[Spridgets] Spridget Calendar, month of May

[Linda Grunthaner]

Wow Rick Tuppy sure looked like she loved those kids : ) Is that the gate
she & her little friend Thatcher adventured out from I can visualize it
nicely : )
Thanks so much, hang in there.
Lin

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Linda,
> Here's a Picasa web album with both of them - mainly pics of Tuppy though.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/rbastedo/Boxers#
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Rick,
>> I am so sorry for the loss of Tuppy.* *I loved the way you explained her
>> last adventure and I am glad she had that last adventure. I'm also glad you
>> are thinking of her little friend Thatcher and finding a homeless Boxer for
>> companionship, she would have wanted it that way.
>> Can you send me a picture of the two of them?
>> Hang in there.
>> Linda
>>
>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks David, and to all who took the time to contact me.
>>> It's been a week now and it's getting a little easier every day.
>>> I contacted the Washington Boxer Rescue people yesterday, looking into
>>> finding a companion for our big boy boxer Thatcher.
>>> He's pretty mopey still, and when he goes out into the backyard he looks
>>> around for a while and goes back to the door.
>>> I know he misses Tuppy, maybe not in the same way as we do but he does
>>> miss
>>> her.
>>> Anyway, thanks again. I need to get Thatcher out in the car for some top
>>> down driving - if it ever gets up above 50 degrees and stops raining!!
>>>
>>> Rick Bastedo
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:17 PM, David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Rick,
>>> > Sorry about the loss, even expected, it is just as hard. Glad that the
>>> > calendar timed it well. Enjoy!
>>> > David L
>>>  >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > > I'm very grateful that the picture of my Sprite with my dog Tuppy has
>>> > such a
>>> > > great place in the center of the May page.
>>> > > Our Boxer Tuppy died this past Monday, I've turned my calendar to May
>>> > early
>>> > > as it helps me to see her there.
>>> > >
>>> > > She had surgery last May to remove a cancerous growth and her spleen.
>>> > > We knew her time was short, and so we tried to make every day count
>>> over
>>> > the
>>> > > past 11 months.
>>> > >
>>> > > She wasn't feeling well Monday after her nap, she went outside with
>>> our
>>> > > other Boxer Thatcher.
>>> > > They escaped the yard for one last adventure, we found her and
>>> brought
>>> > her
>>> > > home within about 10 minutes of their escape.
>>> > > She was pale and just wanted to lay and rest, she passed away a
>>> couple
>>> > hours
>>> > > later in peace with her family around her.
>>> > > She would have been 8 years old this June.
>>> > > Our family has been grieving her loss this week, she was a great
>>> friend
>>> > and
>>> > > we miss her.
>>> > >
>>> > > Rick Bastedo
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