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Nicknames: ♥ PATCHY ♥ CLUNKER, LOVEBUG, LITTLE BUDDY

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 Quick Bio:
 Likes: BONES, BIGGER THAN HE WAS! DOGGY CHOCOLATES, BEEF JERKY, LOVE & CUDDLES. HE EVEN LOVED BATHS!!

Pet-Peeves: HE BECAME VERY UPSET IF WE WERE PACKING A SUITCASE, KNOWING WE WERE GOING ON A TRIP. HE GOT INTO THE SUITCASE SO WE WOULD BE CERTAIN TO INCLUDE HIM ON THE TRIP, WHICH WE ALMOST ALWAYS DID...EVEN THOUIGH HE WAS A BAD TRAVELER, HE GOT SO ANTSY AND WOUND UP!

Favorite Toy: HE HAD LOTS OF TOYS, BUT HE SEEMED TO FAVOR MY LITTLE BROTHER'S TOY SOLDIERS & DINOSAURS, AS WELL AS FUZZY SLIPPERS.

Favorite Food: HE LOVED HAMBURGERS, STEAK, CARROTS, LETTUCE- HE HAD HAM BONES NEARLY BIGGER THAN HE, AND HE WOULD TRY TO CARRY THEM AND HIS BACK LEGS WOULD COME UP OFF THE FLOOR BUT HE WOULD STILL GET THAT BONE WHERE HE WANTED TO TAKE IT!!!

Favorite Walk: HE LOVED GOING TO THE PARK WITH ME, BUT IT WAS SO FAR FOR HIS LITTLE LEGS THAT EVERY TIME, AT THE EXACT SAME PLACE, HE WOULD SIT DOWN, SO I'D CARRY HIM THE REST OF THE WAY & BY THEN HE WAS READY TO RUN THRU THE PARK LIKE A MANIAC! LOL!

Best Tricks: HE WAS VERY CLEVER AND COULD POSE FOR ME TO TAKE PHOTOS OF HIM, HE'D HOLD SO STILL IN EXACTLY THE RIGHT POSE, HE COULD GET INTO & OUT OF HIS COATS SOO FAST! HE KNEW THE COAT MEAN T 'WE'RE GOING OUTSIDE!!'

Arrival Story: MY MOM THOUGHT ALL KIDS MUST HAVE A DOG TO LOVE & BE LOVED BY...SO ONE COLD WINTER DAY, SHE HEARD OF SOME CHI PUPS THAT WERE FOR SALE IN ANOTHER TOWN. OUR FAMILY WENT AND WHEN MOM CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE, SHE HAD NO PUP IN HER HANDS AND US KIDS WERE CRUSHED, UNTIL MOM GOT IN THE CAR AND BROUGHT OUT FROM HER COAT POCKET THIS TINY LITTLE PUPPY...THAT MOM NAMED PATCHES. WE WERE SO THRILLED! I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SO MANY YEARS AGO!

Bio: POOR LITTLE PATCHY MISSED HIS MOMMY & FAMILY SO MUCH AT FIRST...THOSE FIRST FEW NIGHTS HE CRIED & CRIED! MOM PUT HIM IN A LIL BED BESIDE HER BED AND PUT A HOT WATER BOTTLE BY HIM AND A TICKING CLOCK...IN A WEEK OR SO, HE WAS FINE AND MUCH LOVED BY US ALL! PATCHES LIVED TO NEARLY 20 HUMAN YEARS OLD! SINCE HE WAS THE RUNT OF THE LITTER, HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH HIS TEETH, THEY WOULD ABCESS AND HE'D HAVE TO HAVE ONE PULLED, THEN ANOTHER AND HE ENDURED MUCH PAIN BUT HE WAS A FIGHTER AND HE WOULD BOUNCE BACK EACH TIME. I WOULD ROCK HIM ON MY LAP ALL NIGHT LONG WHILE HE RECOVERED AND SO DID MOM & MY BROTHER. HE DEVELOPED A LEAKY HEART VALVE AND WAS ON MEDS FOR MANY YEARS TOO...BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP AND LIVED TO SUCH AN AMAZINGLY OLD AGE! I MISS HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MOM WAS CERTAINLY RIGHT ABOUT THE IMPACT A DOG,
(ALL ANIMALS) WOULD HAVE ON A CHILD'S LIFE! I LOVE ALL ANIMALS AND PATCHES MEANT THE WORLD TO MY FAMILY & I. WE ALL MISS HIM TERRIBLY...WE ALWAYS WILL. HE GAVE SUCH UNSELFISH LOVE & DEVOTION AND TAUGHT US MANY LESSONS. I WANTED TO MAKE THIS A KIND OF TRIBUTE TO HIM....WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU LITTLE GUY!!

