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Three years ago my husband and I lost our girl of 11 years. Our hearts were broken and the house was so quiet we couldn’t stand it. So we learned of the Georgia-38 pups and decided to honor our girl by saving another sweet ones life. That is when we found ourselves at MAGSR. And there she was, Gracie (fka Amika) sitting across the field with a little boy knelt in front of her. Gracie was so gentle with him she caught my eye immediately. We walked over to meet her and spent time walking her around. It didn’t take long to know we had found our girl. The ride home she was so calm and quiet, from that point we knew we found our travel companion. Gracie loved going for car rides so much it became a Friday night routine, along with a bite or two of burger we would stop and get for her. Boy did she love her car rides! Gracie also loved her walks with her Daddy and did very well in her obedience’s classes. She mastered sit, stay, come, down and shake very quickly, we know we had a smart girl. Gracie was a quiet girl her first year with us. I mean she didn’t make a sound, but one day the door bell rang and there it was; a strong Shepherd bark, the kind that means business. From that point Gracie always alerted us of strange sounds and we knew she finally felt she was home. During that first year we had noticed that Gracie had pain in her hips and legs and the vet confirmed it was hip dysplasia. She was placed on pain meds that helped. For the first time after that we saw Gracie run! Gracie took to both of us, but her person was my husband. She followed him everywhere. They both enjoyed the yard no matter what they were doing, gardening, cleaning up or just enjoying the sun and breeze. Over the next two years we spoiled Gracie and also felt we had to protect her because of the life she previously had. As the time passed we noticed it was becoming more difficult for her to sit down without having pain and she began to stumble when walking so she laid more. The vet said it was degenerative myelopathy. We changed her meds and did all we could to keep her comfortable; but then sadness happen. Gracie’s back legs just gave out and you could see she was in pain. The vet said we could try steroids but other then that there wasn’t much he could do. So with a very heavy heart September 7th, 2021 the decision was made to end her pain so she could run free and pain free.
