Pikes Peak posted:Our last mini Aussie was IMO the best dog ever....loved to chase and retrieve. 5 years ago on New Year's Day we took her for a run in the woods. I threw a stick off the trail and she ran pell mell after it, jumped over a log and while coming down she impaled herself on a ponderosa pine stick which was buried in the ground. The impact shoved the stick into her, collapsing her lung. I was perhaps 20 feet away and I could hear the whoosh as the air left her lung. She was a gamer and held on till we could get her to a holiday emergency vet. They determined there was no hope. I held her till she was gone.
My wife and I and our grandkids still get choked up when we think of her. We now have her great niece. Also a great dog.
RIP Ruby.
Omg.....this is so incredibly sad. Glad to hear you have another from her bloodlines.