From Elijah (7), her dearest boy – I really really liked snuggling you. I really miss you. I love you.
From Mom, her savior & Dad, her pack leader – Rylee was deemed anxious, leash aggressive, should live with no dogs, no children and our home was her seventh by the time she was 4. The odds were not in her favor. She bonded to our other dog immediately, and later down the road while we were nervous she would eat the baby, I am pretty sure she thought he was hers.
Rylee was a universal blood donor and saved 6 lives in her 15 years. Highlights include; when she stole a neighbors moose antler and brought it home, ate another’s chicken, lost an argument with a raccoon, made the feather duvet snow in the summer, could gas out an entire floor of the house, and had a giant distaste for Golden Retrievers. She would adventure out of her contained yard for 12-14 hours, but always came home to snuggle, eat and sleep.
She loved with her whole heart, eventhough it took some time to win it over completely. I will miss my little spoon in bed, and my mobile slippers in the fall. There are dogs, and then there are soulmates. She really squeezed into the soul, and left behind a surprising menagerie of life lessons and memories. There is no death without life, and we were so lucky that most of her entire life was spent with us.
Rylee, nicknamed “Birdie” will now forever be basking in the sunshine and watching the birds.