We returned to Fayetteville and it was so wierd to not have our dogs with us. We spent the next two weeks not knowing anything about them, and missing them terribly.
On Saturday, Feb 28th, we received news that Pilgrim was no longer with us. The details are too hard for me to blog about, but we have spent the last week thinking of the good things and remembering how sweet and loveable our big bear of a dog was.
When we found out where Pilgrim had died and knew the direction they ran, we hung fliers with Remy's picture, hoping someone would call. This past Thursday, Eric received the call we'd been waiting on, and it was amazing news! Remy and Pilgrim had wandered into a yard, and while Pilgrim ran off, Remy stayed and had been staying on their back porch the whole 3 weeks. What was even more amazing is that the man who called had been working on my uncle's barn, not 100 yards from my parent's house!!!! He lives about 5 miles from my parents and had been at the barn working almost every day that Remy had been missing. It just happened to be my day off and Eric took a few hours off work so that we could go pick up Remy and bring her home. She had lost some weight, and she has been a little traumatized since coming home, but she is slowly coming out of her shell and becoming her old self again. It has been interesting to see how she interacts with Hannah, because Hannah had barely started crawling when Remy left, and now, Hannah is all about being all up in Remy's business. But, we took Remy to the vet today to have her checked out and we got her microchipped in case anything like this happens again.
Thanks to everyone who prayed with us and for us.. .It is bittersweet to welcome Remy back with open arms... we are so glad to have her home, but we are still missing Pilgrim. RIP sweet buddy.
Pilgrim and Tasha, 2008
