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    "Deborah Martin"  wrote:   
      
   -> It is with a great deal of sorrow that we announce the death of Toupie, a   
   -> sable sheltie that we rescued from the SPCA Havelock raid in 1998.  She was   
   -> nearly 15 years old.   
   ->   
   -> Prior to being rescued, she had spent the first 6.5 years of her life being   
   -> kept in a small cage, abused and forced to breed twice a year.  She weighed   
   -> about 7 pounds when we picked her up.  We gave her as much love as we could   
   -> and while she never stopped spinning around (Toupie is French for "spinning   
   -> top"), she slowly got healthier.  Her atrophied muscles came back with time   
   -> and, after 7 months, she was able to run again.  She remained extremely shy   
   -> and submissive, staying away from everyone except my husband and I.   
   ->   
   -> The Montreal SPCA put her on the August page of their 2000 calendar (Sorry,   
   -> I don't have a scanner).  She died very quickly; a cancer we did not suspect   
   -> caused laboured breathing and her coughing up blood.  By the time my husband   
   -> put her down on the vet's examination table, she breathed her last.  She   
   -> will be missed.   
   ->   
   -> Deborah   
      
   I'm so very sorry for your loss.   
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