Another birthday without my Crumpet

Well, it's another birthday, sweet Crumpet, but the pain of missing you still lingers. You were my sweet, sweet, happy Crumpet. I thank you for bringing Tidbit to us, but although we love her to pieces, there will never be another Crumpet.

What am I twying to tell my pawrents?!

Well, Mummy got a call fwom da local Maltese rescue today! Dey sed dey hab da pawfect female Maltese fur Mummy and Daddy! Da backgwound sounds weally familiar ;)

Dis pup is approximately 4-6 years old and was a bweeder pup fwom a puppy mill in Dallas. She has hardly any teef and is deaf in one ear. Dey sed she was da sweetest, most affectionate pup! Dat she sleeps a wot, but is quite active when she's awake! HEE HEE! Mummy sed she sounds just wike anudder Maltese dey knew!

Den da lady told Mummy da pup's name- it's Roxy! ***GASP!*** Just wike da dog dat killed me-Crumpet!
Mummy was shocked and didn't know what to fink! Da pup sounded so much wike me-Crumpet- when dey furst rescued me fwom da animal shelter, so Mummy weally wants to rescue her, but she didn't know if da pup's name was a sign of some sort, and whether it was a good or bad sign.

Mummy talked to Daddy about dis, and Daddy thought maybe it was me- Crumpet- sending dem some type of message. Grandma sed dat she thought it might mean dat I- Crumpet- want Mummy and Daddy to forgive Roxy and move on. Of course, Grandma also sed dat dat rescue Maltese will need a name change pronto! Good fing Mummy and Daddy alweady got a name picked out and weady (wif a wittle help fwom me)!

Well, Mummy needs to schedule an interview and meet-and-gweet wif Roxy da Maltese next week. I guess we'll see if she's da pawfect pup- and whether she'll get along wif Winsty! BOL!
We'll keep you pupdated!

♥ Wuf fwom Crumpet

Birthday Wishes

Hiya, Pups! :)

I'm sending angel kisses to all my bestest pals! Tomorrow is me and Mummy's birthday again. Mummy sez it's bittersweet, but she's feeling hopeful and reminiscent. You see Mummy finally convinced Daddy to rescue anudder female Maltese! Dey eben picked out a name alweady (shhh! It's a secwet still, but I helped dem pick it out!) Mummy eben filled out an application wif a local Maltese rescue gwoup today. Mummy and Daddy sed it's weally impawtant to adopt anudder rescue pup, and dey know I'll help send da pawfect pup to dem when da time is wight! ;)

Happy birthday wishes! Love to all my furiends!
♥ Crumpet

Happy Birthday, little Crumpet!

Today is my 40th birthday, but it has always been Crumpet's birthday, too. Growing up with a twin sister, I used to hate sharing my birthday. When I moved away from my sister, I loved finally having my birthday all to myself. That was until Crumpet came along. Crumpet was just the epitome of happiness, and I LOVED celebrating my birthday with my little Crumpet! She always made each day happier, and she made me appreciate all the little things, since every tiny thing made her so happy.

Today, I celebrate my birthday by myself again, but I still share it with my little Crumpet. Happy Birthday, sweet angel!

Remembrances Of Crumpet fwom Kipper

Mummy and I hab been finking about my angel sis Crumpet, laughing and crying, but mostly smiling and remembering my sweet sister. Mummy would ask me if I remembered, and I would wag and snuggle in. I lived wif Crumpy fur ober 5 years, so I miss her more dan Winsty, but I can tell Winsty misses her, too.

We remember ...

