"Carousel's Hailey Bop"
June 8th, 1998 - November 28, 2010
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Rest in peace, our sweet baby. You were always a joy and always such a good girl.
You also made us laugh so much over the years with your funny little personality.
You knew no stranger in life, and I know in heaven, you will find many friends again that passed before you
and that will make you so happy. I know you are running and playing and for the first time in over 2 years,
you can see again! That makes our heart happy for you!!!
There is a huge void in our family & home, now that you're gone. We will miss you forever
and we will never ever forget you. We love you, Hailey!.
Hailey was our very first Havanese and came into our family to help me thru the 'empty nest
syndrome'! She has done a great job with that and is such a sweetheart. She was a gold sable at
birth, but then lightened to more of a lovely off white color. At about 2 yrs old, she started
darkening again and now has a very golden rump and many more gold highlights in her coat.
She has kept the pretty silvering sable in her ears, however.
She's all girl, being very feminine and dainty.
So much so that she can't stand for her feet to get
damp in the morning dew.
It takes alot of coaxing and stern voice sometimes,
to get her to hop
off the porch into the grass in the mornings! And on rainy days... it's a real challenge to
convince her that she won't melt if her feet get wet in the grass.
Hailey is top dog here. She is very quiet and unassuming, but never forget for a moment that
she is the boss here. No one steals her chew bones or tries to steal any of her food. They don't
even try. They just instinctively know that she won't tolerate it. Our little 'Queen of the house" rarely
barks either. She doesn't need to. The rest of them can do it, while she lounges on the couch
merrily chewing on her chew bone having a perfectly "Hava-nese" day!
She loves to have her belly rubbed but other than that,
she's content just to be beside you,
without having to be on your lap, even if that means she has to scale pet/baby gates to get into
the same room with us.
Since she came to live with us at a mere 3 1/2 pounds, no gate could
keep her confined. She's part billy-goat we think, and her daughter Briar has inherited this trait,
as no gate will keep her out (or in) either!
Hailey's wonderful company,
and will follow you quietly thru the house
just to be where you
are,
never making any demads, unless of course she knows you're eating something. Then she
stands
on her hind legs like a little circus clown and waves her paws at us in her sweet beg-
ging way.
My
Mother in law, used to say, "Oh Hailey is saying her prayers!" We'd laugh because
we knew if she was doing any praying it was only that she was praying for a bite of our food!
One thing very special about Hailey
is her abilty to say "out". Yes! You read right... she actually
says "ouuuut"
when she wants to go outside.
What a hoot! LOL
The other dogs can't say
it.....
but they sure know what she's saying
and get all excited in anticipation
when they hear
her say it!
 Hailey 10 weeks |
22 months
(below)
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Hailey on the Wild Side!
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 Hailey...2 1/2yrs old |
 3 yrs old in puppy clip! |
 Hailey at 4 yrs old |
Below are two pictures of Hailey taken when she was 9 years old.
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