Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

I have been meaning to write this for a while now, but I haven't and it needs to be written.  This blog post will be a little memorial for our sweet baby girl Lucy. 

(about a week after we got her at Skydive Houston)

We brought Lucy home June 2005.  She was the cutest little pup ever.  I don't know why, but over the year or so until we got her I just knew I wanted a little fawn pug and I wanted to name her Lucy.  She was perfect.  She went everywhere with us, went to visit grandparents and great grandparents, went to watch Eric's brother and Dad skydive, she went to Fredericksburg with us, just where ever we could bring her. 

(Lucy and her doggles after our trip to Fredericksburg)

 

(falling alseep on the way home, just like a kid)

(Christmas 2005)

One thing she did and we don't know why it started, when she was a pup she started watching tv and barking at almost every animal she saw.  She never got rid of this habit.  She would even bark at Brian the cartoon dog on Family Guy.  It was so funny, everyone loved it (except us after a few years, it got a little annoying sometimes), we couldn't watch any animal shows, lol.  Luckily, when she went to my Grandma's house or Eric's moms they would leave Animal Planet on for her or watch the Westminster Dog Show with her. She loved it.  She also had an amazing memory when it came to the tv.  If she saw a commercial one time that had a dog or another animal in it (but usually dog) and there was a song in the commercial she would remember the song and know there was a dog in the commercial.  Target commercials, pet food commercials, all of it.  Her favorite commercial was the one with the little yellow lab for K9 Advantix and he was singing "there ain't no bugs on me," she would come running from the other room as soon as she heard the first note of this commercial and watch and bark at the tv.  We could even sing the song and she would go run to the tv and be a little disappointed when there was no puppy on tv, lol.  http://youtu.be/nNlt0D_xba4

  (the cone of shame)

She had a bag full of tricks I taught her too, she was a pretty smart girl.  She could sit, shake, lay down, speak, roll over and play dead when you pretended to shoot her and said bang :)

(Halloween 2009)

 

One of Eric's favorite memories with Lucy was one night I was out of town and it was just him and Lucy hanging at the house.  He was sitting on the back patio drinking a glass of scotch, he had a little plate with him and decided he didn't want to drink alone, lol (I would have never let this happen had I been home).  He poured a little out on the plate and Lucy just lapped it up, so he gave her a little more and she lapped it up again.  When they went inside a little later he said she couldn't walk straight and ran into the door frame when trying to go back inside, poor thing. 

 

 

My favorite times with Lucy were when I would be sick and it was like she knew and would just lay with me and comfort me all day, not needing anything just being there with me.  Another good memory is that she would tell you when she was hungry and you needed to feed her.  At our house we had one of those door stoppers behind our pantry door and right next to her food bowl.  One night Eric and I were sitting on the couch and she rang the door stopper and it makes this boing noise.  We don't come, so she does it again, we still don't come and she does it again.  We still don't come and she moves a little closer and flicks the one by the garage door (about halfway closer to us) and just stares at us, like Hello, Feed Me!  It was so funny.  She did it a few times over the years, and it was hilarious everytime.  She was an amazing dog.  



In February 2008 we brought Lucy home a little friend to keep her company during the day while we were at work.  We brought home a little black pug and named her Ava.  They instantly became buddies and sisters.  Ava loved her big sister so much, she would follow her around and loved snuggling with her in the bed.  They were so cute together. 

(first pic of Lucy and Ava)

(best buds)

(snuggle buddies)

In January 2012 we said goodbye to Houston, our family and friends, and our little girls (just for a month though) while we moved here to KL and they stayed with my Grandpa for three weeks and then headed this way on a plane!  We were so excited to see them when they finally arrived.  They only had to be in quarantine for a week, so we went and saw them once while they were there and then next thing we knew they were home with us.  It was so great to have them back.  I was lonely without them, and I know they missed us too.  They were a God send to me this past year, the year would have been very tough without Lucy and Ava.  They kept me company when I was home and lonely and were my family. 

 

 (In their stroller, this is how we take them out in KL)



December 21, 2012 was a horrible day.  We had dropped Lucy and Ava off at a kennel the evening before (a kennel they had stayed once before).  We had an early flight to head to Krabi, Thailand with friends for Christmas on the 21st, which is why we dropped them the night before.  I received a phone call about 10am (I can't even finish this sentence without crying) from the kennel telling me that Lucy had passed away in her sleep over the night.  I couldn't believe it, it felt like my world was tumbling down around me.  I felt so helpless.  There was nothing I could do.  Our driver arrived to take us to the airport, we had him stop by the kennel so we could say our goodbyes to Lucy and check on Ava.  They handed me a picture they had taken of the two of them the night before in front of a little Christmas setting, their last picture together.  We told them to arrange her cremation and we would pick her up along with Ava when we got back :`(  I think it was actually good for Ava to be in the kennel surrounded by other dogs as a bit of a transition to being without Lucy.  It was heart breaking when we brought Ava home,  she kept going around the house and to the front door looking for Lucy, expecting her to be there.  I think Ava will always remember Lucy, last month I was out with Ava and another fawn pug walked by, Ava just stopped and stared at her until she could no longer see her. Another heart breaking moment. 

Lucy is and will continue to be missed by all of us, always.  I am very sad that she will never meet the two little twins we have on the way.  We love you very much and know that you are looking down on us from Heaven.