Our sweet Murray has left us, and we are sitting here this morning in disbelief. We went to bed last night around 11 and put him on the bed between us -- his place where he felt secure. Just a few minutes after 1:00, Dennis woke me up with “Murray’s not breathing.”
We had been seeing the vet a couple of times over the last 3 weeks because Murrayhad gotten his leg caught under a door I had opened too quickly. Within a week his limp had gone away, but apparently one night he jumped up on a piece of high furniture and was limping again the next morning. Dennis took him to the vet last Monday, and the Rimadyl was restarted. He began panting Thursday, and we thought it was because he was warm. Yesterday (Friday) he continued to pant, and when he didn’t eat his supper, we thought we’d better take him in first thing this morning.
Well, we are taking him in but for a different reason. When his remains are returned, he’ll join our other good boys when we put the ashes in a big raised bed in the backyard. The flowers that we’ll plant will be Murray’s way of seeing the sunshine again.
A gentler dog there never was, Murray’s dad
2/04/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 100 2nd/11 42.81'/64' 2/05/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 100 1st/9 45.10'/64' 3/11/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 100 1st/9 47.99'/76' NA
3/12/06 Open 20"-Leg 1 90 4th/17 62.68'/69' 4/02/06 Open 20"-Leg 2 95 5th/11 65.47'/72' 4/08/06 Open 20"-Leg 3 100 2nd/12 59.70'/68' OA 4/09/06 Open 20"-Leg 4 95 2nd/14 52.23'/67'
5/06/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 88 2nd/7 67.11'/63' 6/22/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 2nd/14 61.94'/64' 10/22/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 100 1st/7 60.95'/64' AX
12/17/05 Novice B 20"-Leg 1 100 2nd/8 27.97'/37' 2/04/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 2 100 3rd/12 25.36'/33 2/05/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 3 91 5th/11 51.97'/42' NAJ 3/11/06 Novice B 20"-Leg 4 100 2nd/9 26.18'/43'
3/12/06 Open 20"-Leg 1 100 3rd/19 39.64'/39' 4/01/06 Open 20"-Leg 2 100 2nd/15 35.89'/38' 5/07/06 Open 20"-Leg 3 100 1st/7 38.87'/40' OAJ
6/22/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 1 85 4th/14 46.56'/41' 6/23/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 2 100 4th/12 37.39'/38' 6/24/06 Excellent A 20"-Leg 3 91 2nd/11 47.54'/44' AXJ
11/05/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 1 100 29t/29 62.65'/63' 2/03/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 2 100 18t/43 60.03'/64' 3.31 1/19/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 3 100 18t/42 53.66'/57' 3.31 3/02/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 4 100 16t/39 62.28'/62' 3.11 4/13/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 5 100 17t/34 55.85'/62' 3.46 QQ 1/11/09 Excellent B 20"-Leg 6 100 13t/36 65.69'/65' 3.05
7/21/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 1 100 29t/64 40.68'/40' 12/02/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 2 100 6th/15 41.57'/41' 12/03/06 Excellent B 20"-Leg 3 100 7th/14 37.49'/40' 10/19/07 Excellent B 20"-Leg 4 100 20t/33 41.47'/42' 3.76 4/13/08 Excellent B 20"-Leg 5 100 13t/36 31.59'/36' 4.27 QQ 1/10/09 Excellent B 20"-Leg 6 100 x/x 41.05'/41' 3.70 1/31/09 Excellent B 20"-Leg 7 100 14t/36 40.92'/43' 3.96
7/21/06 CPs- 0 11/05/06 CPs- 0 12/03/06 CPs- 0 12/03/06 CPs- 2 2/03/07 CPs- 3 10/19/07 CPs- 0 1/19/08 CPs- 3 3/02/08 CPs- 0 4/13/08 CPs- 10 QQ 1/10/09 CPs- 0 1/11/09 CPs- 0 1/31/09 CPs- 2
Total CPs- 18 QQ's- 1
5/06/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 1 95 1st/4 65.19'/73' 2.58 6/30/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 2 100 2nd/3 52.67'/79' 3.25 10/02/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 3 100 1st/7 56.55'/78' 2.97 NAP
5/05/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 1 100 1st/3 39.89'/41' 2.73 6/28/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 2 100 2nd/5 32.60'/40' 3.81 6/29/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 3 100 1st/6 30.89'/45' 4.63 NJP 7/20/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 4 100 3rd/8 35.16'/42' 3.71 10/02/07 Novice P 16"-Leg 5 100 1st/7 28.93'/40' 4.43
Handler: David Williamson of Pearland, TX Breeder: Carol Carlsen Owners: David Williamson and Carol Carlsen
12/10/05 Novice Regular 20+"- 5 3rd/10 43.73'/55.30' 12/10/05 Novice Regular 20+"-10 3rd/10 42.74'/55.30' 8/11/07 Novice Regular 16S -10 8/12/07 Novice Regular 16S -10 NAC 12/29/07 Novice Regular 20+"-10
12/10/05 Novice Jumpers 20+"-Leg 1 4th/15 19.73'/24.50' 12/11/05 Novice Jumpers 20+"-Leg 2 1st/11 20.49'/24.50' 8/11/07 Novice Jumpers 16S"-Leg 3 NJC
8/12/07 NAC 8/11/07 NJC
