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Sassy, Missy and the kids
1977 to 1978 As I said, Spooky made the trip to Florida with flying colors. We shared about six or seven more years before we lost Spooky to cancer. We all three were devastated by the loss and knew we...
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Serina and Callie
1968 and 1970 One day a cat showed up at the doorstep of the Groom Room. One of her front paws was badly injured and looked infected. We fed her and as soon as she let us pick her up, Bob took her to...
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Satan’s Cherokee Warrior
1968-1969 About a month after Tiger and Potoe came into our lives, Bob felt left out and wanted his own dog. He decided on a Doberman Pinscher and brought Satan home. As a puppy, he was all legs and...
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Gray’s Silver Tiger
1968-1980 Tiger was everything I wanted except he wasn’t silver. Silver poodles are born black and turn silver as they grow but I didn’t know that until I got one. Before Tiger, we had few pictures of...
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In the meantime
1967-1968 In November 1967, we bought a grooming business and began learning to groom dogs. We set up shop in 1968 and added small pets (hamsters, gerbils, colored mice, etc.) and pet supplies. Bob...
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Pandora
1967 We had Pandy less than a year. She was our first German Shepherd and our first obedience trained dog. She also was our first experience with coccidiosis. She had it when we adopted her but we...
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Spooky
1963 to 1976 A few years went by without any pets. We both missed having a furchild in our lives but not while we lived with parents. After we had our own place, we were not allowed to have pets so...
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Taffy
1960 When Bob and I were married, he was in the Navy. He was stationed in Key West, Florida at that time. In less than a year he was transferred to a ship out of Norfolk, Virginia and shipped out for...
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Laddie, Bob’s first dog
1947 Laddie was Bob’s first dog. She was supposed to be a male collie. She was not male and not a collie but she was pure sweetness and sex and breed did not matter. I did not know her as a puppy or...
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Babe, Peter Rabbit and Dennis the Menace
1944 My first pet was also my best friend. We played hide and seek and spent many wonderful hours together. I remember my mom telling me Babe would hide behind the couch and “tag” me by wrapping his...
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Duke aka Sully
A few months after losing Daisy we had started looking at adoptable cats. Cats are easier to care for than dogs – no walking them in bad weather, for instance. Finally on March 3rd, we visited The...
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Muttley/Mutt
On March 27, 2013, our decision not to adopt another dog was changed. We had done some shopping and when we came home we were greeted by a black, scruffy, flea-bitten mutt. Neighbors told us he had...
View ArticleA Thief Named Dementia
Now I hold a little paw as once a larger hand held mine. No strong arms enfold me and cradle me to his chest as I do a little dog. Once there were two bodies and two souls entwined. And for that I am...
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Now I hold a little paw as once a larger hand held mine. No strong arms enfold me and cradle me to his chest as I do a little dog. Once there were two bodies and two souls entwined. And for that I am...
View ArticleSummer Sun
Fluffy white clouds sail across a vivid blue sky. The gentle morning sun caresses all it touches. As day progresses, touch gives way to blaze. Sweltering heat now chases all to seek shade from the...
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