Linda and Teddy
Helmut and DeeDee
The first dog was a little Beagle named Joey. He was so cute and sooo smart! Yes, smart. He understood every word that was spoken and could even spell and sing. Joey went everywhere with us. He especially enjoyed going for ice cream. This is Joey's photo.
Jaime was our second (and last) Beagle. He was larger than Joey and insisted on having his way in everything. We loved him anyway. We adopted Ginger, a Terrier/Poodle mix from the Humane Assoc. as a companion for Jaime. Ginger was in charge of our household for 16 years. This photo is of Jaime at one year and Ginger at 9 months. They are both at Rainbow Bridge.
One day when Linda was volunteering at the Humane Assoc., a woman brought in a little brown Chihuahua because she was moving to a nursing home and couldn't keep her little dog. The woman cried, Linda cried and Coco the Chihuahua cried real tears. After the woman left Linda took Coco out of her cage and held her the rest of the day. Needless to say, Coco went home with Linda and became her dog. This is Coco who went to Rainbow Bridge many years ago.
All the Chihuahuas in this picture are now at Rainbow Bridge. The brown one, Pogo, loved people, especially children. The black and white one, Jodie, wasn't keen on strangers of any kind but we used to say she was the cutest, nicest, smallest, smartest dog in the whole world...and just a tiny bit vicious. These were all "adoptees". Jodie was brought to the Humane Assoc. as a stray. We adopted the other 2 from their owners: Lil at age 3 and Pogo at age 5-1/2. Lil was with us until February 4, 2001. She would have been 17 years old on Feb. 28, 2001.
This was our first Pomeranian, also brought to the Humane Assoc. as a stray. She was old, deaf and going blind. We named her Wendy.
Adolph the Dachshund was another unwanted dog who adopted us. His owner rescued him from abusive people but then couldn't keep him. This is "Dolph".
When we had a swimming pool, Ginger loved to dive in and have a swim with Helmut. Jealousy overcame Nancy and she insisted on joining them. This picture is Nancy and Ginger in the pool.
Our first Papillon, Jenny, died at the tender age of 8 months. One minute she was playing and the next she was dead. It still hurts to think of it. She was so sweet and pretty. This is one of the few pictures we have of Jenny.
Our second Pomeranian, Nancy, had two former owners. We knew them both and "babysat" Nancy quite often for the second owner. Nancy had her CD in Obedience both in the US and Canada. She was so adorable in the obedience ring that spectators would applaud her when we finished and judges were known to make excuses for her. Our Nancy went to Rainbow Bridge on February 14, 1997. She will always be our "Star". This is Nancy.
This picture of our papillons Teddy & DeeDee is one of our favorite photos. Teddy is the one with the incredible ears. Teddy is Am/Can CH Bedmark's Bear With Me and sweet DeeDee is Del Rio's Delta Dawn. Teddy died of congestive heart failure on August 23, 2001 at the age of 13-1/2. Teddy was very special and will be forever with me in my heart.
This is a photo of Teddy with his "bear". His breeder gave it to him when he was born and he played with it on our bed until the day he died.
Our Pomeranian, Woody, is such a sweetie. He is so good, never causes any trouble and is very quiet. He only barks when supper is late. This is Woody. (ShrDa's Remote Control) (Sweet little Woody died January 22, 2003.)
This is Woody cooling off.
This is Timmy Chihuahua at age 1-1/2 pictured with Lil. Timmy died in March 2006. He had a lot of health problems for such a tiny dog.
The next picture was taken during the summer of 1996. Left to right, Teddy, Woody, DeeDee, Lil, Timmy, and Nancy.
This is "Winnie". Her registered name is Medlee's Little Bit o'Country. We called her "Bitsy" until she accidentally bit Linda's finger while snatching a treat. Linda decided that her name couldn't have any connotation of biting and called her Winnie from then on.
Winnie made a special friend one summer.
click here to see Winnie & friend.
During the summer of 2001 we fostered a Chihuahua Rescue & Transport Chihuahua
named Tinkerbelle. Bella is now a permanent member of our family. She loves
food and will do just about anything for a treat. This is her photo.
The black Chihuahua is Rudy who came to us in 2004. He had 4 homes in 4 years.
He's a sweet boy who is afraid of just about everything. The white/tan
Chihuahua is our Binky who came to us in 2005.
She's a smart little girl and
so very cute.
And finally our canary "Birdie" who went to Rainbow Bridge in August 2000.
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