March, 2008
Cupcake,
along with her sisters Muffin and Bambi,
were owned by an elderly lady in Deltona. She could no longer live
alone, so her family came to take her back up north to live with them.
The dogs were left behind in the yard, with a porch for shelter, and a
relative was coming by to feed them. After some weeks, he contacted
Journey's End for help.
When
Florence got there, they were
pawing and jumping at the glass door and leaving marks on the glass to
get to her. They had gone wild and were starved for attention.
They were hyperactive in the car and clawed at Florence the whole time,
even as she got lost on the way home. She slept on
the kitchen floor with them that first night to keep them company. By
the next day, they had calmed down and were fine from that point on.
Cupcake had hip surgery soon after she arrived, when she was a few years
old, and did well until she was almost 17. But the arthritis in her back
got so bad that some of the bones were fused, and she couldn't walk, so
it was time to end her suffering. She was sweet and friendly until the
end. |
