Amethyst Gordon Setters

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In loving memory - Trial by Fire o' Amethyst, CGC (Ch. Glen Oaks' Firedance o' Amethyst x MacAlder J' Amethyst Royale) June 22, 1997 to December 1, 2009 12 years, 5 months and 9 days Trial by Fire – by Journey Treasures in the jars of clay Let the light shine out of darkness Fallen down but not destroyed It's just another trial by fire In my song I'll send a prayer Do you know me, do you hear me Where the will to face this shame It's just another trial by fire Hello Mr. Moon Can I have some time with you Trouble keep me runnin'... You can see it comin'... I know who shines down on you Hello Mr. Moon I've come back to talk to you All my life I'm runnin'... From the love that's comin'... Saving grace please pull me through In my doubt I can't believe Like a wave tossed where the wind blows Tears of faith temper my soul Just another trial by fire Just another trial by fire It was the early morning hours on a beautiful moonlit morning. December 1, 2009. It was the day I chose to say goodbye to her. The crisp, but warmish late autumn air, was pleasant and the moon, shed perfect light in the yard. Her worn out body, was still able to wag her tail, stretched on the deck, as she did daily for the past almost 12.5 years of her life with me. And then we walked …I should rephrase that. I walked and she gimp-hopped ….all across the yard. Tall majestic pines line my yard, shadowed with the glow of the moon splashing forward for us both to see. She was, in that moment, happy. She would do anything for me ….I was her person. She sniffed and smelled the things dogs do and she was happy. I was sad, but yet, happy that I could let her go to a place where her spirit could be set free. Two weeks …and a day ….earlier, I took Ice in to the vet. My otherwise very spry, very alpha matriarch of my clan, all of a sudden started dropping her left leg/shoulder when she ’d walk. Still, Ice remained diligent to the job at hand ….She still had the yard to protect and mark from the other 4 girls here: Twister, her daughter; Whisper that red dog (Irish), Asti and Q-bert. Grandson, Drifter, also was part of her domain. He so loved his granny, but she could put him in place if he dared to leave it. My dear friend and Ice ’s other, mom, Laurie Carlson, wanted me to take her in to the clinic. So on my furlough day, November 16, 2009, I found out, what I already realized the evening before in bathing her ….something was really not right. There was a hollowness of the left leg/shoulder area when compared to the right. This could not be good, I thought …and of course, I was right. Diagnosis: osteosarcoma of the left leg. Amputation would help the pain and stop the spread. A bone biopsy would confirm. I chose to do neither for my girl. The vet was kind and understanding. She asked me if she was in pain. I said not likely as she is the alpha oh so very stoic. The vet tech who brought her back out to me after the x-rays were done, said she was such a sweet dog. Dr. Brye gave me pain pills for two weeks, so I could say goodbye. I thought …two weeks to say goodbye …. During the weekend of Thanksgiving 2009, I took time to mentally and spiritually say goodbye to Ice.

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