Lollie

Lollie was my childhood friend that passed on more than 9yrs ago, but she is not forgotten. I remember when I first saw her: My mom is a groomer and worked in a small shop and I happened to be with her at work one day when Lalka (Lollies registered name) came in to be groomed. A plump, little miniature schnauzer that would not let the bather get her out of her kennel without a bite. She was a little terror for my mom to groom, didn't like her nails done, hated her beard touched and absolutely would not tolerate being picked up. The little old lady that owned Lollie, Lalka, her registered name, came in to pick her up and asked my mom if she knew of anyone interested in keeping Lalka, because she wasn't able to any longer. I told my mom that I wanted her. My mom said, absolutely not, she is a biter and a hand full for a 12 yr old little girl.

I begged my mom, I just loved schnauzers, we already had a few at home, but I wanted one for myself. So my mom, seeing the determination in my face, said, "I tell you what, if you can get her out of her cage without being biten or without her growling at you, you can take her home today", of course, my mom thought she set me up for failure because she had been grooming Lalka for 2yrs now and knew she would try to bite me. So I went over to her kennel and opened the door and said, "Lalka, come here pup" and she gave me a look over and ran into my arms, I looked at my mom who was staring in disbelief and Lalka, who I renamed Lollie, remained in my arms for 8 more yrs.

I took her through 4H and won several ribbons with her and she was the best dog a little girl could have asked for. After graduating high school, she came with me to live at a horse ranch and loved to go into badger holes, chase rabbits, eat horse poop, catch mice in the barn and go with my on rides.

Unfortunately, Lollie one day woke up and was blind and deaf, not knowing what happened, I took her to the vet and they wanted to run some tests, but I declined, knowing that Lollie hated being touched by other people and that all the tests in the world wouldn't bring back her sight and hearing.

A short time after that, she went into a coma of some sort and I had to put her to sleep. It was the hardest decision of my life. I loved her like I would love a person, she understood me, she loved me unconditionally and she made my childhood fun with her around.

I still have not gotten over losing her and think about her all the time. I will have other dogs by my side throughout my life, but none will ever compare to Lollie, my friend, my dog. Lollie, you are missed and I can't wait to see you on the Rainbow Bridge.