In Our Lives from July 6, 1998 - February 13, 1999
It was the day after we returned from our Honeymoon. I dragged my husband to the Animal Shelter to get a puppy. I wanted to have it from day one, so there wouldn't be a time we remembered without him. There wasn't many to choose from, however I am sure we still would have picked him. My husband pointed to him, I picked him up, and that was all it took. We named him Chesney, after the country singer Kenny Chesney who sang our wedding song. The named fit him perfect, he became so much a part of me, and so much a part of my husband. Within the first week I had him rushed to the vet, because something was wrong. The doctor diagnosed it as Parvo and gave him a 50/50 chance of making it. We gave him all our love, the medication, special food ... and it worked! He made it, and became a very healthy puppy.
He was mommy's baby: Where ever I was he was. Whether it was soap time or nap time, we did it together. Going to the bank, and getting a treat from the teller. Teaching him to "catch the ball" and to "shake", to eating up all my bras.
He was daddy's buddy: Everyday when Michael came home from work, Chesney could pick his truck pulling in the driveway out of anything. He would sit tall at the window, till he saw him and then would jump with excitement till he got in the door and played with him. Every time Michael went to the dump, so did Chesney. Everytime daddy ate a cookie, Chesney got a cookie. He was so much apart of both of us. He had this little "sigh" he would occasionally let out, that just said to us ... how happy he was, and he knew he had it made.
His life was suddenly taken from us when he was hit by a car. I rushed him to the vet, but he didn't make it. The vet said he was just hit to hard. It was a sad day burying him in the back yard, on his pillow bed, with his favorite toys. He will always be mommy's baby and daddy's buddy, and although there will be others, none will ever fill the huge paw print he left on both of our hearts.
Sadly missed and forever remembered by Michael and Heather Phillips