My Fur Kids

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In October of 1996, I traveled to Denver to pick up two miniature schnauzers puppies and to bring them home with me. I was to take two puppies from a litter and a family member was to take a third from that same litter. However, I ended up bonding with all three puppies and fell head over heals in love with them. The third puppy, which was to stay in Denver, was a bundle of energy and obnoxiousness. She had a personality and a half and was by far the alpha of the group. She was a bit more than my family member had "bargained" for, And as a result, I went home with three puppies instead of just the two.

The third puppy who unexpectedly came home with was my sweet little Sugar Pie. Bringing home my babies was the most wonderful day of my life. They were three little angels brought to me in the midst of a divorce and a very painful time in my life. They healed me, they loved me and they taught me to open my heart and love again. Sugar Pie showered me with "special kisses", which included little nibbles in them. She would also talk to me exuberantly while throwing her head back and howling like a little coyote. I never cropped any of their ears, choosing instead to leave them natural. Sugar Pie's ears, which never relaxed and flattened, stuck straight up in the air permanently. They added to her already strong presence!

One thing that I will always remember about Sugar Pie is the way she would pick up injured birds in the back yard, bring them in the house and lay next to them trying to help them get better. Imagine my surprise one day when I turned around to find an injured bird pacing back and forth in my sofa frantically trying to figure out how to get away! (LOLOL).

Sugar Pie crossed over the rainbow bridge on October 16 of 2005. She developed a cancerous mass on her spleen. She passed away from a heart attack during emergency surgery. Losing her broke my heart and left a huge hole in our home. Stinkers, Peppermint and I didn't know what to do without the leader of our "pack". Then one day I found a little puppy wandering in the parking lot at work. He was lost, hungry and scared half to death. He had been abused and neglected. I picked him up, fell in love and that was that. He came into our home and became our new "alpha" dog, helping the girls and me to heal from our loss of Sugar Pie. To this day, I believe that she led Benjamin to us knowing that we needed him. Today I have Stinkers and Peppermint (Sugar Pie's sisters), as well as Benjamin and Festis, who I also rescued and brought home.

Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

To Sugar PiE . . . we miss you and love you! Mommy, Peppermint and Snicker XXXXXOOOOO

It is with a heavy heart that we had to say good bye to our beloved Peppermint on May 16th. My beautiful little hero, who saw not with her eyes, but with her heart.

They have become my family and my heart. But I will never in a million years forget my little Sugar Pie and my Peppermint.