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Sorry to hear about Zippy, and I know that must have been hard.  Sounds like 
he had a good long life for a doggy, though.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: Zippy


> Zippy is a little dachshund we have had for about 17 or 18 years.  The 
> kids
> found him, or actually, a pizza delivery man got in out of the busy street
> that runs in front of our house, and he gave it to my kids back in about 
> the
> fall of 1989 or there abouts.  Vets said he had to be at least one year 
> old
> at the time if not more.  Anyhow, we called him Zippy because he could zip
> right away from you so fast, you couldn't catch him.  The kids went all 
> over
> the neighborhood trying to find the owner because I was positive that 
> little
> dog had a little boy some place who wanted him back.  Zippy always got
> really upset when he smelled smoke.  So the fourth of July was always hard
> on him.  We always wondered if there hadn't been a fire in his house and 
> he
> got away from his owner to escape the smoke or something the way he acted.
> All three of my kids, and now the grandchildren, all have grown up with
> Zippy.  This morning, Zippy had some kind of a heart attack, our vet
> believes, and although he certainly was old, he was doing very well
> physically.  We didn't want him to suffer any longer so tonight our vet
> came, this is the vet Sandy answers his phone for, and agreed it was
> probably time for Zippy to be put to sleep.  It is hard on everybody, in
> fact, I had to leave the room, so you can see how I handle these things. 
> As
> I sat and cried in my office, thinking about all the fun Zippy brought to
> our family, I heard a voice saying, It would be worse if it were one of 
> your
> children, or grandchildren, or your wife.  I knew that was true.  Anyhow, 
> it
> is wonderful to be able to have pets the bring so much joy to a family. 
> Bye
> Zip.  I'll miss you.
>
> Phil.
>
>
> He's ready when you are.
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>