Peanut by Sam / Daddy

My Dear Peanut

You had been with us for so long it and yet it seems like only yesterday when I picked you up for the very first time. You were such a tiny little girl but so sweet. It wasn’t long after you came to live with us that we noticed your tail didn’t look quite right and we had to make a trip to the vet to see what was wrong. We discovered that somehow your little tail had been broken, probably when you were born, and appeared to be causing you pain so it was arranged and you became a bob tailed puppy. Actually that little nub was so cute when you wagged it. You grew to be a very beautiful girl and even with that nubby tail, I think you were one of the prettiest dachshunds I have ever seen. You were also the sweetest; you never chewed on anything, quickly learned to go outside and made friends with the other dogs that were brought into your home.

I think and hope that you knew how much we loved you as we watched you grow up with your older sister Daisy II and brother Redneck. For awhile it was just you three and then the family grew because we found other puppies that were not as lucky as you to have found a good home right after you were born.

You were such a little character with some of the things you did. You sure made it difficult to go to the bathroom, standing there you would come into the bathroom, walk up next to me and roll over on your back expecting a belly rub, well you would get it, even if it was my foot rubbing your belly.

You would never really play with very many toys either, but you did have your favorite play things. Dirty sox, never could figure that one out but you would always take a dirty pair of sox once they had been taken off and run and hide them somewhere. Even last night after you left us, a pair of sox, that had been buried in the couch were found, no telling how long they had been there.

I know we did everything we could to make you happy and keep you well. You of all the dachshunds, the smallest and lightest had to be the first to hurt your back and cause me a great deal of work. I built ramps to everything in the house that you liked to lay on so you would not hurt your back again. The work was all done with love because I loved you so and didn’t want to lose you. I even got you a little wheel chair until your back regained strength and you could walk on your own again.

You got stronger and became your old self again, running and playing like you had never been hurt. I think you were a little miracle dog after that. But age has a way of not letting things last forever. We just found out that your kidneys have shut down. My precious little peanut butter, I don’t know what to do, I have been searching the internet all morning looking for answers but none of them offer any real hope of saving you. I can’t let you suffer, I love you too much to have you hurting but again, I don’t see anything that says you will be hurting but the poisons in your blood will make you sick, I dreaded the trip to the vet, it seems like it was just a few days ago I had to make that trip with your big brother, Redneck.

Peanut, just like Daisy, you were special right up to the very end, I think you realized how much it would hurt to have to make the trip to the vet so after letting me sit and hold you for a little while last night, you walked over to your bed, laid down, took a big sigh and went to the Bridge.

I can’t tell you how much I will miss you because there are no words that can describe the pain that losing you has brought, you have been such a little joy and a precious little angel. You and Redneck were a special pair of dogs, I don’t think either of you would even hurt a bug. My little Peanut, I truly hope that GOD has a place in heaven for the animals because next to His love, the only true love that I have ever encountered on earth is the love of a dog, you were always waiting when I got home and not seeing your face in that window when I pull up will always
make coming home a little sadder.

Now you and Redneck and Daisy can run and play together again at the Rainbow Bridge, take care of each other and one day I hope to see you in heaven for if there has ever been a dog on this earth that deserved it; you truly should be there.

I love you my little Butter Butter and I will miss you.

 

All My Love Little Angel,