Our dear Daisy Dog is dead

[Catherine]

We are all still in the shock stage, but it is amazing how people are rallying. Paul has had visits and messages and phone calls. We did a very tasteful announcement on the Reptile centre Facebook page. It helps that people are finding out.

Everywhere I look I can see her. When I sat I felt like she was in front of me asking to sit on my lap. I noticed that at times one of us would go and sit on Daisy's chair. I just needed to sit there for awhile.

If the weather stays warm we may be able to bury her soon. That would really help us to have closure. We are going to put her with her mother. They were always together until the mother died of cancer.

It is beautiful how close people are at a time like this. If one of us needs to cry we just do it. We all understand. Paul is surrounded by people who love animals so they know what it is to lose a pet. Most people have a dog and reptiles so they really know. Daisy was the closest thing I have come to having a dog.


I finally remembered where I have the pictures. Here is Paul with his dog. It was a summer evening and we were sitting out in the back enjoying a cold drink and the summer night air.



Here I am with Daisy on my lap and Paco the cockatoo who stayed with us for a few months. He was a very needy bird and needed to be held. Daisy didn't mind sharing a lap with him.



It will take time for all of us. Daisy was a tiny dog, but she had a big personality.

Dealing with the dog owner is going to take time. I don't know who needs to do what.
She was more callous than I realized. Paul was quick. he got to daisy while her heart was still beating. Death was instantaneous, but the heart  lasted about 20 seconds before it stopped. Her first words were, I will buy you another dog.
There was no sympathy or remorse. It was like she broke something and she was willing to pay for it.

Something will have to be done because the dog is a danger to others. It is not going to end well. If she doesn't take responsibility something else will happen.  She has not come near us.
We are however giving her baby snake the care it deserves. If we can pull it through we will. The little guy made it through a shed. 
She has made no effort to say she is sorry or show remorse, guilt or even sympathy for Paul's loss. It is her fault and she is the only one who has done nothing.