02.02.2010 - 27.02.2026 There isn't much I can or want to write right now. She was and is a light. She left so much of her with us, that I know her legacy will live untill we are. Until our next puppies are. She made a path to so many hearts, a path that will continue in the next four - legged family members, that she'll live for always and ever. Auri.

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