be alive. But, I know that we did all we could for her, we were good parents & she had a wonderful life. She is at peace in puppy heaven, spinning circles for her "good girl cookies" and hoping they have "cakes" on Sunday. Zoie we love you!
Sondra R.
Zoie almost made the first anniversary of her oral melanoma cancer diagnose, June 26, 2009. With the wonderful loving care of Doctors Rob & Chelsea, Zoie's WSU Oncologist, her life was extended and, except for a couple of setbacks, she had quality of life until the end. Zoie was a tough little girl, having experienced her share of medical problems during her 13+ years; major back surgery, also at WSU, five years ago, hernia surgery and two separate surgeries to remove the melanoma in her mouth. Zoie loved going to the vet's office, wagging her tail the whole time, she especially loved standing on the scale to be weighed. She had the best of medical care during her entire life, especially this past year.
Sunday was Zoie's favorite day of the week. Her Dad made her favorite food, pancakes or "cakes" as she preferred to call them. Zoie sat by Mike's feet the whole time he was cooking, getting especially excited when she knew it was almost time to eat. Zoie always had her own "cakes", no butter, no syrup, thank you. Sunday breakfast won't be the same.
There will be silence at night in our home as we prepare for bed. For Zoie's entire life, every night she would bark, and bark, and bark some more as Dad got ready for bed. Zoie would have preferred for him to sleep somewhere else. The bedroom was ours, mine and Zoie's. We always warned house guests about Zoie's night time barking.
Zoie loved her "good kid cookies". She earned a cookie after going outside to go potty, for being a good girl and for absolutely no reason at all. She always knew where the cookie jar was, even when her Mom moved it to a new location on one of the kitchen counters. Zoie would spin fast, tight, excited circles before getting her treat but had to "sit pretty" to receive the treat. As she got older her circles became wider and she spun slower but that was still her routine every time she earned a treat. She also did her "circle dance" to let you know she had to go outside.
Zoie was never interested in chew bones, balls or tug ropes - but she loved her babies! Her favorite baby was "Lion Baby", a stuffed animal that Mike gave her when she was about 2-3 months old. Lion Baby looked like Lion King. Zoie nurtured LB, slept with LB and carried him everywhere she went. LB would sometimes disappear for a few days. Zoie would hide him when we had company. But once the company was gone, or when you asked where LB was, she would go right to where she had hidden him & bring him back out. There were other favorite "babies" but LB was always #1. Lion Baby will be saved in Zoie's memory box. A funny side story about LB: a special friend came by the house one day. As always, Zoie brought out LB with no intentions of actually letting our friend touch or hold LB. Not knowing the rules, our friend ripped LB out of Zoie's mouth and threw him across the room. Zoie was mortified, retrieved LB and left the room to go hide him from his attacker.
Zoie had a sweet, loving personality. She personified "unconditional love" every moment of her life. Her biggest life disappointment was two years ago when her Mom brought Riley home. Her life had been perfect; she had her two favorite "peoples" all to herself. And then, life changed! But with the tolerance and grace of a true lady she accepted him, better said, put up with him. She endured his rowdiness, his "me first" attitude, and having to share us, toys, beds and more.
Thirteen years of wonderful memories and funny stories is what Zoie has left for us. She was my soul mate, my best friend, my constant companion and she will always be missed. I am sad in my selfishness; I want her to still be alive. But, I know that we did all we could for her, we were good parents & she had a wonderful life. She is at peace in puppy heaven, spinning circles for her "good girl cookies" and hoping they have "cakes" on Sunday. Zoie we love you!
Sondra R.
