Piper came to us 9 years ago after a neglectful beginning with a previous owner. From many barking complaints to chasing the mailman, (and rumour has it killing a couple flocks of chickens)… Piper’s beginning was not the way a dog should live.
We adopted Piper when she was 3 and gave her the life she never would have had.
Her favourite activities included swimming after her blue ball at Shawnigan lake (she literally almost drowned once because she couldn’t get it), boat rides, playing “hide the foxy” or “Friday night hide the cookie.”
In her early years, Piper loved wrestling with dad, “goodnight kissy-poo,” walks up Mount Tolmie with mom, being the best “cat-cop” in town, Lily’s guardian, and most importantly, mooching from dad because no one else would give in to her.
Piper was incredibly loyal, intelligent, stubborn (if you didn’t take her picture fast enough she’d bark at you), and extremely loving in her own way.
Two years ago we took her into the vet for a dental, and after a palpation of her abdomen, an X-ray and an ultrasound, the vets realized her spleen needed to be removed. She left the vet that day minus one canine and one spleen. She lived an extra two years without her spleen, time we not have had.
Piper spent her last day in the sun, eating ice cream, surrounded by her favourite people. Piper, thank you for all the laughs, smiles, love, moments of annoyance and frustration over these past 9 incredible years. We wouldn’t change anything (except for when you ripped out the cat-door (twice!) in our basement door).
Love you forever and always our girl, Piper.
A huge thank you of course to Vanessa and Kate, who were very respectful, compassionate and caring and made Piper’s goodbye peaceful.