Tippi

When we were little kids Aaron asked for a dog for Christmas one year. Our parents would not get us one... so Santa brought Aaron Tippi. For the longest time he was Aaron's dog. When I got pregnant he became mine. He was very protective of me. He would always sleep with us.

One night me and Tippi went to bed and Meridith came home a little later. Dani and Andrea were with her. Meri came into my room and sat down on our bed, you would of thought she was a bad guy the way tippi came after her. He was always there to protect me.

When I brought Haylee home from the hospital he would get in her car seat and try to nudge her off my lap. He still wanted all of my attention, but it anyone besides me was holding that baby he was right there beside her.

In his old age he lost his hearing, or ignored his name is Brett's theory. He began to lie around alot more, and then had to sleep in the laundry room because he could not control his bladder at night sometimes.

Thursday night he woke everyone up in the house yelping. It was so loud and it was a cry of pain. It happened again on Friday night, and I was holding him, I thought that he was going to die right there in my arms. I took him to bed with me and held him alot on Saturday. I even held him when we took him to the vet, and had him put to sleep. She told me that his heart murmmur was worse then it ever had been before, and he was in obvious pain in his abdomen and he would react strongly when she touched him there. He had been doing that for a while.

I held him the whole time. It was very very hard for me. I love that dog, so much. I did not want him to be scared with a stranger holding him during the shot. I wanted him to feel the love that I had for him the whole time. It was very hard to walk in the door to check it for the appointment. I know that he is in Heaven with Meridith right now, and that is comforting. But I never knew that a little 6 pound dog would make such an impact in my life. I miss you Tippi.