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I know that I will find it in my heart to adopt another dog someday. I adopted Mimi from the Alachua County Humane Society after hearing about her on a local radio station (every Wednesday KTK features a dog from a local shelter on Wet Nosed Wednesday). My 2 cats came from rescue groups as well. Every time I would bring our other even smaller dog, a Chihuahua (we found him in a parking lot), to a dog park that did not have a small dog area and he would get chased and the big dog owners did not understand my concern about him. Many big dog owners think their dogs are completely incapable of cruelty. I never once in a million years that Mimi would die like this. I wanted her to grow old with me. Thank you so much for your kind words. Once my heart digs out of this dark pit and my beautiful memories of her replace the vision of her death I know I will be okay.

My almost one year old dog Mimi was killed by a dog at the dog park yesterday. Oh why did I have to bring her to the big dog area? She was only 12 lbs. There were enough dogs in the small dog area for her have fun. How could I have been so stupid? Now she is gone and I will never see her sweet face, pet her wonderfully soft fur and watch her do her cute deer leaps while running to check things out. I loved her so much and I can't stop crying. I can't get the sight of that dog shaking her like a toy out of my mind. And my 8 year old daughter saw it too. Mimi loved me more than anyone and I let her down in such a horrid way. There was so much blood on my clothes; I can't get the smell of it out of my nose. She died in my arms and I will never forgive myself. The last thing she did before she died was bite me when I went to pick her up. I cannot understand why that dog did that to her. She was so so sweet and died way too young.