Author: Brittany

Shadow Phillips Scott was a great family dog.He played tag, he was energetic and he wasn’t a greedy type of dog, most of the time. Shadow was loyal and was always there for me. I got him when I turned 7 as an early birthday present. He was a small poofie dog that I had gotten from the animal shelter. My dad and I had checked out some dogs there and I saw him and called him “Fluffy Buffy. Soon after, my parents came to my home with that gorgeous Fluffy Buffy on a leash! He was mine! I finally had a dog! I was going to name Shadow Christina at the time because I was only 6! But then I named him Shadow because I loved (and still do) the movie Homeward Bound.

One day, my mom was outside gardening and we were locked out of the house until my dad got home! It was one of those scorching hot days and I needed water! So I went to the hose and put it in my mouth (ewww)and drank but it was out of control! I started choking! Shadow quickly reacted and attacked the hose and saved my life! Otherwise, I would have choked to death because my mom didn’t notice.

We got Shadow from the animal shelter so we didn’t know what type of life he had had before we got him. Shadow had been abused!

So, we gave him a rawhide one day.He loved those bones! I went to grab it from him but he growled and nipped at me! What is wrong with my Shadow? I wondered.

Later, I was on my computer and I heard my big brother Ben yelling BAD BOY! Shadow had bit my dad in attempts to grab the bone, he was showing my mom. My mom was babysitting so we couldn’t have a vicious dog! He really wasn’t vicious! But my mom thought that once he tasted blood he would want it again and again so we put him down.

I didn’t even get to say goodbye! So that’s his story. Now, I’m a healthy, alive (thanks to Shadow) beautiful 11 year old girl. I have a new dog named Willow who is a pure bred golden retriever! She is now 2 years old and she is perfect but not as perfect as Shadow was. No dog can ever replace Shadow. I often see him in dreams and one time, I even saw his ghost running around in the bush where his grave is! I made a nice gravestone for Shadow. I still miss him very much and even after 3 years I still cry! I’m as big as a sook as he was!