Chardonnay
Chardonnay was owned and adored by the Melton family for all of her almost eleven years. Although she was first on the scene, she accepted with good grace the subsequent arrivals of rescues Bordeaux, Reisling, Snow and Tuscany. She and Snow became particularly close and ran together, earning them the nickname of "the girls." Another of her nicknames was "the Sheriff," which aptly described her penchant for keeping everyone in the household in line!
Tragically and suddenly, Chardonnay became very ill, and it was discovered that she had cancer. Her loving family helped her to the Rainbow Bridge on Friday, January 4, 2008. She is dearly missed by her family but they take comfort in knowing that she is now reunited at the Bridge with Reisling and Bordeaux.