-how much Crumpet loved riding awound on Mummy's lap while Daddy dwove us awound to look at Christmas lights. Crumpet, face on the window, always seemed so awed and dazzled by all da pwitty lights.
-da time Crumpet and Biscuit caught a squirrel. Crumpet stepped on da squirrel's tail while Biscuit petted da squirrel! Mummy sed she neber saw anyfing wike it! The squirrel still ran off quickly after Crumpet let him go! BOL!
-how Crumpet cried when Daddy bwought home ribs fur dinner, because Daddy wouldn't give her any.
-how Crumpet would bark at visitors den run out da doggy door! Den she would come back in, bark at dem some more, den run back out.
-how good Crumpet was wif Dee Dee da horsey! She pet da horsey and eberyfing! Winsty was scawed! hee hee!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed sitting and sleeping next to Daddy on da couch! Couch hog!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed dwinking fwom da gerbil bottle on da couch, so she didn't need to leave Daddy's side!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed barking at Winsty when she was sitting on da couch. Winsty would mope until Daddy put him on da couch. Den Crumpet would mope.
-how determined Crumpet was about trying to nest in da leather couch! You would fink after 9 years dat she would figure out dat she couldn't do it, but -nope!- she kept twying! hee hee!
-how Crumpet would bark to be picked up and put on da couch, and how she would bark to be let down fwom da couch!
-how Crumpet would always shake herself after anyone let her down after being picked up. Daddy joked to Grandpa dat Crumpet would shake after he put her down 'cuz she didn't wike him. Grandpa was so offended when Crumpet shook, but den Daddy laughed so hard about it! BOL!
-how my pawrents put a bow on Crumpet after dey adopted her and pretended dat Crumpet was a gift fur Grandpa (Grandpa insisted dat he had no time fur a dog since he and Grandma travel so much). Grandpa actually wooked a wittle disappointed when Daddy told him da truth.
-how Grandpa would always pick up Crumpet, but Crumpet would be wookin' at Daddy da whole time! hehehe We fink dat Grandpa was envious of all da attention Crumpet gave Daddy.
-the first time Crumpet tasted Chicken Cordon Bleu. She wagged all ober! hee hee!
-how Crumpet would bark at Daddy and Mummy to hurry up if dey were taking too long chopping up her food. You know Crumpet didn't hab many teef, so her food always needed to be chopped up.
-how Crumpet wuf'ed sitting on Mummy's lap and being petted. If Mummy stopped petting, Crumpet would paw Mummy's chest until Mummy started petting again.
-how Crumpet could pick out bows! Mummy or Daddy would hold different bows in der hands, and Crumpet would paw da bow she wiked!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed wooking at Daddy! She could wook at him fur hours, and sometimes did on our long car twips. hee hee!
-how Crumpet danced awound da house and did doughnuts and spins! What a happy pup she was!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed getting dwessed up and posing fur pictures. She neber took a bad picture!
-how much Crumpet wuf'ed sleeping in her pwincess bed- and her Panda bed (which used to be mine!) before dat. Daddy joked dat Crumpet slept 20 hours a day! BOL!
-how Crumpet's back leg would thump when anyone petted or scratched under her chin! thump! thump! thump!
-how Crumpet would shift and reaarange herself when she was sitting to make sure you were paying attention to her.
-how Crumpet would bark before each walk to make sure you didn't leave her behind! She hated not going out wif da rest of us!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed her stwoller and riding awound on long walkies wif us Tzus. We neber left her behind after she got her stwoller ;)
-how Crumpet would grrrrr at Winsty when he twied to make a move on her food or tweats! hee hee! Go, Crumpet!
-how Crumpet and I would snuggle together and sleep on da couch together, especially if it was cold and der was a fire in da fireplace. Sometimes we used each udder as pillows. Crumpet was da best sleeping buddy! Crumpet had eben started sleeping on Winsty's butt recently! hee hee!
-how Crumpet hated getting her paws wet.
-how Crumpet would take da long way and walk on da concwete awound da yard, so she wouldn't hab to step in da gwass.
-how Crumpet would neber stway far fwom da house.
-how Crumpet was always da first pup back on da fwont stoop after our walkies. I neber once beat her to da door! hee hee!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed being gwoomed! She eben wuf'ed da blow dwyer! *shudder*
-how Crumpet didn't want to take off da Burberry raincoat dat Aunty Lina gave her when Mummy first twied it on her. She was so happy to get da coat back on Christmas! hee hee!
-how Crumpet wuf'ed getting her hair bwushed on Mummy's lap.
-how Crumpet hated rain and wind.
-how Crumpet wuf'ed frolicking outside on chilly days if she was wearing her faux fur Audrey Hepburn coat.
-how fast Crumpet would do her bizness and run back inside when she didn't hab on her coat on chilly, rainy days! hee hee!
-how pwitty she wooked in pink.
-how much she wuf'ed freeze dwied liver! She would gwab her piece and run back to her bed to eat away fwom Winsty!
-how she would muscle in between us Tzus and bark fur attention to be gweeted when Mummy or Daddy came home! hee hee!
-how she would steal our toys when we weren't wooking and hide dem in her bed! Of course, I always knew where to wook! ;)
-how she would wike to pee on our toys if we didn't put dem away! Hrrrrmmmmmph!
-how Daddy had to get her stepping stones in da backyard, so Crumpet would go farther dan two feet outside!
-how Mummy and Daddy used to play "Crumpet Ping Pong." Dey would stand far apart and take turns calling Crumpet. She would RUN all da way to Daddy, den RUN all da way to Mummy, den back to Daddy, den back to Mummy ... You get da idea! She just wuf'ed personal attention!
-how happy Crumpet always was! She had da sweetest smile and most content wook! Mummy sed dat Crumpet was happiness personified! :)

