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It's one of the hardest decisions you can make: knowing when it's time to put your pet to sleep. <\/p>\n
For the Coates family of Farmington, Utah it was very sad when their dog, Zoey, got sick. The family decided to take her to the vet to be euthanized. <\/p>\n
Last fall, Zoey, a boxer breed, started having seizures. The dog also had a large mass on her side. The family thought it was cancerous and that it was slowly taking her life. <\/p>\n
Tawny Coates, Zoey's owner, said her family had been through a very hard time over the past year. Her husband robbed a bank, the family lost their home after he went to prison, and then the family dog got ill. <\/p>\n
\"This felt like a final stab.\" Tawny Coates said. \"Like it was just one too many things. I knew it was going to be what pushed my kids to their breaking point.\" <\/p>\n
On November 29, 2016, Coates asked her father to do what she could not: take Zoey to Bayview Animal Hospital in Farmington to be euthanized. <\/p>\n
Six months later, she thought her family was ready for a new dog just like Zoey. <\/p>\n
\"I knew we wanted a boxer,\" Tawny Coates said. \"I knew a boxer would help my son heal.\" <\/p>\n
She started looking online and came across a rescue page for boxers. It was there, in the photos, that she saw an image she will never forget. <\/p>\n
\"I see the Boxer Town rescue page and I'm like, 'That looks like my dog.' Then I thought, 'I'm crazy,' but I click on it anyway and zoom in and say, 'No, that's my dog!'\" Coates said. <\/p>\n
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