PUDGEY WAS MY FAMILY PET AT THE FARM. HE WAS A MIX OF HUNTING DOGS, AND TO ME HE WAS THE PERFECT DOG. HE LIVED FOR EVERY MOMENT WITH ME. WE SHARED LOTS  OF HOT HAM & CHEESE SANDWICHES FROM HARDEES. I DON'T EVEN THINK HE NEW WHAT DOG FOOD WAS. HE ATE OFF OF A FORK AS I WOULD GIVE HIM MOUTH FULLS OF WHAT EVER I WAS EATING FOR SUPPER. I DRESSED HIM IN MY CLOTHES AND SHOWED HIM OFF TO ANYONE THAT WOULD LOOK. HE PUT UP WITH ALL OF MY STUPID KIDDY IDEAS. WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS CAME HE WOULD JUMP UP AND DOWN BARKING UNTIL I MADE IT TO THE KENNEL TO LET HIM IN THE HOUSE WITH ME. 1995 ON THANKS GIVING DAY PUDGEY GOT OUT OF HIS KENNEL OUT OF THE FENCED IN YARD AND RAN OFF (PROBABLY AFTER A RABBIT) AND WAS HIT BY A CAR 5 MILES AWAY. I KNEW THE MINUTE SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO HIM WE WERE SO CONNECTED. I JUST FELT EMPTY. WE DUG HIS GRAVE UNDER HIS FAVORITE SHADE TREE, AND WE PUT A CROSS ON IT. EVERY YEAR WE LIVED THERE I VISITED EVERYDAY AND FLOWERS EVERY THANKSGIVING.
SHORTLY AFTER MY FAMILY MOVED TO TOWN THE HOUSE, AND MOST OF THE BUILDINGS, WERE TORN DOWN. WHEN DRIVING BY THE OLD FARM THE ONLY BRIGHT PART OF THE LAND IS THAT SHADE TREE....THE MEMORIES OF THIS DOG STILL MAKES ME SMILE. UNTIL PUDGEY I NEVER NEW HOW MUCH I COULD LOVE AN ANIMAL...I LOVE YOU PUDGEY UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.  

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HUPPY CAME TO ME AT 6 MONTHS OF AGE TO BE A SHOW DOG. BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT HE ENJOYED THERAPY WORK MUCH MORE. HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AND HE WOULD COME RUNNING FULL FORCE AND JUMP UP ON YOU. HE WOULD HOLD ON TIGHT WITH HIS FRONT LEGS AND HUG YOU. AS YOU WOULD LEAN DOWN HE WOULD KISS YOU SOFTLY. THIS DOG WAS THE PROFESSIONAL DIGGER THE MUDDIER THE BETTER. HE WAS VERY KIND, LOVING, AND GENTLE. ONE SHOW WEEKEND I HAD NO ONE HOME TO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER DOGS SO EVERYONE WENT WITH ME. THE SHOW WAS HELD IN A HORSE BARN WHERE THERE HAD BEEN PESTICIDE SPRAYED. AFTER RETURNING HOME HE SNEEZED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT NOTHING REAL MAJOR. HE DIED DURING THE NIGHT OF A ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE PESTICIDE, IT HAD EFFECT HIS LUNGS. HE WAS ONE OF FOUR DOGS TO DIE AND SEVERAL GOT SICK. HIS LIFE WAS CUT WAY TO SHORT, I WISH I HAD STAYED HOME AND HE HAD NEVER WENT. I LOVE YOU HUPPY UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.  

