our pets.

Shiloh and Chloe

Well we bought a new dog in May, He is a Boston Terrier, 4 months old when we bought him. Actually we went to "just look" at this dog, which I knew in the back of my mind was a mistake. I admit he was very cute...but we were suppose to be just looking. Well the next day Mindy and the girls went back and bought him. We named him Mickey since we like Disney World soo much, and he does kind of look like a mouse, I guess. Shiloh, our German Shorthaired pointer was diagnosed with a large tumor near his lung and heart back in January. He was our first dog, we bought him from the Humane Society in Grand Rapids in November 1997. I should say my grandma Mary gave me $75.00 to buy him, which fact she reminded me of constantly when she saw him. She would always say, "So how's OUR dog?" He was pure breed, but since he didn't posess good hunting skills, his owner dropped him off there. He was a great family dog for us. We brought Mickey home on May 2, Shiloh seemed didn't seem to mind him to much, he always liked other dogs fairly well. He was pretty sick by this time though, so he didn't really pay much attention to Mickey. Mickey liked to lay with him on the couch when Shiloh would let him. On June 7, the week before we planned on putting Shiloh to sleep, I came down stairs in the morning and found him laying on the floor. He had died during the night. We had him cremated and his ashes are in a photo urn in our living room. He was a month short of being 10 years old. The picture to the right was taken the night before he died.