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Second Penny Inn
870 Pequot Trail, Stonington, CT 06378
860-535-1710
innkeepers@secondpenny.com
In Memoriam
January 20, 1998 ~ August 13, 2010
Julie, our American Curbside
Setter, has gone to wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge. Julie
touched many lives in her 12 1/2 years with us and is very much missed
(an understatement, if ever there was one.) As the third
innkeeper, she was famous for her "meet and greet" skills. Julie
took her job very seriously and her "intruder alert" bark let us know
when people were about. (Even if we already knew that!)
When we pulled into our driveway in early October of 2001, about 11:30
p.m., and Julie got out of our truck ... you'd have thought we'd moved
from California to Heaven. We turned on the backyard lights so
she could see and she ran big circles of delight and doggy
energy. The next day, she roamed everywhere, sticking her nose in
rock walls and snuffling for the little creatures, running and looking
back at us, as if to say, "It's mine, really? All mine?!" Never a
water dog, Julie loved snow and like to run and slide, burying her nose
in a snow bank.
In July 2008, Julie was diagnosed with canine malignant melanoma, an
extremely aggressive form of cancer, with a growth on the back of her
tongue. Surgery, radiation and an amazing DNA vaccine kept the
cancer at bay for two full years and Julie didn't seem to know that she
was sick. No doubt she wondered why her alpha mom kept dragging
her to all these vet places ... finally, she died the way she wanted
to, at home in our living room, with just her humans beside her.
Gathered here are some photos of a life well lived ...
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