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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 531815" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Lisa, I have no idea what breed of dog Molly is but I have always sort of pictured her sort of like our Lady which is the dog we adopted when Cory was 3 months old which would have put Jamie at 27 months old. We got her at the local shelter and they guessed her age at about 2 or 3 years old at that time. She came in from an elderly woman who had to go into a nursing home or so that was what we were told. She was some type of mixed breed Australian Shepherd or border collie we believe. Never were sure. That was the best dog we ever had. </p><p></p><p>She never ran off, did exactly what she was told and you talked to her like a person and not a dog. When the kids became teens, she must have been 14 or so by this point, she started to slow down. We noticed she had cataracts and was going blind. She had arthritis so getting up and down the stairs in and out of the house was harder for her but she did it faithfully every day. About the time Jamie was 16 we would find her stuck in corners barking because she couldnt find her way out and she was stuck. Thats when we knew she was totally blind. She had her very first accident ever in the house and she was mortified. At this point we knew she had to be at least 18 or 19 years old and that is ancient for a dog. One day we noticed she was laying around more than normal and she had come to each of us and spent some very long time with each of us just having us pet her and love on us and then she asked to be let out. We really didnt think much about it but then she didnt bark at the door to be let in again. Jamie and Cory went looking for her around the house thinking she just got lost around a tree or something but they couldnt find her. We never did find her again.</p><p></p><p>She left us to go off and die. She knew it was her time and she had said her good byes to all of us. At that point she had to be at least 20 years old and she had barely any teeth, she was blind and had arthritis. She was our best dog. I know she is in heaven and has welcomed all our other dogs with love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 531815, member: 1514"] Lisa, I have no idea what breed of dog Molly is but I have always sort of pictured her sort of like our Lady which is the dog we adopted when Cory was 3 months old which would have put Jamie at 27 months old. We got her at the local shelter and they guessed her age at about 2 or 3 years old at that time. She came in from an elderly woman who had to go into a nursing home or so that was what we were told. She was some type of mixed breed Australian Shepherd or border collie we believe. Never were sure. That was the best dog we ever had. She never ran off, did exactly what she was told and you talked to her like a person and not a dog. When the kids became teens, she must have been 14 or so by this point, she started to slow down. We noticed she had cataracts and was going blind. She had arthritis so getting up and down the stairs in and out of the house was harder for her but she did it faithfully every day. About the time Jamie was 16 we would find her stuck in corners barking because she couldnt find her way out and she was stuck. Thats when we knew she was totally blind. She had her very first accident ever in the house and she was mortified. At this point we knew she had to be at least 18 or 19 years old and that is ancient for a dog. One day we noticed she was laying around more than normal and she had come to each of us and spent some very long time with each of us just having us pet her and love on us and then she asked to be let out. We really didnt think much about it but then she didnt bark at the door to be let in again. Jamie and Cory went looking for her around the house thinking she just got lost around a tree or something but they couldnt find her. We never did find her again. She left us to go off and die. She knew it was her time and she had said her good byes to all of us. At that point she had to be at least 20 years old and she had barely any teeth, she was blind and had arthritis. She was our best dog. I know she is in heaven and has welcomed all our other dogs with love. [/QUOTE]
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