"Say your good-byes'

The saying brings a laugh at our house, but today, we say good bye to our faithful friend. The dog who would not die!! She has had a good life...eating whatever she could find, digging out of the yard and blaming the other dog, sleeping on the bed, in her younger days, laying on the hammock!! oh how she loved to stretch out beside you, checking to see if it was worth her while to come downstairs, peeking between the spindles, '...is there a cookie in it for me...' She hasn't been well for sometime and we knew this was coming. Instead of being sad, I'm thinking of all the fun we had! She was the dog with her own mind!!! The dog who did not like to get wet and use the 'dog walk' (mow curb for those of you who might not know) to walk around the yard, veer off to do her business and then back to the dog walk! Yet the snow we had in '99, she loved!!! Running back and forth, looking up into the sky, being surprised by the snow falling on her back as she scooted under the bushes! Scott sharing his cereal with her Fun memories!!! She was a dog well loved (yes, even Duane loved her!) and will sorely be missed! The Black Dog, the Stink Dog, the Stink Beast! Abbster...thanks for being our family dog!!!