11/23/2024
Ryn (Sept 2012-Nov 2024) - Rest in Peace my little husky/shepherd/coyote - the first dog I adopted after raising 7 guide dogs for the blind. Her coming into my life was a huge deal because I thought it was going to be the first puppy I got to raise and keep...
She was raised with Luke (the last gdb and only one to come back), and they were best buddies. When she was 5 months old (we only had her for a couple of weeks!) she traveled across the country for an entire month living in a van with my mom and I. Ryn was also my buddy when I moved to SoCal and went to college for a year. She kept me company as I lived alone, and was such a fun dog to go out on adventures with, whether it was to the park or the beach. She was Keaton and I's first dog together...she also kept me busy when I was missing Keaton during our long distance relationship as he would go out for weeks at a time. After I couldn't keep her while attending the service dog school, my mom took care of her and she ended up reuniting with Luke for a time as he had come back from guide dogs at that time.
Around the time I graduated college and was thinking about getting her back, I was informed that my grandfather had lost his dog and he was not as active as he had been with a dog in his life. They were not in a position to look for a brand new dog or puppy into the situation, but he already knew and loved Ryn from visits and she was an easy keeper....so we all made the decision that she was more needed there, than with me or even my mom.
We continued to get updates and visit occasionally, until Ryn finally felt as though her duties and purpose was fulfilled, returning back to the universe. I truly feel as though she was with each person who needed her the most and she used her independence and free spirit to brighten up so many cloudy days! I'll never forget the craziest story where she ran off to play with a pack of coyotes and came back to tell the tale ๐
literally everyone loved her โฅ๏ธ
