IN MEMORY OF COLA LYNN

I got Cola in late May of 2022. She was the first bull terrier I had ever had. Also, the first I had ever seen in person. I drove 30 hours for this girl. This girl was my soulmate. I couldn’t have asked for a better dog. My baby’s life was taken away too soon and I still am upset about it. I love the Lord, but I will never understand why he took her from me. I know thats awful of me to say, but it has been the worst heart ache I have ever had. Not only me, but my whole family. Cola’s personality was so funny. She was sassy and adorable. She was loved by everyone and still is. One day I was at work and Cola and Halo had got out of their pin outside. Everyone was at work so nobody noticed. When I got home I noticed they did not come out of their pin. Immediately I knew they had escaped. We have a local Facebook page dedicated to missing animals. Someone had posted that they had seen two female bull terriers. I knew it was my girls. I looked for an hour for them. I found them on the road the lady said they was at on Facebook. I was so happy to find them. Tears of happiness was running down my face. A few days later I had a hair appointment, so I had put Cola outside with Halo again while I left. My brother calls me and said Halo had got out and he could not find Cola. Also I had fixed the pin, but Halo made another hole in it. He had called while I was about to be blow dried. I told the girl I needed to get home to find my dog. I payed and I headed home in a hurry. I asked my boyfriend to leave work, so he could look for our girl. My brother could not find her nor could my boyfriend. When I got home I could not either. All together everyone probably looked for one hour and thirty minutes. My boyfriend and I decide to head back home to see if she came back home. On the way I stopped at the neighbors to see if he had seen her. He had not. My boyfriend yells “Cola!” And I was like “oh my gosh is she in there?” (talking about her dog house) But something was not right. My boyfriend said “NO!” In a awful voice. I immediately leave the neighbors house and go over to see what’s going on. I notice my boyfriend is bawling his eyes out. I start crying because I know this is not good. I look in the dog house and there she is. My baby Cola was lifeless. It did not make sense. I grab her and rock her. I kiss on her. I’m screaming and crying. How could this happen? I was gone for three hours. She was playing before I left? My baby cannot be dead. This cannot be happening to me. Cola had what it looked like to be grains of rice in her mouth. She had bit her tongue. She had a seizure, but why did she have a seizure? She was healthy. Why did she have this stuff in her mouth? I took a picture of her mouth, so I could show my vet. A few weeks go by and I show my vet. She says it’s dead maggots. She believes Cola had gotten into something dead the day she had got out with Halo. She ate the dead animal that was poisoned and it poisoned her. She tells me it’s not my fault and I know it’s not, but I just wish my girl was still here. My heart still hurts everyday. Not a day goes by that I do not think of her. This girl was life. I wish she could come back. God brought her into my life for a reason. I believe she was my best friend in the whole wide world. I know she was. She will forever have my heart. I’m doing better, but some days are hard. Right now as I write this I bawl my eyes out. Thinking about the silly things she did. The love she gave me. Gosh Cola I miss you. I named her Cola because she was such a dark brindle and reminded me of a soda pop. I know she is playing with all the toys in heaven. I know she is enjoying life with the family dogs we lost. I know she is watching over me. She should be here though. I love you, Cola. I love you, forever and always. I cannot wait to see you again. I know it will be the best day of my life. Fly high my beautiful girl and know that mama and everyone else down here miss you more than anything.