Hi Phil,

Thanks so muchfor this great but sad story.

Even though I'm not a huge animal lover, I am always saddened when 
people have to put their loving pets down. It brakes my heart.

We will all see our loving pets when we get to Heaven.

I think toomany times, Jesus tries to call us in to His arms to 
follow him in a better way.

I still think of Betty Ferguson's little Mitsy. It will be sad not to 
see her when betty returns home in the spring without Mitsy.

It's hard now, but she's with her girls now, and it will really hit 
her when she comes home without Mitsy.

She said she's not going to get another dog for a long time..

We really loved Mitsy and Annie, but Annie was a little stinker.

Annie was a little smaller than Mitsy.

They were both Tea cup Chawawa's.

Sorry I can't spell. lol.

Annie died in 2014.

Three dogs died after Dean died in 2014.


Thanks much.

Many Blessings,

Pat Ferguson
"I can Do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me" Philippians 4:13.

At 11:01 PM 2/1/2016, you wrote:
>I am sure most of you remember the story I wrote about a long time 
>ago concerning a dog we had named Zippy.  He was part dachshund.  In 
>his later years, he was nearly blind and completely deaf.  You could 
>clap your hands directly over his head and he wouldn't even look 
>up.  Well, Sandy let the dogs out late one night just before we went 
>to bed.  Zippy did not hear to come in, of course, when Sandy called 
>them and after several minutes of calling, she came and told me that 
>Zippy wasn't coming.  I was walking through the house to get to the 
>door that leads out on to our deck when Barney, one of our basset 
>hounds, squeezed passed Sandy and went running across the 
>deck.  Sandy kept calling Barney to come back but he ran down the 
>steps to the ground.  He went and found Zippy, whose nose was still 
>working fine, and when Zippy got the scent of Barney, he knew where 
>to go.  Barney walked Zippy up the stairs and across the deck to the 
>back door and Sandy let them in.  I often think of this when it 
>comes to the Lord leading us and coming after us when we get lost in 
>our relationship with Him.  I guess you'd have to be a dog lover to 
>appreciate what I just said.  Well, a couple of three weeks ago, old 
>Barney, about 11 years old, couldn't get up from his bed and spent 
>the day unable to walk.  Our grandchildren, for the most part, grew 
>up with Barney in the house when they weren't in school.  When they 
>heard he wasn't well, they all came over and sat in the living room 
>by Barney and talked to him and pet him.  His big thick tail kept 
>hitting the wall, even though he couldn't get up, so he was happy to 
>see the boys again. Barney couldn't lift his head so the boys put 
>their hands down in front of his nose so he could lick their 
>hands.  They all cried, too.  So did Sandy and I.  Barney had to be 
>put down that afternoon but we had him for 11 years and we have 
>nothing but great memories of Barney living with us.  Thank you 
>Jesus for letting us take care of one of your creations for so 
>long.  We plan on seeing him again.
>
>Phil.