This beautiful lost little girl found us on May 20, 2012 at Napoleon Park located on the Missouri River. She was lost, starving, wearing a hunter orange collar that was so tight around her neck that I could barely fit a finger inside and covered in tick heads buried deep in her skin; the ticks had long dropped off leaving just the head. We brought her home, feed her and I spent a couple nights pulling the tick head off of her.
I checked for lost dog signs in the area where we found her, scanned all the online sources for a lost dog and found none (not that I really wanted to return her to a neglectful owner anyway, but I did look). I suspect, she was abandoned by a hunter because I believe she was gun shy; just my guess from her reaction to shooting and fireworks in the area over the years.
We bonded and she was my constant companion for the last eight years. This summer she started having seizures, which I later found was common in Labs/lab mixes. They increased in severity (even with medication) until I had to have her put to sleep to save her from the pain.
I miss her dearly and it will take a long time to heal this broken heart.