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BEAHR WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL FOUNDATION STUD DOG. HE WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL FROM THE TIP OF HIS NOSE TO THE TIP OF HIS TAIL AND ALL THE TOES IN BETWEEN!!! HE WAS AS CLOSE TO PERFECT AS I HAVE EVER FOUND. I WOULD READ THE BREED STANDARD AND THEN WATCH HIM MOVE AND COMPARE. I JUST COULD NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH HIM. HE HAD SUCH A LOVE FOR FREEDOM AND COULD CLIMB A MOUNTAIN IF GIVEN THE CHANCE. HE LOVED CHILDREN. HATED THE GROOMING TABLE AND WOULD SO KINDLY TAKE THE COMB FROM YOUR HAND AND THROW IT ON THE FLOOR. GIVE HIM A CHILD TO WATCH AND PLAY WITH AND HE WOULD DO IT FOREVER. BEAHR WAS NEVER SICK AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WOULD LIVE FOR EVER. IN JANUARY OF 2005 (AGE 11) BEAHR BECAME VERY SICK. ON THE WAY TO THE VET I FED HIM HOT DOGS & I TALKED WITH HIM AND TOLD HIM HOW MUCH I LOVED HIM AND I WOULD MAKE THINGS ALL BETTER. HE HAD STOMACH CANCER. WHEN HE BLOATED HIS STOMACH WALL TORE AND MADE A HOLE. HIS FOOD AND WATER WAS FORMING A TOXIC FLUID. THE VET WORKED ON HIM REVIVED HIM 3 TIMES AND LOST HIM. I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW STRONG HE HAD BEEN. THE CANCER WAS PRETTY BAD. WHAT A GIFT TO NEVER HAVE SUFFERED. I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE BALANCE THIS DOG GAVE ME IN MY LIFE. I NEVER DREAMED I WOULD WALK IN TO THE VET CLINIC WITH HIM AND WALK BACK OUT WITH OUT HIM. I CAN'T EVEN FIND THE WORDS TO SAY EVERYTHING I NEED TO SAY 11 YEARS JUST WASN'T LONG ENOUGH. I LOVE YOU BEAHR UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.


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  ANNIE LOVED TO LAY AND WATCH THE BIRDS AND THE SQUIRRELS AND BARK!!! SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER. ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD RUN. SO EASY TO PLEASE. NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN FOR THE SUN TO COME UP IN THE MORNING AND THE STARS AT NIGHT. AT AGE 11 ANNIE HAD A CANCER GROWTH REMOVED. I PRAYED THAT IT HAD NOT SPREAD, BUT IN FEB. 2005 SHE GOT A COLD. A X-RAY GAVE ME DEVASTATING NEWS. SHE WAS TERMINAL AND HAD LUNG CANCER. THE VET PREPARED ME FOR WORSE CASE: SHE WOULD HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. WHEN THE BAD OUT WEIGHED EVERYTHING THEN THEY WOULD BE THERE. THEY SENT US HOME WITH MEDS THAT GAVE HER WONDERFUL QUALITY OF LIFE. I GOT TO SPEND THE MOST WONDERFUL DAYS WITH HER ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF MAY OF 2005. WE WENT FOR WALKS, VISITED WITH THE MAIL MAN, VISITED WITH ALL THE DAY CARE KIDS AND THE PARENTS, VISITED ALL THE DOGS. WE SPENT EVERY EVENING ON THE COUCH WATCHING TV TOGETHER. IT WAS HARD TO WATCH HER SLIP AWAY BUT SHE WAS AT PEACE WITH IT AND SHE GAVE ME THE COURAGE TO BE THE BEST MOM I COULD BE....ON A MONDAY MORNING SHE BARKED ONE TIME TO GET MY ATTENTION I SAT DOWN NEXT TO HER SHE PICKED HER HEAD UP AND LAID IT IN MY LAP AS I KISSED HER AND TALKED TO HER. SHE JUST LAID HER HEAD IN MY LAP AND WENT TO SLEEP. I WOULD NOT CHANGE A THING I WAS THERE UNTIL THE END. SHE WAS ALMOST 13 AND LIVED A GOOD LIFE. SHE NEW WHAT A GIFT LIFE WAS. I LOVE YOU ANNIE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE. THE PICTURES I AM PUTTING HERE ARE OF WHEN SHE WAS SICK AND ARE OF THE LAST 2 MONTHS OF HER LIFE. SO SHE IS NOT GROOMED OR REAL CLEAN FROM THE (THROWING UP)  BUT SHE WAS SO AT PEACE AND HAPPY.

