THE RAINBOW  BRIDGE

Here are pictures of Sassie, Mother of Sweetie and Sammi.  She is also the Mother of Fancy Face, who is the Mother of Snowball Mitchell. So Sassie is Snowballs's Grandmother.  Sweetie is Ramseys dog and Sammi is Luntzers dog and Grandma Sassie belongs to Joe and Evelyn Boyet my neighbors.  they are all spoiled and we love them to pieces. Sassie had been to the day care, after her bath so that she could see the kids. Sassie is 7, Sweetie is 15 months, Sammi was born Jan. 20, 2002 and Snowball was born February 4th.......Aren't they CUTE?????

BUDDIES:  Sweetie & Ted E. Bear.  Sweetie found a mouse dead on the snow & Ted is trying to take it away from her. She can run on top of the snow & Ted was sinking so she outran him.   They are the "children" of Pat & Whitey Ramsey.

Sweetie, she is a stinker, learning how to "SPEAK" and knows her two names, he calls her Tazzy (Tasmanian Terrier) and I call her Sweetie she will not answer me to Tazzy or him to Sweetie .....she is a smart little critter. 

Lazarus from the Humane Society of the Ozarks

Lazzie  was brought in to us and escaped the first night. We searched for him and realized that mama-baby was barking at the drain-pipe in the back compound area. Good thing that I am small in stature because I had to crawl down the pipe and get close enough for Laz to smell the cat food I had and lured him out by crawling backwards holding the cat food close but not close enough for him to get it.  That's how he got his name.  When I shined the flashlight in the pipe those big eyes open and that was all I could see--two big bright eyes at the end of the tunnel.  It took me about an hour and a half to get him out and he still won't go out back--He is overweight and we have to keep him shaved down because of the dander.  He is persian, approx. 8 and has been with us for three years.  We put him on a diet but he gained weight.   So much for diets.

1993 - 2003  Laz died of natural causes Sunday July 27, 2003.  We have had Laz since 1998 and everyone that came into the Unique Boutique to shop had to take time to seek him out.  One for his size, and the other because of his most unusual purr.  Some said it sounded like a cooing dove, other like a raccoon but whatever it certainly was different.  I know that he is going to be sadly missed by the entire staff and by many of our customer.   He has gone on to animal heaven and will be waiting there to welcome his other mascot friends and all of the humans that have showed him love and attention.    I know that I will most certainly be at a loss with out him and another little chunk of my heart has broken off and gone to heaven with him.     He is buried in our Mascot grave yard behind the shelter.

Regal was found tied to our back fence in February, 2001.  In fact, it was the coldest night of the year.  She was there for a considerable amount of time because by the time we found her she was almost frozen.   Helen, the other lady who did work at the shelter and myself had to get her body heat up by using our body heat and then an electric blanket.  By the time we had her temp up to normal and got some warm food in her  both of us were so attached to her that she became another mascot.  Her ear shows marks of someone trying to cut them and she has been beat several time because her hips are stiff from being hit.  She is one in  a million and is very attached to Janet but with the dogs we both have at home  it makes it impossible to take her to either house.  She seems to be happy right were she is.

August 4, 2003 ~ Regal was found dead this morning, she is going to be autopsied as soon as possible to found out what was the cause of death.  She was playing and bouncing around Sunday late when one of our animal welfare officers went down to secure the shelter for the night.  Our president, found her laying in the shelter office early Monday morning when she went in to start the days cleaning.  We will certainly miss this beauty because she had been so mis-treated before she came to the shelter and had found that people can be just as good to her as the other people were bad.  There are many who will morn the loss of this lady but none more than our staff, they had always went out of their way to make sure that she was in a safe place during storm because they terrified her.  The Humane Society is a sad place right now, we have lost 2 of our most beloved Mascots in a week.  Regal, will be buried at the shelter just like Lazzie.  Our hearts are breaking but now she can look from the other side of storms with out having any fear and wait for her friends to join her there in their own time.  Bye Regal, I shall miss you so very very much.  Sher  ~ Regal went to the Rainbow Bridge in 2003.

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