Our Precious Rhylee

My husband and I have suffered a terrible loss, the loss of our puppy Rhylee. We have been blessed to take care of her for the past month. Through unfortunate and only speculative circumstances, Rhylee died suddenly on March 28 at about 9:30am.

Rhylee was such a valiant, active, energetic, positive little darling. She made our lives so rich and full of laughter. She was like our child, going with us everywhere, playing together, teaching her to potty outside, and on and on.... She was so cute and sweet. She is very dear to our hearts even now. We feel her loss tremendously.

As I grieve, I like to reflect on the good times and moments of joy. I have taken a couple of videos and a few pictures of our little miss, which I am posting in this post as a memorial to her. Part of me immediately wants to fill the void of her loss with another puppy, but I know that she was special and cannot be replaced. In time, the Lord will bring a new puppy into our lives, whom we will also cherish, but will not use to cover our hurting hearts.

Please pray for our hearts to heal.
God bless you and keep you,
~Raquel

Pictures

Rhylee Hiller means "valiant in the battle with strife."

We first fell in love with her Saturday, Feb 22.
We did not know she would be ours until Monday, Feb 24.

She started off not being a beggar in the kitchen....
That quickly changed when she realized the deliciousness the kitchen contained!

Whenever we went somewhere and brought her along, she loved to lay in our laps.
She was a great car rider!

Rhylee loved her daddy and gave him kisses daily!

I little family felt so rich and full with a little one in the house. ;-)

If one of us was missing, even for just a little bit, Rhylee would anticipate the return!
In this picture, she is waiting for "daddy."

Rhylee's face was just so cute.
Her left and right whiskers were different colors.

Rhylee knew she could count on her daddy to save her from ferocious large dogs.
(The large dog here is actually not ferocious, just curious.)

She certainly had a lot of energy, but she also knew how to chill.
Often times, she would fall asleep in the car on my lap.

I told you she would learn to beg in the kitchen.... :-)

Rhylee loved to play!
The challenge was to wear her out before she wore us out. haha

We never were able to teach her not to run off while in the front yard. Too many new scents and scenes to explore!
So she inevitably had to be on the leash or in our arms when we walked into the front yard.

We took Rhylee to LOTS of parks in the month that we had her.
She looked SO cute outside with a green and blue background.

Our little Rhylee grew and grew. She started to be able to chew small rawhides.

Every time I had devotions, she fell asleep. One person said she was just really peaceful.
I was thinking maybe she was bored... haha

Play, play, play and more play!! Yes, our Rhylee loved to play.

About four days before Rhylee passed away, she and "daddy" took a nap together after I massaged both of them. I was folding laundry and just HAD to take this picture because they are just SO cute.

Look at those teeth! We were originally told she was 6 months old. After becoming very concerned because she was losing a lot of teeth, we realized she was probably only three to four months old.

Ready to play, always (just about). Rhylee knew that when we knelt on this carpet that it was playtime.

Small dog... Big bone. Small dog syndrome.

The only picture I have with my precious puppy (probably because I took the majority of the pictures).
I love her so much!

She and daddy were picking me up from the university.
She has seen this area multiple times, and so knew I would be coming out soon.

Rhylee loved to get under the covers and cuddle up.

She also started sleeping like a human, although her paws couldn't lay flat like ours do.

Videos