The Studio

Mamie’s Tutu

Mamie with Snow Dog

Her first day with us. Just like she had always been here.

Mamie Eisenhower Walker

Kissing Lincoln

Throw my toy please!

Sleeping with Pig

Mamie sleeping on MY pillow-her favorite nap spot

Today we celebrate Thanksgiving – the most honest of all holidays.  We give thanks for the family and friends in our lives and for the bounty we enjoy.  Today I am giving a special prayer of thanks for our wonderful Mamie.  We lost her yesterday to liver failure.

We only had the pleasure of Mamie, a feisty little Cairn terrier, for a little more than 2 years.  She came to us from previous homes who could not keep her.  What a loss for them because she was an amazing little dog.

She loved pigs.  We are not sure how she could tell the difference but she knew her pigs…..and she had many!  And she loved to play fetch more than anything.  We would throw her pig, a ball, a stuff toy, and most recently her squeaky airplanes (a gift from neighbors when she first got sick in July) down the hallway in the house for her to chase.  And chase she would hundreds of times if you would throw it that many.  She LOVED it!

And she loved playing with her brothers Jed and Lincoln….especially Lincoln who was patient when we first got Mamie to help her overcome her toy aggression.  It took several months but she finally understood that he just wanted to play. (You can see more about Mamie in this anniversary post.)

Mamie was our sweet little girl.  She was devilish and clever.  She was adorable and manipulating.  She knew how to work the room.  And many of our Facebook friends loved Mamie as well.  We post photos on Facebook almost each day of our visits to the dog park and many people got to know her that way.

So today we send up a prayer of Thanksgiving for the time we had with our little girl, Mamie.  We loved her so much and are so happy that she is feeling no more pain.  We will miss her forever.