Middle Name (Sad Story)

8 years ago I met my best friend. Her name was Lady. I remember the day I met her. It was soon after I lost a little dog who had ran away. We lived on a house boat at the time. My entire family was there visiting on my dads side. I had been informed that we had a new dog but I couldnt see her because she was heavily medicated, she was spayed a few hours before I got there. They didnt know how she would act when she woke up, they thought shed be dangerous. We were informed that she was rescued as a bait dog for dog fights and that the reason she was rescued was because an old lady said she killed her cat, but informed the rescue she lied once they took her.

Me being the age I was at the time 9-10 years old, I couldnt stop asking about her. I asked things about her like what she looked like, what was her favorite things, etc. Well I decided while everyone was busy outside Id sneak into see her. She stood on my dads bed wagging her tail with her gremlin ears alert and her tongue sticking out. She tackled me and licked me all over my face. She had a scar on thr left side of her nose. I was told she was hit by a car and whomever had her tried to use hot glues to seal up the wound, it never healed.

At first she ran, and who could blame her, it was habbit from her old home but I never gave up on her. She was strong she reminded me of a Mario Kart bullet but she never pulled me hard enough to make me fall over. She was never mean, I mean her best friend was a cat named Danica (our neighbors cat)

Fast forward 2 years. My dad went to Italy she was with my mum and I and my 2 sisters. My little sister and I and her boyfriend decided to walk her to the park. I noticed her foot lifting up a few times. I assumed it was a goat head. Nothing was in her paw. I kept asking my sister and her bf if they saw her limping and they kept telling me no and that I was crazy. The next day I walked her and as soon as we got to the park she lifted one of her legs as if she was hurt. I checked her paw. Nothing. I picked her up, mind you I was 11-12 years old and small with no muscles lugging a 68lb dog to a shopping cart where Id push her up a big hill and take her home. I told my mum and she said I was being over dramatic.

For the next month she would stay in my mums room because her bed was lowest to the ground. We took her to the vet and they said arthritis, a few months later it was slip disc. It took another year to be diagnosed with what she really had. Degenerative Myopathy, a neurological disorder which tells dogs its back legs dont work.

We couldve put her down but why? She was a happy dog, she didnt want to go, we fought for her and she fought for us. She became paralyzed from her hips down, she lost the ability to control when she peed and pooped, she needed assistance with peeing and she just pooped whenever her poop was ready.

So Im going through a tough time. Yesterday my dog Lady had passed away. If youve ever seen me comment on dog posts youd usually see her picture.

Yesterday she was killed. Some kids through something over the fence and she ate it and was later found dead. Lady has been my rock for as long as I could remember, she got me through my depression and was always someone I could depend on to make me happy, even if she was in pain. She watched me grow into the person I am today. Shes litterally saved my life several times. Shes never been a bad girl (well there was that one time she chewed up my PS3 remote but she never did anything like that again) But shes never hurt anyone, shes never been agressive, not even towards strangers, She loved kids.

Shed take a bullet for anyone who seemed to be in danger without getting agressive. She was an amazing friend. For months I told people I dont know what Id do without her, I thought itd be her DM (Degenerative Melopathy) That took her from us, 12 days ago she went to the vet and the vet said she was absolutely 100% healthy only for her to be killed a few days later.

Thats our story but onto the question at hand. Now that I have to figure out how I want to honor her. She wasnt just a pet. She was family.

Some of the things I want todo is get a tattoo of her and name my future daughter after her.

Scarlett Lady Anastasia Hughes King

Estelle Lady Angel Hughes King

Astrid Lady Frenchesca Hughes King

what do you guys think?