[Spridgets] Spridget Calendar, month of May

[Rick Bastedo]

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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