16 yrs ago…and some odd months…my ex-husband bought me a dog @ a German Pet store, as we (my then husband and I were living there due to him being military) this little dog, a miniature Dachshund, SCRAPPY DOO..was my baby…
She went everywhere with me ..*L* her little chest/ribs fit in the palm of my hand, and her butt barely touched my wrist. She went absolutely everywhere with me….*S*…we’d go outside with the other military families and let her run with the kids that were playing in the housing area rec area…
She’d go with me to stores, in taxi’s…etc..then came the bad times, when the husband tried to abuse me…and this sweet lil baby would jump up on my lap..turn towards him and bare her teeth an growl…the husband ALWAYS backed off when she did so…I truly believe she kept me from getting beaten by my husband.
When I was all alone..I had her ….when I cried she cried with me ..and then she would lick my tears away… A flight back to the states, imagine being forced to put this lil pup in the baggage hold…and being able to hear her cry..and howl…She was so scared on the plane..but we made it home..Went through a divorce several years pass, and I end up being a mother to a lovely lil boy…was my scrappy jealous? Not in the least, she’d watch over him…and lick him…when he cried, she was there looking at the crib till he quit fussing…then she’d go back to sleep..
Then came the trip to Florida which was pretty much a total disaster…I and my lil boy and Scrappy end up in a homeless shelter…as they don’t allow pets…My poor lil baby had to sleep in the car..Now, I don’t know if you folks know what a winter night in Gainesville is like…let’s just say..it gets DARN cold!! I made sure she had many many blankets, was walked, and had plenty of food an water…so..then we get an apt…only problem…either she “went” or we ended up back at the shelter…so…I give her to man who loves dogs, the problem…through one thing an another, he decided he wasn’t going to give her back to me…and I was leaving to go back home (OHIO) and at this point I was in my first trimester of a pregnancy…so…twice..TWICE mind you..We traveled 100 miles round trip to find where this man lived…the first time, The dogs were locked in the house..The 2nd however they came out the “doggie door” and I did a bit of “creative B&E as well as trespassing” to get my lil pup..and get her I did…and then on the road an back to Ohio we go!!
Through one thing an another…it seemed the ONLY apts we COULD get did NOT allow pets…so…Scrappy stayed with my parents… and I got to see her every day..*L*..she grew to love my mom and dad….and so..I felt ok leaving her with them…
Today…Oct 13…My puppy, Scrappy Doo Schnitzelfritz hollar…”crossed over” quietly..and with all of us with her…She is still loved and will be missed so very much…. You will ALWAYS be my lil “DOO-BEAST
With much love and joy in having known her,
| Scrappy-Doo |
| 13, Oct 2002 |
| Eva Hollar |