Conni-RIP
Conni - Crossing the Rainbow Bridge
A bit over a year ago, I shared a few photos of Conni, my Yorkshire Terrier/Pomeranian mix. She passed away(with her vet's help) on Thursday, February 25th at about 4:30pm PST. She had been suffering from abdominal swelling that had made it difficult to walk, so it was time to get her checked out and the outlook was not good. Her vet said it was either a tumor or a heart condition(in hindsight, I think she may have had a couple of heart attacks).
Conni came to live with us when Nikki(the cocker) was about 3 months old and had been with us for about a month. A friend of madame knew someone that couldn't keep her dog(this same friend provided half of our previous pack in a similar fashion) and we went over to pick up this black ball of fur named Blanco. We renamed her Conni(no 'e') since Blanco didn't seem fitting for a dog with black fur and no 'e' to match Nikki.
Conni must have not been in a multi dog household because she wanted to eat in a more leisurely fashion, not realizing that if she left food, it would be eaten by an always hungry Cocker Spaniel.
I used to walk my pack along the local main drag where we lived in the community we lived in in North Glendale, the comments I'd get about Conni from adults was "What kind of dog is that?" and from children "Toto!".
Conni hated trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. If any of these would pass her, she'd start barking until they went away.
Conni would wander off sometimes...early one morning, I was still awake and noticed that Conni wasn't around. I looked everywhere for her: in the back of the house, out in the yard out front, and even outside the gate. It was about 3am and I'm calling for the little girl. I went out back for about the third time and heard the jingle of the bells on her collar. The landlord had folk doing work under the house and left the access open and Conni decided to explore. I put a Tile tracker on her collar after that.
Conni didn't seem to get the concept that going to bed at night meant going to sleep. When we'd go to bed, Nikki likes to get under the covers and sleep, until she gets hot and then sticks her head out and finally sleeps on top of the covers. Conni saw it as party time, would wander around and eventually want to get down and go out(we'd already just gone out before bedtime). I'd lay there sleepless until I heard her come back in the doggie door. Then she'd want me to help her back into bed.
Conni was queen of the pack, and let Nikki know her place.
The photos were taken with various cameras(an Olympus point and shoot, an older Samsung cellphone, my NX500 and my NX1) and are of varying quality. They were taken between 2007 when we first got Conni until a few years ago.
Read MoreA bit over a year ago, I shared a few photos of Conni, my Yorkshire Terrier/Pomeranian mix. She passed away(with her vet's help) on Thursday, February 25th at about 4:30pm PST. She had been suffering from abdominal swelling that had made it difficult to walk, so it was time to get her checked out and the outlook was not good. Her vet said it was either a tumor or a heart condition(in hindsight, I think she may have had a couple of heart attacks).
Conni came to live with us when Nikki(the cocker) was about 3 months old and had been with us for about a month. A friend of madame knew someone that couldn't keep her dog(this same friend provided half of our previous pack in a similar fashion) and we went over to pick up this black ball of fur named Blanco. We renamed her Conni(no 'e') since Blanco didn't seem fitting for a dog with black fur and no 'e' to match Nikki.
Conni must have not been in a multi dog household because she wanted to eat in a more leisurely fashion, not realizing that if she left food, it would be eaten by an always hungry Cocker Spaniel.
I used to walk my pack along the local main drag where we lived in the community we lived in in North Glendale, the comments I'd get about Conni from adults was "What kind of dog is that?" and from children "Toto!".
Conni hated trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles. If any of these would pass her, she'd start barking until they went away.
Conni would wander off sometimes...early one morning, I was still awake and noticed that Conni wasn't around. I looked everywhere for her: in the back of the house, out in the yard out front, and even outside the gate. It was about 3am and I'm calling for the little girl. I went out back for about the third time and heard the jingle of the bells on her collar. The landlord had folk doing work under the house and left the access open and Conni decided to explore. I put a Tile tracker on her collar after that.
Conni didn't seem to get the concept that going to bed at night meant going to sleep. When we'd go to bed, Nikki likes to get under the covers and sleep, until she gets hot and then sticks her head out and finally sleeps on top of the covers. Conni saw it as party time, would wander around and eventually want to get down and go out(we'd already just gone out before bedtime). I'd lay there sleepless until I heard her come back in the doggie door. Then she'd want me to help her back into bed.
Conni was queen of the pack, and let Nikki know her place.
The photos were taken with various cameras(an Olympus point and shoot, an older Samsung cellphone, my NX500 and my NX1) and are of varying quality. They were taken between 2007 when we first got Conni until a few years ago.
