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5:11 pm
2 February 2011
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Jackie and Abby,
We are with you, sending you strength and courage to get through this awful news and the days ahead. We hate cancer so much. Please give Abby the biggest hug from us, and a smooch on her adorable snout.
We feel your pain,
Micki and Rio
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5:17 pm
27 October 2010
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Jackie, I posted on Abbys blog, we are so very sad to hear this news. Take care ...
Coopsdad
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5:27 pm
6 March 2011
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Jackie,
I hope the days ahead are filling with close, memorable times with Abby, lots of hugs and licks and kisses. I'm so sorry this is happening to you.
Jan
http://tate.tripawds.com/
August 16, 2006 to November 28, 2011
TATE ~ Forever in our hearts.
6:10 pm
29 November 2008
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This is very sad news. I've followed Abby's Tripawds blog since it began, and I've been pulling for her ever since. I'm so sorry to hear she's having some rough days. I can't offer any new advice, just what everyone else has already said: spend your time with Abby as a family, and enjoy every minute. Update as you can, and please give your girl some love from me. Sending positive thoughts your way.
Not sweet Abby girl! Oh Jackie, we're so sorry to hear this news - it just sucks! Please know you have many, many warm thoughts, well wishes and prayers coming your way! Please hang in there! xoxo Sue
6:44 pm
29 October 2010
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Thanks everyone for the wonderful words of support. I know Abby has been an inspiration to many - she certainly has been to me and my whole family. I hope she can continue to go on inspiring everyone a bit longer.
She had a great time at the beach this afternoon. I'll try to update the blog soon with pictures. She is a trooper.
Hugs back at you all. Abby still sends kisses! (And she is so happy to hear that MBBVP would value a kiss from her. She'd love to get her lips on him in person but will settle for sending virtual kisses...)
Jackie, Abby's proud mom
Abby: Aug 1, 2009 – Jan 10, 2012. Our beautiful rescue pup lived LARGE with osteosarcoma for 15 months – half her way-too-short life. I think our "halflistic" approach (mixing traditional meds + supplements) helped her thrive. (PM me for details. I'm happy to help.) She had lung mets for over a year. They took her from us in the end, but they cannot take her spirit! She will live forever in our hearts. She loved the beach and giving kisses and going to In-N-Out for a Flying Dutchman. Tripawds blog, and a more detailed blog here. Please also check out my novel, What the Dog Ate. Now also in paperback! Purchase it at Amazon via Tripawds and help support Tripawds!
What a slam to the stomach to hear about Abby. I have been off for awhile, with the holidays to get through as the first ones without our sweet border girl Zip I just couldn't write. Oh I am so sorry that her mets have grown so much. The best dogs are so hard to let go of. Kiss her on the nose for me and know we are all crying with you.
Abby and Jackie-
We hope you enjoy your time together. You and Abby have been so good to Lucy and I during our short time here. Glad to hear Abby enjoyed her day at the beach, let there be many more! Cancer does bite. That red eye landed at our house now.
Positive thoughts being sent your way.
Mary, Lucy's mom
Lucy's front right leg was amputated 12/19/11. Thankfully there was no tumor, but her nerves were found to be degenerative. Life as a tripawd is Lucy's new adventure!!
8:33 pm
21 December 2008
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Dear dear Abby,
We are thinking of you and your pawrents tonight. Please tell your mom that as of this minute, not only is she, Jackie Raye, from here until eternity, an honorary member of the Oaktown Pack but she is also.......drumroll pleeze......hereby inducted into the Tripawd Girldogs with 2 Names ROCK Club!
Abby, we know you are gonna keep on lovin' life every minute of every day, get all the Dutchmen you can squeeze outta your mom, and keep makin' every tripawd boydog you look at weak in the knees (and wanting to do each other severe bodily harm to win your gracious favors). You're a one-in-a-million Tripawd Warrior Princess, oh yesh you are indeed!
xoxoxoxox,
Codie Rae, Travis Ray, Smokey B, Austin Ray (the mysterious Mr +1), Martha, and Ralph
Woohoo! Tripawds Rule!
Regulator of the Oaktown Pack, Sheriff of the Oaktown Pawsse, Founding member and President of the Tripawd Girldogs With 2 Names ROCK Club, and ... Tripawd Girldog Extraordinaire!
9:47 pm
4 June 2011
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Oh, Abby, Abby, Abby. Such stupid bad news for you today. I want to kick cancer from here to the end of the world for taking it's hold on you. Oh, how I hate it!
I am sure that you enjoyed your day at the beach. I am confident that your mom will continue to give you the most amazing care every day of your life. I can see here that we are ALL praying for you in our own special ways.
We know that you will live every single moment to it's fullest, sweet Abby.
Rumbles is sending dreamy, sloppy Boxer kisses to you...and I am sending you a big, warm hug.
--Rebecca
10:32 pm
11 June 2011
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Somehow I had that "feeling" and didn't want to sign on this morning, so I didn't, well, now I now why. I hate this!! I'm so, so sorry Jackie.
But I'm so happy she had a good day at the beach today and is still enjoying her 'beautiful' life, because that is how it occurs to her - she is one completely loved on girl - our Tripawd Warrior Princess Abby.
Sending huge hugs and biggest wags
Joanne & Lylee
xxoo
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10:36 pm
14 August 2009
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Give our Tripawd Warrior Princess Abby tons of kisses from us! And tell her that no matter what happens, she has changed us all just by knowing her...for the better!
Super Kisses!
Comet - 1999 to 2011
She departed us unexpectedly January 23, 2011 at the age of 12 1/2.
She was born with a deformed front leg and a tripawd all of her life.
Jackie and Abby, I am so very sorry to hear this news and just wanted to send our best wishes.
AJ
8:16 am
26 November 2011
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Jackie and Abby,
I'm so sorry to hear this news-it's so hard to hear, and take. We have so appreciated your support here, and hope you will feel the love and support coming from us as well. I hope you will have many more enjoyable days together. Much Love, Robin and Happy
9:43 am
29 October 2010
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Thanks again everyone. The support and love really do mean so much!
She had a much better night last night. No coughing episodes, no getting up (even to go out and pee, which I knew could be an issue with the pred.). She is still breathing a little heavy so I'm hoping we will see more improvement there over the day.
I also just want to say that I am VERY proud to have become an honorary member of the Oawktown Pack! And also Abby is thrilled to be elevated to cousin status with our beloved idol, Spirit Gayle.
With much love,
Jackie Raye and Abby Louise
P.s. when are we going to hear more about Austin Ray?
Abby: Aug 1, 2009 – Jan 10, 2012. Our beautiful rescue pup lived LARGE with osteosarcoma for 15 months – half her way-too-short life. I think our "halflistic" approach (mixing traditional meds + supplements) helped her thrive. (PM me for details. I'm happy to help.) She had lung mets for over a year. They took her from us in the end, but they cannot take her spirit! She will live forever in our hearts. She loved the beach and giving kisses and going to In-N-Out for a Flying Dutchman. Tripawds blog, and a more detailed blog here. Please also check out my novel, What the Dog Ate. Now also in paperback! Purchase it at Amazon via Tripawds and help support Tripawds!
