O Phil, and Sandy,
I"m so sorry.  I dread the day that that scenario will be played 
outin our house.
God bless,
Kathy


At 12:05 AM 9/23/2006, you wrote:
>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.
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