Today is a sad day at our home. Our faithful friend and loyal pet, DREWsilla, had to be laid to rest this morning. She lived a full life....even through Hurricane Rita (category 3-4) and Hurricane Humberto (category 1). She saw alot in her life, including the birth of Collin and the addition and passing of her friend - Weezer- a miniature daschund.
Jerry and I got married in May 1991 and we got DREW, a cute black lab puppy in January of 1992. She has been with us almost our entire marriage! We got her from one of Jerry's coworkers in Channelview when she was about 6 weeks old. You might ask why we named her Drewsilla. We were going to work the first morning we had her so we left her in our laundry room. We had a radio on for "noise" and blankets on the floor. When I returned home from school that day, I opened the door from the garage to the house and ......the laundry room was a MESS. I had folded CLEAN clothes on the top of the dryer, and don't ask me how.....but this 6 week old puppy had gotten them down off the dryer and well....... you can use your imagination to what the rest of the room looked like. She had chewed through the cord to the radio! We hadn't given her a name yet so Drewsilla stuck. Drusilla is one of Cinderella's stepsisters! Mischievious, sneakey..... Needless to say, after that day, Drew didn't live up to her name. She was a sweet, compassion, loving pet. In fact, when Collin was about 2, he loved to ride his tricycle up and down the long driveway while I mowed on the riding mower. Drew would pace back and forth ,up and down the driveway in between where I was mowing and where Collin was. Very protective. Krista and Amber loved "riding" on Drew when they were 4 and 5. Yep! She was around for lots of memories! She had one litter of pups in 1997. She had 4 black pups and 1 yellow pup. She, of course, was a great mom. She loved being used as a foot rest...as long as you rubbed her belly with your feet. She loved the water--and, for all her life, she had a "baby pool" to lay down in and cool off. Until about 18 months ago, we'd allow her to get in our pool and sit on the steps. Her eyes would light up. She was my pal when I watered my plants each evening; she couldn't wait to get hosed down with the cool water from the hose.
We all will miss her; but know that she's much happier where she is now without struggling.
Let her rest in peace...........
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