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In Loving Memory of Pepper

Pepper got hit by truck

I think in about 1995 which was Pepper was about almost 2 yrs old and I was about 11 or 12 yrs old. Anyway...

my school is residential thats where kids stay at dorm since the kids live far away from home. My school is special program for deaf kids with education. Anyway, I was day student. I never like to stay dorm... One night my school had special event and my mama wanted me to stay dorm cuz it's about 20 mins to drive to school from home. I decided to stay dorm for one night. When I spend the night at school and I was ready to go home. Next day I told mama that Im ready to go to home.

my mama is working at deaf school for many years.. anyway.. I told her that I'm ready to go to home. she said well, I need to tell you something before we get home. I said why?? She said just wait. dont get upset, ok?

On the way to home from school, I kept worried about what mama said. I asked mama, please tell me... she said okay, dont cry, ok? Pepper is fine.. Okay?

Pepper digged the ground under the fence and got away.. He ran to the road and the truck saw him run. Lucky he already brake before too late. But He did hit pepper.. Pepper was black out when the truck hit him. My step father saw it and ran to see if pepper was okay... The driver did stop and said Im sorry Im sorry. its my fault! my step father said no dont worry. They rub Pepper to get him to wake up... in few mins later, pepper finally woke up and got scared and got up and ran back to the fence.

The driver was happy that he didnt ran over Pepper and kept apologized about it.

step father took pepper to the vet to check up and the vet wanted to keep him for 24 hours and he had bad bruise and little bit crack on his back and hips.

After 24 hours later, I was at school, I was really looking forward to get home to see Pepper. When I got home, I finally saw Pepper! I hug him many time!

I was so happy that he didnt kill by hit truck.

Pepper passed away

December 20, 1993 to August 13, 2007

Let me go back who was Pepper and how I got him... When I had Sheeba which was she passed away last December 13, 06, she was 10 months old when she had Pepper. So that is mean Sheeba was the mother of Pepper.. The reason why I have to said this cuz some people were confused about my dogs. Anyway...

Last Friday evening (August 10, 07), Pepper had mild seizure after that he was okay and he decided to stay inside of kitchen. My mama, Bill (step father) and Madison (sister) and their dogs were going to the beach and told me about him and wanted me to check on him next day.. So I went to see him and he was happy to see me. I was expected him to get up and walked to between my legs but he laid down... I knew it something was wrong... I tried to get him up and he couldn't get up at all... I was heart broken when I saw him... I sat down beside him and rubbing him. I looked at him and he looked at me and the way he looked like he was so ready to go. I burst my tears when I saw it.

I paged my mama about it. She told me to get blankets so Tony and I can carried him to my jeep cuz he was very heavy-- he was weight 81... So we went to vet and my vet checked on him and help him to get up and walk. He doesn't like that vet, only if I am with him, he would be calm down.. he looked for me cuz I was standing behind of vet and Tony. I decided to go closer to him and rubbing him to let him that I'm here with him. He finally got calm down... After vet finish check on him, she told me that Pepper had seizure and stroke at same time. She wanted to keep him until yesterday(August 12, 07) to check on him and watched him and test on him...Vet told my mama that they can send Pepper to NCSU vet to have test on him for brain tumor...

Until Monday(August 13, 07) morning, I saw my mama at our work and I asked her about him... They (my parents) and vet think its not good idea for him go to NCSU vet since all of medicines and shots were not working... and the money are soooo expensive for testing at NCSU vet.I told mama that when Pepper looked at me, he was like he wanted to tell me that he was ready to go...

By time for lunch, Bill called mama to tell her that Pepper was not doing good cuz he went to see him and talked to vet... When I saw mama cried, I just knew it... I cried.... Mama said " you know that Pepper is ready to go with his mom, Sheeba and be freedom and happy" I got cried more... She asked me if I wanted to be there for Pepper when Vet put him to sleep. I told her yes I wanted...

About 5:40pm, Bill (step father) and I went to see Pepper. He was happy to see us... It was so HARD for me to not crying so hard and all of that... We pat him and gave him hugs all of that... By that time, Vet put him to sleep, right before she put shot on his vein, he was really ready to go. Bill looked at me and said Pepper is ready... I was like Yeah, I can see that... Pepper didn't even fight for it. He looked so peaceful...

Mama told me that last Friday(August 10, 07) she saw rainbows came out right before Pepper had seizure... We felt that Sheeba came to see Pepper to tell him that it was time for him to go... Same thing to last week with the dog door... Mama went to laundry room that is where pepper normally stayed and she saw pepper was laying on the floor then all of sudden she heard something from dog door. she looked at it fast and looked at pepper.. She putted clothes in dryer machine, while she did that she heard it again and looked at it fast and saw the flexable flag moved but Pepper was still laying down and looked at flexable flag. She thinks that Sheeba was visiting him.

I know that he is in much better place and be with his mama...