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  SUGAR WAS THE BITCH I HAD WAITED YEARS TO PRODUCE. SHE WAS AMAZING. HER MOM BEING CHLOE AND HER DAD BEING BEAHR. SHE WAS THE STEP INTO WONDERFUL FUTURE. SHE WAS THE MOST LAYED BACK GIRL. SHE WOULD TAKE WHAT YOU GAVE HER AND NEVER ASKED FOR MORE, WHETHER DOG OR HUMAN. SHE SHARED A BOND WITH HER LITTER BROTHER LIKE I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THEY LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH. HER LITTER BROTHER YOGEY WAS DIFFERENT MORE DEMANDING. SHE MOVED SO NICE AND WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. I DON'T THINK SHE EVER BARKED.  THE BEST BEHAVED SAMOYED I EVER SAW. I CO OWNED THE 2 OF THEM WITH MY COUSIN. SHE WANTED TO DO 4-H WITH THEM AND THEN SHE WOULD BE LEAVING FOR COLLEGE. THEY LEFT A 4-H CLASS ON A FRIDAY (7-15-05) EVENING AND DRUNK DRIVER HIT THE CAR. SUGAR DIED OF HEAD INJURIES IN THE CAR ACCIDENT. YOGEY WAS FINE BUT VERY SCARED. SHE WAS MY LAST BEAHR DAUGHTER TO EVER BE BORN AND MY ONLY CHLOE DAUGHTER I HAD KEPT. I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A MORE SPECIAL BABY GIRL. HER LIFE WAS CUT WAY TO SHORT. SHE WAS ALMOST 2 YEARS OLD. SHE JUST HAD A PEACEFUL PRESENCE TO HER THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN WITH ANY OTHER DOG. I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS HER FATHERS GIFT TO ME BEFORE HE DIED. NOW SHE HAS JOINED HIM I AM SURE HE IS BEING A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL FOR HER. I LOVE YOU SUGAR UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

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MUGG WAS MY FIRST SHOW SIBERIAN. HE WAS THE MOST WILD AND CRAZY UNTRAINED DOG THAT HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE. MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WHOLE WORLD. HE WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST CHAMPION. MY START IN THE SIBERIAN WORLD. HE WENT EVERY WHERE WITH ME, SHOWS, WALKS FRIEND'S HOUSES.THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO SHOW. TAKING HIM UNTIL HE WAS 2 AND A HALF BEFORE HE EVER SAW A POINT. HE WAS A NICE SIZED BOY THAT TOOK TIME TO MATURE. HE WAS MY PERFECT BOY. HE MOVED SO NICE AND HAD SUCH A NICE OLD STYLE HEAD. ONCE HE WAS A YEAR OLD HE LIVED IN MY HOME FULL TIME BECAUSE HE WAS JUST TO CRAZY BEFORE THAT. THE WORDS SHOW CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH , YOU WOULD FIND HIM IN THE BATH TUB WAITING. YOU WALK PAST A CAR AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME FOR A RIDE. HE TALKED HIS WAY THROUGH LIFE. ALWAYS HAVING AN OPINION ABOUT EVERYTHING. ON THE GROOMING TABLE DON'T TOUCH MY TAIL OR I WILL SCREAM, THE PEOPLE WOULD TURN AND STARE AND LAUGH WHICH ONLY PROVIDED ENCOURAGEMENT. HE TRULY LOVED THERAPY WORK AND THE DAY CARE KIDS. HE LOVED ME THE BEST AND THE FEELING WAS MUTUAL. I WAS SO BLESSED TO HAVE THIS DOG IN MY LIFE.