Mummy's fabowite fing to say to Daddy when he was grumpy was, "Be a Crumpet!" Crumpet neber let anyfing get her down fur too long, and she was always so joyful and happy! We miss you so much, sweet, sweet Crumpet!

Requiescat in Pace, December 18, 2008

Crumpet was such a special, sweet, loving pup. Everyone loved her! She even charmed the most dog-loathing people. She was an ambassador for all rescue pups.

It's very hard to type through all the tears...

In case you hadn't heard, Crumpet was attacked by our neighbor's golden retriever (who had always been nice and friendly) in our front yard. The injuries were just too much for our little Crumpet. Her spine and pelvis were broken, her abdomen was ripped open, and she lost so much blood that she had gone into shock. The vet hospital did everything they could. The vet stitched her up- sooo many stitches- hooked up an IV, and placed her in an oxygen tank. They couldn't give her enough pain injections to soothe her. She kept whimpering, and she had such a hard time breathing. The vet said it would be a miracle if she survived. And if she did survive, it would be another miracle for her to survive the very long operation, since she was in such a weakened state and was old and had a heart murmur. And if she miraculously survived that, she would have been paralyzed and would not be able to control her bladder. Sadly, we let Crumpet go.

We were so lucky to have Crumpet in our lives for 9 years. We went "looking" at the Town Lake Animal Shelter and found this skinny, dirty, matted little mop of a dog who was about to be put to sleep. Crumpet had been a puppy mill dog and lived in a cage with 135 other dogs of various breeds. Crumpet had stayed way too long at the shelter during all the court trials against the breeder. When the dogs were finally surrendered, all the younger pups were adopted quickly, but the older dogs had health issues, and no one would adopt them. We fell in love with Crumpet, because filthy as she was, she was so happy to be let out of her cage and jumped and circled around. We had to adopt her. It was well worth the cost of adoption and teeth surgery to bring her into our lives. Who knew hidden inside that dirty mop was a princess?!

Crumpet was certainly our princess. I always joked that Crumpet would outlive all of us, because she loved life so much! She was just the sweetest, happiest, gentle soul. I'm sure she's being welcomed joyously at the Rainbow Bridge. But we're still devastated.

Crumpet's brothers are very sad and confused. They're not eating much, and Kipper has been sleeping in Crumpet's princess bed. Winston has been very clingy. Crumpet was such a big part of all of our lives. We will always miss her. We will always love our sweet angel Crumpet.

Requiescat in pace, sweet Crumpet.

Paw Panda Bed :(

I'm sure ebery pup knows how much I WUF my furry panda bed! It was da perfect place to nest and sleep, since it was soft and warm and ergonomically designed fur us pups. Well, I don't hab my precious panda bed anymore! :(

Da udder day, my Daddy heard me crying and whimpering and ran to see what was wrong. At first, I just looked like I was snuggled in my panda bed, but upon closer inspection, I had nested my way into da panda's tummy and was - STUCK!!! I had dug through all dur fur and foamy stuff and eberyfing! (I'm a GOOD nester! hee hee!) My front paws were stuck in da panda! OMD! I was whimpering so much and thrashing awound while Daddy twied to get me unstuck! It took several minutes, but Daddy finally freed me! See why I wuf my Daddy? Sigh!

