Family Friends

My whole life has had some involvement with dogs. As a very young child the family had a little white dog named Sugar. Sad to say but Sugar was struck and killed by a car. My father introduced Beagles (we had several) to a Great Dane puppy. Again tragedy struck for my father was working on the family water well and the cement cover was off when the Great Dane puppy went running towards the hole. I saw it and tried to stop him but he fell down the well. I quickly went down the well but I was to late. I remember a Bull Dog that my father brought home but it wouldn't let my mother in the room. The dog didn't stay long. My cousins ( lived next door) got a German Shepard/Collie mix puppy and my father got the kids in the car to go get our family a sibling of that dog. We came back home with five little puppies. My mother was not happy and three of the dogs were returned. However, Peggy and Baby became family pets and lived about 14 years. After I got married we had several dogs. Bergen (a hotdog) didn't last long because he bite a neighbor. Rufus was a beagle that was very high strung. When loose he would run and run and seemed to have Energizer Batteries. In Townsend we received a gift from Uncle John by the name of Heidi, an overweight Beagle. Heidi eventually ended up living in Ashby with my parents. Heidi weighted about 45 pounds and he loved the fields around my parent's home. Heidi lost all of his weight ( chasing rabbits??) and looked great. However, I think he realized he wasn't going to catch a rabbit and he put the weight back on. Our next dog was Posner, a black Miniature Schnauzer, one of my favorite dogs and was named by Ashley. Again, Posner escaped from our home and was struck and killed by a car where we now live in CT. We had picked up a little White Maltese which we named Harmony (PICTURED ABOVE). Harmony became Linda's dog and she lived with us for 8 years. Harmony had a bad heart and we miss her warm personality. After Posner died we picked up a Cairn Terrier, Zachory as a companion for Harmony. Zack quickly became my friend. We have since picked up a Westie by the name of Zoey. Both Zack and Zoey are important members of our family and are always happy to see us.