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Memories of Sugar

I remember the first day I got My Sugie. I was just 7 years old, and didn't know where we were going. We stopped at a random house, and went into the backyard. So many yellow lab puppies were playing or sleeping peacefully. My mother told me I could have one of these puppies. I looked around for a while, and when I spotted Sugar or "Lovie" as the breeders called her, I knew she was my puppy. The breeders even knew she was sweet for naming her "Lovie". Sugar had a cage when she was a puppy, with me crawling in with her all of the time, until both of us grew to the point where we could not fit together! She loved her pink blankie and her pink bunny that I gave her. Sugar learned to love stuffed animals, the color pink, chewing anything, playing "hide and go seek", and climbing up the above-ground pool to swim with me. Sugar always slept in my bed with me, waking me up on Christmas morning, because she knew she got treats and toys in her specially made stocking. When I had to get up for school, she would still lay sleeping in my bed, as I prepared for school as to say, "While you have to get up, I get to stay right here!" Sugar also laid in this corner in the hallway, waiting right next to the bathroom door while I took a shower. She loved to go for hikes and walks, always getting excited when I pulled the leash out of the coat closet, jumping up and down, holding the leash in her mouth while wagging her tail nonstop. We wouldn't even need to hold the leash, she would never let us hold it, always holding it herself, knowing exactly our normal walking route. Five happy years we spent with her sweet and giving nature, until she was given liver disease last summer. We got her back on track though, when the vet said they didn't know how long she would last. It was a miracle. I went by 7th grade, with her right there whenever I got home, wagging her tail. I didn't think Sugie would see me make cheerleading or even see her birthday, but she did. Then when summer came, her liver had started acting up again. In July, her stomache was growing, but she would not show us her pain, she was so strong, and I know she loved us and didn't want us to worry. But then the last week of July, her she couldn't not show her pain, and her liver had failed. We were heart-broken by this loving dog. I stayed up all night long, not leaving Sugar's side, crying constantly. She could not walk, eat, go to the bsthroom, and just stared at me with sad eyes, that I was heart broken and unused to seeing on her. The morning that followed that long and strenuous night, my mother had pleaded we take her to the vet. I cried again. But I knew she was in pain when she drooled and started twitching, which scared me to tears. She lay on her dog bed her favorite stuffed donkey, pink blankie, and me by her side. I called my family friend Sue, who without any hesitation came with me. We drove Sugie to the vet, her in my arms. I cried the whole time, as I saw them inject into my Baby Boogie, crying "That's my puppy" and "She's only 6". My mom said she could see the lady who was working on Sugar shed tears, while the other one holding her wouldn't even look at us, because she knew she would cry. I held Sugar even until after she had gone to Heaven. Me leaving my favorite lipgloss marked on her little bump she's always had on her head. I don't even want to think of her as the past tense. I want to pet her soft, soft ears and hug her. I want to wake up with her by my feet, and see her in her corner by my feet. I want to take her on her hikes and walks. I want her to jump into the (now in-ground) pool with me. But most importantly, I want to see her loving eyes staring back at me, wagging tail, and donkey in her mouth, smiling. I wanted her to see me be a cheerleader and go to highschool. Even if I can't see her, I guess she can see me still. Boogie! My sweet puppy, I love you sooo much. You're my best friend, I wish you could still be here, loving anyone who walks into our front door. Every one misses you, my cousins, aunts, uncles, family friends, and mommy and me. They all knew you were super sweet and had something special about you. Please dream about the park, mountains, pool, stuffed animals, sleeping in my bed, and me. Please remember me. I feel I don't want to be happy ever again. I feel like I can't without you. Emma misses you, I heard her crying in her sleep, you guys were a team, sleeping in the same bed together. I miss you so much. I haven't even told my friends, because I don't want to admit it's true. I love you my Baby Boogie!! Please remember me.

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