by TAMMY
THE DAY WE STARTED LOOKING FOR A PET, YOU WERE KNOW WHERE TO BE FOUND... IN FACT DADDY DECIDED TO GET ANOTHER DOG...BUT I ALWAYS WANTED A COCKER... SO THE DAY THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME THEY HAD JUST RECIEVED A COCKER AT THE SHELTER I TOLD THEM I WOULD BE RIGHT THERE...THERE WAS A LITTLE HESITATION IN THE WAMAN'S VOICE WHEN SHE SAID, WELL SHE DOESN'T LOOK VERY WELL... SHE SAID YOU HAD BEEN MORE THAN LIKELY BEEN USED ON A BREEDING FARM AND WAS DISPOED OF WHEN YOU WERE TOO OLD...I SAID I WILL BE RIGHT THERE..DADDY WAS A LITTLE HESITANT BUT HE AGREED TO GO AND MEET YOU .....I ARRIVED AND THERE YOU WERE,HOVERED IN THE BACK OF YOUR CAGE SHAKING AND FRIGHTENED THAT I WOULD HURT YOU.. THE STAFF AT THE SHELTER TOLD US YOU WOULDN'T GO TO ANYBODY, BUT I WENT AND SAT IN YOUR CAGE WITH YOU.... IT ONLY TOOK YOU ABOUT 5 MINUTES TO REALIZE I WANTED TO BE YOUR MOMMY....YOU CLIMBED IN MY LAP AND LICKED ME...YOU WERE SUCH A MESS... YOU HAD TONS OF FLEAS AND YOUR BACK LEG WAS TWISTED SOMEWHAT FROM A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT AND IT HAD HEALED WRONG....TWO WHOLE DAYS WENT BY AND YOU WERE READY TO COME HOME...IT WAS LIKE YOU HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR LIVES..YEARS WENT BY AND OUR FAMILY GREW YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE BROUGHT OUR CHILDREN HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AND EVEN ACCEPTED A CAT WE TOOK IN 10 YRS LATER....YOU GREW OLDER WITH SUCH GRACE, NEVER COPLAINING ABOUT THE ARTRITIS OR OCCAISONAL EAR TUGGING FROM THE BABY..YOU GREW TO BE "DADDY'S GIRL" ALTHOUGH I KNEW YOU LOVED ME, YOU WERE FAITHFUL TO DAD...THE DAY CAME WHEN YOU LOST USE OF YOUR LEGS, AND WE MADE THE AGONIZING DECISION TO PUT YOU TO REST..I HELD YOU IN MY ARMS AS THE VET GAVE YOU THE LETHAL DOSE AND YOU TURNED TO ME AND KISSED MY NOSE AND I KNOW YOU WEERE SAYING "THANK YOU"..SUGAR BEAR, YOU LIVED TO BE 18 YRS. OLD..YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN ....WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU DEARLY..I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN RUNNING AND PLAYING,MOMMY WILL BRING THE BALL FOR YOU WHEN I COME...LOVE MOMMY AND DADDY