Amy....

Those of you who know us well, know that we have a dog named Amy...and she has been a part of our family for ten years now, and was Danny's first baby four years before that. She was a golden Lab that Dan got when she was just 6 weeks old and only as big as his foot. I adopted her when we got married and for the first 3 and 1/2 years of our marriage she was our baby, and we treated her like one! When we had kids she was the best dog, they would pull on her ears and tail and she never once seemed even a little annoyed and if she was then she would just get up and move!

Last November we noticed that she had a lump on the back of her spine..when we took her to the vet they told her that they were pretty sure that it was cancer and that as long as she was getting along okay, and not in pain to just let her live until she was in pain. This last week we noticed that she was not eating as much and having a lot harder time getting around...so we decided that we were going to go camping Thursday with her for the weekend and then we would put her down next week.
Well we went camping...and by Thursday night Jackson and I had the stomach flu and were really sick so Danny drove us home at eleven that night and woke up early Friday to go back up and get the rest of our stuff...when he got home that day, Amy was not doing well and she collapsed in the front yard, so we took her right then, and had to have her put to sleep. She was the best dog, and we are all going to miss her so much...I think it is safe to say that the Stott family will be dog/pet free for alot of years to come...I don't know if I could ever have to put another dog to sleep, it was awful!