PATCHES
I've Been On Dogster Since:
| November 20th 2005 |
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More than 6 years! |

Rosette, Star and Special Gift History

Dogster Id: 225597

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December 4th 2006 1:06 am
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MOMMY FINALLY FOUND A BUNCHA THE PICTURES OF ME SHE HAD TUCKED AWAY AND SHE PUT SOME UP HERE FOR YOU ALL TO SEE. IT MADE HER CRY...MISSING ME AND THINKING HOW QUICKLY TIME PASSES....IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY I WAS A WEE BOY DASHING WILDLY THRU MY YARD AND CHASING BUTTERFLIES! CHERISH EVERY MOMENT!!! TIME FLIES!!
May 25th 2006 12:31 pm
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NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T MISS YOU...IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS YET SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY. SPRING IS MOVING INTO SUMMER AND I IMAGINE I HEAR YOU SOMETIMES OR CATCH A GLIMPSE FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE....I START TO GREET YOU, TO REACH OUT FOR A CUDDLE...AND THEN I REMEMBER.
IT WOULD BE ON A DAY SUCH AS TODAY THAT YOU & I WOULD HAVE JOURNEYED FORTH ON A LONG STROLL TOGETHER, TO THE PARK OR FOR AN ICE CREAM CONE, THE BABY SIZE FOR YOU. WE WOULD WATCH THE CLOUDS, THE BIRDS, THE SQUIRRELS, YOU WOULD CHASE THE DANDELION PUFFS WILDLY, SCATTERING THEIR SEEDS WITH PUPPY JOY. I LOVED TO WATCH YOU BOUND THRU TALL GRASSES WITH "SNOOPY" GLEE!
YOU ARE IN MY HEART ALWAYS AND WILL FOREVER REMAIN. IT IS THRU YOU THAT I LEARNED TRUE DEVOTION AND THAT I HAD A SPECIAL GIFT WITH ANIMALS. I LEARNED TRUE RESPECT FOR FUR KIDS AND EXTRA SPECIAL RESPECT FOR YOU.
ALL MY GROWING UP YEARS WERE SPENT WITH YOU, AND I FEARED LOSING YOU TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT FULLY LIVE IN THE MOMENT, SO GREAT WAS MY FEAR. I WAS OVER PROTECTIVE AND HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU THAT TRUE LOVE IS FOREVER...AND LEARNED NOT TO AGONISE SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE GONE BUT TO REJOICE BECAUSE YOU WERE HERE.
YOU LIVED A LONG LIFE AND WE ALL ADORED YOU PATCHY....GOD TRULY WAS WATCHING OVER YOU MY SWEET BOY.... AND GOD IS WATCHING OVER YOU NOW.IN THAT, I FIND PEACE.
YET, I GRIEVE FOR YOU, I MISS YOU SO....
I ALWAYS WILL.
March 15th 2006 3:37 am
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.....AND IT MAKES ME REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU LOVED TO RUN OUTSIDE, IN SPITE OF THE SNOW...YOUR LITTLE FEET GOT SO COLD, YET YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COME IN. SO, WE BOUGHT YOU SOME SNOWBOOTS BUT YOU WALKED SO FUNNY AND HATED THEM SO MUCH WE DIDN'T MAKE YOU WEAR THEM. I THINK OF YOU IN YOUR ADORABLE LITTLE COATS, HAPPY AND TAIL WAGGING, MARKING EVERY TREE AND TIRE! I MISS YOU EVERY DAY AND I YEARN TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN PLAYFULLY SCAMPERING THRU THE GRASS, THE PILE OF RAKED LEAVES, BURYING YOUR BONES, DASHING AFTER SQUIRRELS....
OH HOW MUCH YOU FILLED OUR LIVES FULL OF LOVE PATCHY...AND HOW EMPTY THE HOUSE AFTER YOU'D GONE. THAT EMPTINESS REMAINS, WITHOUT YOUR LOVE THERE TO FILL IT AND I GRIEVE FOR YOU. I ALWAYS WILL....
YET, I TREASURE ALL THE YEARS OF JOY WHEN WE HAD YOU WITH US AND YOU REMAIN, ALWAYS, IN OUR HEARTS.
OHH PATCHY I MISS YOU SO........
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