I was always the type of person who never had very many friends. Even as a teenager I was extremely shy. As I became interested in GERMAN SHEPHERDS my shyness began to leave. I now had an excuse to talk to people.

Some years later a friend gave me a female shepherd for my birthday. She was the world to me. She was my constant companion and without a doubt my best friend.

Though a one in a million type situation she was hit and killed on the road in front of my house----right in front of my eyes. There was nothing I could do to prevent it I felt so helpless. I knew she was dead even before I got to her. The thing I had dreaded the most had happened.

As the man who hit her carried her to my car, he kept saying, " I think she’s dead". But in my mind I couldn’t accept the fact ----- I had to bring her to the veterinarian. She just couldn’t die!!

I remember that drive to the vets office like it was yesterday. I kept saying, "PLEASE DON"T DIE, PLEASE DON’T DIE" over and over again. Tears streaming down my face----- driving like a maniac.

When I got to the vets office, I ran in and was crying so hard that I couldn’t talk. He seemed to know what was wrong and ran after me with his

I was a basket case for days. I couldn’t eat …. I couldn’t sleep. I kept hearing cars on the road and my mind, the squealing tires. All I could do is cry. My world was shattered.

 

After a few days of this my dad, knowing how awful I felt, told me we were going to get another puppy. I didn’t want another dog, not as long as I lived. I never wanted to hurt like this again. The mer thought of replacing my best friend with another dog was revolting, but he insisted. He kept telling me nothing could ever replace "SISSY" but I needed the love and companionship that another dog could give.

He bought another puppy and after quite a while I began to like her. I named her "Lotte". Lotte couldn’t understand my coldness at first, but isn’t it strange how God instills a childlike innocence in all little animals. SHE LOVED ME ANYWAY!

About the time she was six months old Lotte began to limp severely on her back legs. The vet told me it was hip dysplasia. ( hip dysplasia is a malformation of the hip ball and socket joint in which, in Lotte case, there was not a socket for the ball to fit into, thus rubbing bone to bone; somewhat like a dislocated shoulder) she became more and more crippled as she grew older.

In addition to this, Lotte was allergic to just about everything on earth, it seemed. She began to scratch continuously. She’d scratch so hard that she would bleed. She lost all her hair except for a fine stripe down her back. Pussy sores appeared all over her body. I had been given advise on how to treat her from just about every vet in the area…even the experts in the Universities had made suggestions on what it could be and how to treat it. Nothing helped and she seemed to be getting worse.

One evening after several months of doctoring Lotte, she came to my bed and put her head on my chest and cried mournfully. She was in such pain that she wanted me to do something for her. There wasn’t a pill or injection that I could give her to relieve the situation. Everything had already been tried and didn’t work. Once again I was totally helpless. I got out of bed and took two clean sheets from the closet and put one over the couch. Then I told Lotte to lay on them and covered her. The coolness of the sheets felt good on her burning hot skin and she groaned and moaned as I stroked her head and soothed her with my voice. She wouldn’t let me leave her so I spent all night just sitting next to her, and comforting her as best I could. I had decided to put her out of her misery the very next morning. I loved her too much to see her suffering.

Here I was again in a situation over which I had no control. But one thing was different now. I had heard about Jesus. How he could heal people even today. I didn’t know about Him. But I had read that Jesus could heal and miracles happen even today. I was crying out of frustration and grief as I looked back on the circumstances about Sis and thinking about how Lotte was going to die unless something miraculous happened to her. I decided to pray for Lotte’s healing. I suppose some people will criticize me for asking Jesus to heal a stupid dog but remember she was all I had. She was everything to me.

I don’t remember word for word my prayer but it was something like this: "Lord, I don’t know how to pray but I’ve got to have your help. I know you can heal sick people and I hope you won’t be mad at me for asking you to help Lotte. After all she’s never done a mean thing in her life. Only people do evil. Your little animals know only good. So Lord I’m asking you with all my heart, please heal her !! She doesn’t deserve this pain…..she’s so good."

After I prayed I fell asleep on the couch with Lotte’s head in my lap. We both slept the rest of the night. In the morning when I woke up, Lotte was still next to me but she didn’t seem as sick and her skin although still red and irritated, wasn’t hot any more. She seemed to be in good spirits too!

As the weeks passed, Lotte just got better and better to everyone’s amazement. The vet I was working for kept asking me what I was doing to her. I finally couldn’t keep it to myself and longer and I shyly said, "God healed her".

Shortly after I attended a full gospel Christian Church and asked Jesus Christ into my heart to be my personal Lord and Saviour. Jesus accepted me just as I was. He has given me a brand new happy life and now I am a new creation…. And best of all this happiness will never fade away. Sunnydae Kennels has been founded on the love and joy of Jesus Christ. Ask Jesus into your life right now. He is the real thing, alive and well and living in the hearts of born again believers all over the world, and best of all He’s coming for His people soon. May God bless you!!

 

PS As I retype this story, it has now been 35 years (l999) since Lotte’s healing. I was blessed with her friendship for 14 years. She was never sick again. She was my faithful friend and protector. She saved my life from two attackers. Her story has even gone overseas and touched many lives there. If you have been touched by this true story, the presence you now feel is that of the Heavenly Father. Give your life to Him. Invite Him into your heart right now. He loves you so much that He gave his son Jesus to pay for your sins and give us eternal life in heaven with Him. If you would like to have someone to pray with you, just call me at (870) 647-2233.