Minnie

This post is written to celebrate the life of our dog Minnie who fell asleep 9/18/09 at the age of 16.

Her original owners dropped her off at the Humane Shelter when she was only 9 months old. She was discovered there by my father and youngest son Addam. At the time I wasn't in favor of a pet of any species. Until they brought her home. Once I saw her face and learned what a personality she had there was no way she was going anywhere. Pam and I always said "everybody loves Minnie". Family would visit the house under the guise of wanting to see us but they would always spend as much time with her.

Her looks defied her age. Always at the vets they would look twice at their charts to see how old she was and comment that she didn't look her age. She had the softest fur coat of any dog I've ever touched and used that to her advantage to get everyone to pet her. Needless to say she was a people dog. One fault she(we) had was that she loved table scraps and wouldn't leave the kitchen until she knew every crumb was either disposed of or given to her. One of her favorites was Happy Joe's Pizza which in the picture above you can see her cleaning the box on her birthday a couple years ago.

Minnie was always one to join in whenever we had company as evidenced by the photo taken at a small gathering of friends at our house a few years back. I can't explain the picture but alcohol may have been involved (except Minnie).

She wasn't a boat dog. The only time she spent on the boat was at the dock. Once the engines were started she would tremble and shake and the heat of the sun on her black fur would send her looking for shade. She loved her home and was content to spend all of her time there. She was truly the Queen of the house and had us wrapped around her paws. Needless to say we'll miss her but she'll always hold a place in our hearts.