My big baby Jassie by Brittany Murphy

My big baby Jassie

by Brittany Murphy

I wrote last year about my dog B.J dieing and I told you about Jasmin in that story. Well Jass died August 3, 2004. She was a rottweiler. My mom and dad got her for me when I was 8 years old. As soon as I came in the door, there she was a little rottweiler pup laying beind the chair. I dont remember doing much with her, becuase as soon as she became a full grown adult dog, she started getting fat. And all she would do was lay around and sleep all day. I would take her for walks often but usually when I did we would just walk around the block and she would get tired and wouldnt move any further. I would have to force her to walk. I only got to see her on weekends because she lived with my dad and I didnt. She was so big my dad couldnt get her in the car in order to take her for her annual cheakups, so she never went. I had to clean her eyes all the time because she had catoracts so bad. I remember the day B.j died, my dad gave me her collar because I was the closest one to her, and I went into the kitchen where jassie was laying and I was crying and talking to her and I shook the collar, and jassie looked around for B.J. They were really close, we only had B.J 2 more years than Jasmine. But anyway It was in the summer time around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, I went to my dads house. He was still at work. My mom and little sister and little brother were there though. I went in and my mom asked me to let jassie out to pee. well I opened the door and told her to go out, but she would'nt. I started thinking there was something wrong after mom told me that my littler brother tried to feed her cheese this morning and she would'nt eat it. She ate everything we gave her. So I tried to feed her a peice of cheese, and she still wouldn't eat it. After 5 min, I was just sitting there talking to mom, and I seen jassie staring to pee, I started crying because she never did that. I knew something was wrong. She couldnt get up and she wouldnt eat. Thats just not like her. So my mom called the vet and told them what was going on, but we couldnt go anywhere until my dad got home because he had the car. At around 4:30, My dad finally got home. My neighbor and my dad had to carry jass in a big blanket because she was also bleeding. We set her in the back of my neighbors truck. We drove behind him, and Jassie was sitting up, looking all around as if she knew this was her last ride. When we got to the vet. I kissed Jassie and hugged her, Me and my mom went and stood and hold the door open, when they carried her past us, she looked back at me like I love you and I will never forget you. I decided to go into the vet room with her. They laid her on a table and they did X-rays and ultrasounds and the vet finally concluded that is was a mass of tumors in her stomach area. He said we could have a surgery done, but its very expensive and she could die of old age tommorow, she has arthritis and shes going blind, and she would suffer the rest of her life. So we decided to put her to sleep. I kissed her on the head and hugged her and told her I loved her, I didnt stay in the room when they put her to sleep. I just couldnt watch her stop breathing. It hurt me enough that we had to put her to sleep. I never had to do that to one of my dogs before. It hurts so bad. I wish it didnt have to be done, but shes at rainbow bridge right now with B.J. I bet she's so happy up there. It did help that I got to say goodbye to her and tell her how much she meant to me and that I loved her. I never got to say goodbye to B.J. when she was still alive, After we buried her I said goodbye to her, but I wanted to tell her that when she was living, so it would be the first thing she remembered when she got to rainbow bridge. I love you jassie and I will never forget you. You were my big baby girl! In loving memory of Jasmine Marie Murphy 92-04

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