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Bailey/Bails 4/19/98--9/22/11 It's my sad duty to report that Bailey VIII has gone to the Rainbow Bridge at the ripe old age of 13 and a half. Bails came into Ragom in the winter of 2008 shortly before her tenth birthday. Bail's was adopted on April 22, 2008. Bailey had a kind and gentle soul and still enjoyed attending Ragom events up to the summer of 2010 as a goodwill ambassador for Ragom. I recall one event in particular in January of 2010. It was shortly after the loss of her furbut sister Bailey 7. One of the families who stopped to give her a pet was a father and son. The son and Bailey made an instant connection. He would stop petting her and her paw would reach out to touch him. And he would resume petting her. After several attempts by the father to say "let's go kiddo" fell on deaf ears he just stood and watched. In fact after a while I looked around and all who were there were watching those two... That was my Bailey. The two Bailey's had a few issues the first few months together. Bail's would do rude stuff being blind like crowd other dogs or stare. The two Baileys became wonderful pals. I recall the last night Bailey 7 spent here with us she was very ill and Bailey VIII knew it, she was very close up by her sister all night. She was very sad to lose her sister. The number references you see, when talking about two dogs both named Bailey you had to have a way of letting people know "what" Bailey you were talking about. Bailey 7 Ragom # 07-687/Bailey 8 #08-124. I also would call 7 Bailey and 8 Bail's or even B-8. She would make me smile by answering to B-8. We had that line up along with lil furbut sister Zoey for just short of two years. On came a new pooch "Charlie" a month after our loss of Bailey 7. He was Bailey's new lil brother. While he was Zoey's play pal, he was Bail's cuddle pal. Bailey was a great senior to the foster dogs passing through too. A few I recall Luke 08-248, Bailey was his first best friend. Luke was so shy and afraid he was Bailey's shadow for a while. Peaches 10-148 and Bail's were walking buddies in the summer of 2010. And our last foster Duke 11-248. Duke came in on a Friday night with a bit of a wood tick collection. So Duke's first night he was placed in the dog crate in the kitchen for the night and he wanted no part of being alone in a new strange place! Bailey to the rescue we relocated her dog bed to kitchen and she plunked right down and went to sleep. Duke took the cue from her and we all got some much needed sleep. And Bailey came out without any wood ticks. As the year 2011 came on us Baileys health started to fail her. I was so happy to have her thirteenth birthday last April along with her three years adopted day. She rebounded a bit this last summer but on September 22 it was time to say good by. Her gentle soul is missed so much. But she and her sister Bailey are now together again. My Bee Girls are at the Rainbow bridge. Their ashes are side by side in the corner of our yard.
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Bailey, Bail's, Sweety, B-8 is doing well. She just celebrated her eleventh birthday back in April. Bailey's eyesight has been failing the last few years and she is about 90% blind. Not to worry, it does not slow her down much. She will bump into the other dogs once in a while, but they get used to it. It has not affected her sweet and kind nature one bit as she is a happy girl. She has adjusted to the lack of sight very well and walks wonderful even without a Gentle Leader.
