April 1998 —- Dec. 1999
Beagle Mix
About two years after picking up two strays John & James
(that’s another story) I as a child of 8 years wanted a Dalmatian puppy
(after seeing 101 Dalmatians).I didn’t go through the usual pleas but
read dog training books instead.
Mom said I could have a small dog for 2 reasons:
1: Because she had one growing up (its name was Fifi and it was
a free toy/mini poodle cross but that’s still another story!)
2: We already have 2 big dogs. So,on one of our puppy searches
I saw Megan,Samantha (Meg’s sister) & Casey (Meg’s mom).
I knew I wanted Megan so,the next day we got her.
They thought my 4 month old puppy wouldn’t get very big,
but she did. Anyway Megan scratched alot and I mean alot!
Mom called her “the scratchingest dog I ever met!”.
When she went to the vet to get spayed we found out she
had noncontagious mange and needed $40 baths
(Mom called her “a $500 free dog”) .
Other things she lived through were:an abscess (on her head),
venomous snake bite and getting hit by a car.
The evening Megan got hit I thought she was going to die.
But I slept with her and in the morning she was limping and had
some boo-boos but was fine and didn’t even have to go to the vet.
But on Dec.12,99 she ran off and never came back.
So my 1st puppy and I have been through alot together and I will
always miss her.
Elizabeth
9 years old
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