1973 —- 1992
Schnauzer
I remember the day we got Schnapps as if it were yesterday.
It was the year before I went into kindergarten.
My Mom picked him out of the litter because of the way he made noises.
It wasn’t a regular dog bark it sounded really funny.
Schnapps was a male Schnauzer. He loved car rides going for
walks around the farm and of course making those funny noises.
I think he really wanted to bark like a normal dog.
It never happened though he tried.
His favorite toy was a red mouse that he had since a pup.
While we were growing up he even had his pictures taken with us.
As he aged his teeth rotted and had arthritis.
A year before he was put to sleep he started getting himself caught in
several different ways that you had to rescue him in.
I couldn’t stand going to the vet the day my mother took him to be put down.
But I said my good-byes and I knew it was for the best.
He was in so much pain.
Every once and a while if I am at Mom’s I can still see out of the
corner of my eye Schnapps walking down the hallway —
to come visit me.
We still love you Schnapps.
Andrea
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