Pebbles came into my life as a puppy with her grace, beauty, and litermate Brandywine. She was a loyal, faithful, devoted, mellow Dalmatian with a huge sense of humor. She had a special gift that could make everyone laugh at the things she did even right up to the very end.
Everyone that got to know Pebbles just loved her.
It was this time last year I was putting your brother, Brandywine to sleep thinking you would be the one to go, but you fooled us all and hung on for another year with your renal failure. That year was a special gift from you! You and I had a lot of good times. I remember when the snake got you and you swelled all up. How you protected your Mommy from the Gila Monster. How the same guy once with a knife and another time with a gun came up behind me as I was walking you and you swung me around to see him and we both ran like crazy to get away. You were always watching my back side for things like that. I’m going to miss that about you! You no doubt saved my life a few times. We went to dog school so Mom could learn to be a Mom 4 times over. Gosh you were a smart cookie!
I remember showing you a few times at dog shows in AZ and placing 1st and 2nd, with knocking the show ring down what a hoot. I will never forget how you went for a walk with a neighbor and he took you out in the desert and you got out of your harness and ran all the way back to the correct apartment and were standing right outside the door waiting knocking at the door to be let in. When Brandywine came back into the picture after being gone 2 years how you quickly adopted him as your new pal and were two peas in a pod with you looking out while Brandy would do the antics around the house. Once Brandywine went to be with our holy father how you would pick up the slack and kept opening the shower door so the smoke detectors would go off in the house. How quickly you adopted Maverick next door as your new bo.
I still find it hard to believe that your gone. How I had gotten up at 1:00 am to put you outside and then again how you got up at 1:30 am to go out again and I made you go back to bed, not realizing that would be last time I talked to you or said Goodnight. I know when I woke up that morning and laid my hand down on you to wake you up you were gone. You had such a peaceful look about you.
I know that your last day was filled just perfectly, how you watched your Grandma cooking in the kitchen, sat by the computer as I worked on paper work, and wandered out in the backyard visiting all your dog friends, hanging out at the kitchen table and even eating good that night 1/2 of McDonald’s burger a small french fry finished off with a little bowel of dog food.
I still remember you that morning peeking your head out from under the dining room table as I got your shake ready for you to drink and
acted stuck under the table with that cute look
in your face that made us all laugh.
This last year was amazing how you traveled with me and stayed by my side as I went through Mayo clinic for my spine problem and then went to Rochester, NY, last month to attend my aunt’s funeral. My car is empty without you in it going for rides.
How we use to take off in the evening and go through the drive-ins for your burger. Had I known the last time I went out that door without you that was going to be your last day I would have taken you in the car for one last ride.
I miss us watching TV together and how you would bark at other animals on the TV screen. I guess you got into watching TV early on as your dog mom was John Woo’s dog the Hollywood producer and director. Both you and Brandywine had famous ties.
The void is huge and empty with you not there to greet me at the door. I’m still crying and missing you. The bedroom seems so empty now that both you and Brandywine are gone. I just found it so comforting knowing that I adopted you two days before your brother and you died two days before your brother a year apart.
I will never look at September the same way again with losing both of you so close together.
We all miss you and are crying buckets. Grandpa misses you following him out in the backyard while he waters the flowers. Grandma misses you helping her cook in the kitchen and I just plain miss my closest friends and you sweetie! Thank you for that extra year.
Love ya Always,
Carol