Precious Spinnaker - a good-bye to our first baby

I doubt there are any readers of our blog who do not know dear Spinnaker personally, it was me and Spinny long before I met Steve and had children.

My precious Chesapeake Bay Retriever!!!

Spinnaker has been going down hill very fast since this summer, we took no trips without her due to this, and she just returned from a trip to DC and inauguration with us.  While there she was at her worst and we came home for me to head off to a homeschool conference in Charlotte.  I came home rested with a cup running over and this morning was finally ready to make one of the hardest decisions, if not the hardest decision I have ever had to make.  We are lucky to have made contact with a wonderful vet that is coming to our home this evening when Steve gets home.  Please have her in your thoughts and prayers as we kiss her good-bye, she is ready...that I know.

This is a collage, so to enjoy all of the pictures you need to scroll to see the right side.

We took these pictures over Reichen's birthday when we ran away to the bungalow to celebrate.  You can't tell by the pictures that we actually had to carry her out there onto the sand and the beach...and that she fell while trying to potty.  I love these pictures...I love my little Spinnaker...