See you later, Lexie
Lexington Sapphire Shores Sinkel West (Lexie) of Lunenburg, Massachusetts died March 13, 2023, with her best friend and mother, Catherine, by her side. Lexie was born in Tennessee and was a survivor, spending difficult years as a breeder dog in a puppy mill before being rescued by Freetown Animal Sanctuary in Lebanon, Tennessee. She was adopted by Catherine on September 5, 2011. Catherine felt an instant connection, but it was not love at first sight for Lexie. Lexie made her uncertainty clear by immediately running away and then biting her new mom, after being tackled and captured in a scene reminiscent of any classic cartoon. (Catherine will treasure the scar on her right arm the rest of her days!). After months of forced bonding, the pair swiftly became inseparable, and they moved to Massachusetts in 2012 where Lexie could be raised near family. Over the next decade, Lexie transformed from a timid animal, unsure of her surroundings and wary of people, to a confide...