“I knew Macey was going to die,” Defibaugh said. “She had a degenerative spinal condition. As the nerves in her spine degenerated, she lost feeling in her back and hind legs.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amy Defibaugh was teaching her “Death and Dying” comparative-religion course at Temple University when her beloved 14-year-old border collie, Macey, died.
“I knew Macey was going to die,” Defibaugh said. “She had a degenerative spinal condition. As the nerves in her spine degenerated, she lost feeling in her back and hind legs.