Yvette Visits Happy at the Farm...

This is Yvette. She is in the military. She adopted me from a shelter in Virginia a while back, because I was an older girl and no one thought I would live much longer. She didn't want me to die at the shelter. So Yvette took me home with her.
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Back then, I could still run and play. My back legs had not given out on me, yet. Now I sort of drag myself around by my front legs because my back legs just don't work.
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But I still have fun and I can still get around!
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The problem came when I lived too long! ha ha I guess a better way to say that would be that I've lived longer than anyone expected, and Yvette is being deployed and has to go back to Iraq. And there was no one who could take care of a big girl like me, who has to be carried up and down stairs!
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Yvette found Smiling Dog Farms on the internet and she asked if I could come live out the rest of my life at the farm. And Ricky and Jay said "Yes"!
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So I came to live here last Summer.
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Because of my age and my bum back legs, I get to live inside the house.
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A couple weeks ago, Yvette came to see me here at the farm. She wanted to see me before she had to leave for Iraq. Neither one of us wanted to think about it, but we both knew that it may be my last chance to see Yvette, because she will be gone for about a year.
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We had a great time. She packed me up in her car and we went to the park and we just enjoyed being with each other once again. You can see how happy we both are in this photo Yvette took of us in her car!
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I am really glad that I got to spend the afternoon with Yvette one more time. She writes to Ricky and Jay about me, and they tell me how much she still cares about me. But it is still nice to be with Yvette, to touch her and feel her touching me again.
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This has to be one of the things I like best about living at Smiling Dog Farms -- families who send dogs to live here are encouraged to come back to visit and can even check us out for a day or a weekend or however long they want!
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It meant that I got to spend one very special afternoon with Yvette, whom I will always love! I will cherish those memories from that day, and keep them in my heart!