Hi,My name is Carol,and my husband and i adopted a sweet little cream color pom,who was called Nantucket.My sister died suddenly 7 years ago before Christmas,and since i have always owned poms,she said if anything ever happened to her,she wanted me to have Nantucket. I went to see Nantucket at my niece's house,and as soon as i saw Nantucket,i knew it was love at first sight! I thought oh no i bet my niece is going to want to keep her,and if she does i'll understand,but no she was more a cat person,and i took aka Tucket home.She and i became best buds,my hubby loved her,we felt like we'd had her forever. Tucket slept with us,as well as my other furbaby pom Candy.They got along so good. Then Candy at 10 yrs. old died suddenly one night ,she started eating her food,started chocking coughing up blood,and we picked up her,but we didn't get out of the driveway,and she died. We never knew exactly what killed her,since we took her to the vet for any little thing,i think because she chewed her food so fast maybe it was her stomach. It hurt for so long,and eventually,i got another pom puppy . Now Tucket was getting older,and she had this thing she did when i got the puppy,i got a fish squeeky toy,Tucket decided she had to have one too,so i bought another one,and she carried it around everywhere.Tucket also spazzed,well that's what we called it on the floor,she would roll on her back,grunt,put her front paws together,like she was praying,and jump,over and over. When Tucket turned about 12,she developed heart problems,we took her later to a heart specialist in birmingham,al. We found she was in the stages of congestive heart failure.We started giving her meds,furosemide,and then the kidneys got worse,last night she was breating very shallow,took het to ER Vet,had her on oxygen,but nothing they could do to save her,we made the agonizing decision toput herto sleep,she was almost 14,tired of getting meds every day morning and night,having to put a syringe of the diuretic meds ,and she also had collasped trachea. I felt terrible not being back when they administered the shot,we loved and kissed her before they did,and after they brought her out. The vet said it would be very hard on me to watch and i have felt so guilty.I know we did the right thing,but i hope my baby forgives me for not being able to watch them do that.The vet said some dogs get more upset when their owners are with them,sometimes they convulse,and because she told me all that i didn't ,but i know Tucket is at Rainbow Bridge,and she has seen Candy,my sister who gave her to me,Rosco,and Misty,my other poms.I have prayed so hard that when i die,i will see all my fur babies,my 2 sisters,and my Mom! Tucket you were very special to your 1st mom,my sister,and even more special to me,We used to call her Tucket Wucket,and right now i really miss my Wucket so bad. Her other pom sister,is laying on the blankie next to me on the couch,and she has looked for Tucket everywhere. Tucket and all my furbabies will always be near in my heart.Love and miss you Candy and now My Tucket Wucket. RIP