March 16, 2013

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EMMY

From late 1974 until 1990, our family dogs were Tasha and then Tasha and Suzy and then just Tasha again.  After Suzy’s death and while Tasha was showing her age, we were privileged to take in a new puppy.  My brother Lonny’s dog was a purebred Siberian Husky and she was pregnant.  The father was also a purebred Siberian, so the puppies were beautiful Siberian Huskies.  Suzanne was four years old and Michael was six, so this would be the first dog that was really their dog.  I believe that Tasha thought we would all be well taken care of by the new kid, so she chose to move on to her next life just before the puppy was ready to leave its mother.

When we got the puppy, the task of giving it a name fell on Michael and Suzanne.  The name they came up with was Emily.  That name did not quite fit her, though, and within a few days the name became Emmy. Continue reading →