It’s been three years since I said a tearful ( to say the least) goodbye to my sweet Checkers ( mom of Patti Sue) such a wonderful girl, so sweet and loving 😭 I rescued her from a breeder in Ohio ( her and her sister Jazz) they were terribly neglected with their only function to have babies.  thankfully poodles were too much work and they unloaded them at two years old after their first litters but the damage was done.  Jazz did fine but as Checkers got older she was very fearful and sadly became unpredictable.  When she charged at Tom I had no choice but to put her to sleep😭😭😭one of the worst thing I’ve ever had to do.   I was so happy I had her seven years, I was her everything.   I loved her and she knew it.  I hold Patti, close my eyes and for a moment I pretend she’s my sweet Checkers, the girl who would have been a totally different dog had her first home been someone who had loved her 😭😭😭