Anyway, Daddy took my panda bed away. He finks Mr. Panda's a lost cause! But I did hab dat bed fur eight years! :)

Biscuit had a brown bear bed dat I pee'd on (blush!) in da attic. Daddy sez he's gonna see if we can get Mr. Bear professionally cleaned, so I can still sleep in a bear bed, since no one makes da bear beds anymore! I hope it works ...

-a sad Crumpet who's now sleeping in Winsty's fox bed ;)

The Shelter Dog's Cry

My Mummy found dis sweet poem in "Dog Fancy" magazine. It was written by a 14 yr. old girl named Lauren Tebben.

The Shelter Dog's Cry

Just give me a chance when I shudder and shy
I haven't seen love in a very long time.
Just give me a chance if I'm big and all black
Can't you look past the color of my back?
Just give me a chance when I jump up and bay
I just want to play all my cares away.
Just give me a chance when I'm not well behaved
I promise to learn if you show me the way.
Just give me a chance when I'm hungry and thin
I need some nourishment just like your kin.
Just give me a chance, for in my despair,
I just want a home and someone who cares.
Just give me a chance when they've numbered my days
I'll pay you back in a shelter dog's way.

I'm sooo bery lucky dat my Daddy picked me and gave me a chance! I wish all shelter pups could find good homes!

I'M STAFU'S FEATURED PUP OF DA DAY!

Yippee! :)

Nah, nah, Winsty! ;)
hee! hee!

Fanks fur da honor!!!!

♥ Wuf, Spunky Crumpet
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Previous Woof Sent: 12/31/69 4:00 pm
Woofed From: The DOGBUCKS Boyzzzzz
Woofed To: Shih Tzus and Friends United
Subject: TODAYS FEATURED PUP FOR THURSDAY MARCH 20th 08

Good morning pups!!
Todays featured pup is a pup that is real spunky she has to keep her two bruvvers in line!!
She ALWAYS gets involved with STAFU when she can DESPITE her bruvvers interfurrring!!
Todays pup is non other than CRUMPET!!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOO CRUMPET
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/170680

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I finally got to meet Abigail!- and Mosey! ;)

Woo hoo!~ I finally got to meet Abigail! today - and Mosey! ;)

I hope Abigail's Mummy got better pictures! Mummy did not do a good job at all!

Der was a small pup meet-up at a coffee shop here in Austin. We all met on da patio. My Tzu bwudders stayed home. Winston isn't weally socialized yet and wikes to attack ebery hooman, so my pawrents sed he wasn't weady to meet udders. Now, Kipper is bery good and sweet, but Daddy didn't want to leave Winsty home all alone. Kipper was mad! "But I'm a good pup! It's not fair!" he sed, but Daddy wouldn't budge. I didn't mind, tho', 'cuz I got my pawrents all to myself! :)

I met some pawsome pups! Der were two Pomeranians named Simba and Shasta. Simba licked my nose! It tickled! hee! hee! And der was a caramel (neber seen dat color before!) poodle and some funny, hyper chihuahuas (are chihuahuas always dat hyper?) and some miniature poodles ...

Anyway, I would have recognized Abigail! anywhere! She was just a small puff of hair! hee! hee! All dat hair! And Mosey is BIG! Wowsers! Sweet boy, but BIG!

Mosey's bery friendly and sweet, and Abby was just da sweetest wittle fing! She's pwitty small for a Tzu! I fink she's all hair! I thought Daddy was going to take Mosey home wif us! hee! hee!

Kipper kept sniffin' and sniffin' and sniffin' me when I got home! BOL! He would not weave me alone! Enough, Kip!

I hope Abigail's Mummy got better pictures so you pups can see! (she did!) It was weally fun! Daddy sez we'll twy to bwing da Tzus next time! Kipper WEALLY gave Daddy a guilt twip! ;) "I'm a good pup, if you weally wuf'ed me, you would have brought me, how come Crumpet smells wike udder dogs ..."
Daddy sez next time Mummy and Daddy will bwing all three of us in sepwate cars, so Daddy can bwing Winsty home if he's naughty! hee! hee! Good job making Daddy feel bad, Kip!

Anyhoo, I'm tired from all da excitement, so I'm going to take a puppy nappy!

I hope I get to meet more of my Dogster pals in pawson!!!
Hope to see ya soon!
Mwuah! ♥ Crumpet