Isn't it amazing about our pets.
My favorite picture is of my daughter Elyse with our dog Zin as she is holding him with her goofy glasses on. If you are a subscriber to our email newsletter, you see this picture often. If not, then do it right away, by clicking here - it's free!
But our pets, while being a part of our lives, also help to chronicle the chapters of our life. In our own case, Kelly and I had Tigger and Tiger since just before we were married. I have them to Kelly as a present one Christmas.
And they shared with us our first 14 years of married life. They saw us bring home our first 3 children. They moved with us from place to place to place from Schaumburg, to Milwaukee, to Clinton to Maroa. Then Oliver (now 5) came along and the kids were so excited because he was playing and chasing things 'Tiger never does this'. Kelly and I got all misty eyed " He used to do that." Kelly taught him to 'fetch' pearls, and he would chase them in circles until he would fall over.
Lazarus was our first dog, and through an accident - even DVM's make the mistake of not keeping the dog on a leash while on the morning jog, he was killed. I got him from a rescue at one of the clinics when I was a relief Dr. We had him almost 1 year, and he was so skinny, he could only walk 10 feet before having to stop and pant and catch his breath. He went from 28 lbs to 39 lbs when we got them to the correct weight.
Next week some more stories. and chapters in Raymond Ramirez's life
