A Celebration of the Life of Tinkerbell

kazzy220

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Jul 31, 2010
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Maggie (My Angel Baby 5/31/2012). Daddy (2 years). Linus (1year). Bella (4 years)
During the summer Tinkerbell came to live with us. She had been seriously neglected .. hadn't seen a vet for four years.

We found out that she was 11 years old and in fact this month Tinks turned 12!!!


When Tinkerbell came to live with us she had ear infections, dry eye, conjunctivitus, alopecia which we thought was due to seasonal allergies, a growth on one of her back legs the size of an egg which the rescue had surgically removed.

Also, her teeth were so bad that on a scale of 1 - 4, with 4 being the worst, poor little Tinkerbell was a 3. At the same time as the spay and removal of the growth, we had three teeth removed and the remaining teeth were deep-cleaned.

She had atrophy in her back leg muscles, which I believe was from her being caged in a crate that was too small for most of the time leading to her only being able to sit or lie down. The vet said that she could get full muscle strength back in those legs. As soon as she arrived at our house Tinkerbell fell in love with Daddy .... and insisted in following him everywhere. This included following him all the way around the back yard, and the huge increase in her muscle tone and strength in her hind legs can be 100% be attributed to her trotting after Daddy as fast as her little legs would allow her.

She had obviously been used for breeding.

Despite all of these things Tinks was a sweet little girl, (but also the ORIGINAL Diva) who only wanted to be loved as much as anybody was willing to love her!!

Because of her health problems Tinks stayed with us all the way through to December 4th when she was adopted by a lovely family who had their own rescue for boxers. They had two sons and Tinks immediately bonded with the autistic son.

I had heard a few weeks ago that Tinkerbell was now fully incontinent and had to wear diapers all the time, but despite this she was still an active little Diva-girl. Today I got a call from Rachael who runs our rescue to let me know that Tinkerbell had a seizure, and taken to the vets. The vets could do nothing and Tinky-Winks passed away.

So I want to celebrate the last few months of her life when she experienced only love and happiness and a home that offered comforts that she had not previously known.

This is Tinky-winks, Tinks, ... Tinkerbell.


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Sherry

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God Bless you, She got to know what Love is. RIP Tinks
 

2BullyMama

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RIP... Tinks So glad you gave her a few months of real love and enjoyment of life.
 
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kazzy220

kazzy220

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Thank you everybody.
 

izstigspunks

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She was so beautiful, Karen. I'm happy that she experienced so much love with you and her adopted family. You can see from her eyes that she was grateful for all you've done. :heart:
 

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Karen, this was a beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl who finally learned what love was.... you are an angel for giving her that. I know how much you loved her. Are you doing okay? She was a beautiful soul who lived a very long life. xxoo RIP Tinkerbell xxoo
 

cali~jenn

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She was saved by you. She learned what it was to be loved because if you. sorry for your loss but her life is something to celebrate for sure. Hugs!!!
 

TessaAndSamson

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This just breaks my heart but makes me feel so much better knowing that Tinkerbell got to experience love and happiness for the last few months of her life. All thanks to you Karen :)
 

sheshistory

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Beautiful tribute...what a wonderful thing you did for Tinkerbell to make her final days happy ones.
 
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kazzy220

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Maggie (My Angel Baby 5/31/2012). Daddy (2 years). Linus (1year). Bella (4 years)
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I adored her ... but her final moments of happiness were with her adopted Mum ... Missy and her family , who are devastated by her loss.

It is difficult to explain in words how Tinkerbell so immediately touched the hearts of everybody who came in contact with her! She was a very special gift ...
 

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aw my heart breaks at this but im glad she got to know love before she went to the bridge. rip tinkerbell
 

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