Those that know me and who knew HIM know how crazy he was. He taught me so much in such a short time. The most important thing was to live life to the fullest. I miss him so very much. There are no words to express how much I loved him. The show ring for me is for ever changed because the bond I shared with him was so incredibly strong, we were a team. From the time he was 12 weeks old he went to every show with me whether he was entered or not. He lived for those weekends with me. It is overwhelming  to picture a weekend with out him. I will treasure every memory.

IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM THAT I CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I DO. HE WOULD NEVER WANT A DOG TO HAVE TO STAY HOME. HE WOULD NOT WANT ME TO STAY HOME. HE WOULD WANT ME TO GO HAVE FUN EVERY WEEKEND AND MAKE NEW MEMORIES HAVE NEW ADVENTURES. I KNOW HE IS SMILING DOWN ON ME. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 3 YEARS OLD MUGG BECAME MY FIRST SIBERIAN HEART BREAK. ONE MORNING 2 DAYS AFTER MY COUSIN AND SUGAR WERE IN THE CAR ACCIDENT I WOKE TO FIND HIM LAYING IN HIS FAVORITE SPOT THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN FLOOR WHERE HE HAD DIED IN HIS SLEEP. HE HAD BEEN BORN WITH A DEFECT THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE. MY MUGG MY BEST FRIEND I LOVE YOU UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

More pictures of Muggs 

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SUZY, LIKE HER MOM ANNIE, LOVED THE OUT DOORS AND LOVED TO BARK JUST TO HEAR HERSELF AND TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. FROM THE DAY SHE WAS BORN SHE WAS ALWAYS WITH HER MOTHER UNTIL ANNIE GOT SO SICK THAT SHE COULD NOT HANDLE HER BOUNCY BEHAVIOR.  SUZY MISSED HER MOM DEARLY AND WAS VERY LONELY. IN LATE MARCH (2006) SUZY WASN'T ABLE TO GET AROUND NORMALLY AND OFF TO THE VET WE WENT WITH CHECK BOOK IN HAND. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT AT THE TIME, WHAT LIMITED TIME I WOULD HAVE WITH HER.  THE X-RAY SHOWED A GROWTH ON THE SPLEEN WITH INTERNAL BLEEDING. YOGEY BEING HIS GOOFY SELF WAS SUCH A GOOD SPORT AND GAVE BLOOD FOR SUZY'S BLOOD TRANSFUSION. THE PLAN WAS TO STABILIZE HER AND THEN GO IN AND REMOVE THE SPLEEN. WITH IN 24 HOURS SUZY HAD OTHER IDEAS HER KIDNEYS AND LIVER WERE FAILING FAST. AS THE VET GAVE ME THE NEWS AND I BEGAN TO CRY SUZY LOOKED UP AT ME AND LICKED THE TEARS AWAY. SHOWING ME THAT SHE WAS JUST AS BRAVE AS HER MOTHER ANNIE. WE SPENT 2 MORE DAYS TOGETHER HAVING MANY TALKS AND SAYING ALL I EVER WANTED TO SAY. JUST AS PEACEFULLY AS HER MOM SHE CLOSED HER EYES. HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN HER DAUGHTER SEAHLEA. THE PICTURE BELOW IS OF THE LAST DAY OF HER LIFE. ENJOYING THE SUN AND WATCHING THE BIRDS FLY BY. THANK YOU SUZY FOR THE 11 YEARS I GOT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I LOVE YOU SUZY UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

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STORM WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOM I CO-OWNED WITH GOOD FRIENDS, KAREN AND LEE. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW STORM SEVERAL TIMES AND SHE JUST AMAZED ME HOW MUCH HER PERSONALITY WAS LIKE KARENS. SHE LIVED WITH KAREN AND LEE AND WAS SPOILED ROTTEN. I WAS NOT READY FOR THE PHONE CALL I RECEIVED ONE MORNING IN APRIL 2006. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 4 YEARS OLD STORM LOST A BATTLE WITH BLOAT. SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER PLAYMATE CHASE AND KARENS 3 KIDS WHOM LOVED HER DEARLY. I MISS MY VISITS WITH STORM VERY MUCH, WE HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO A FUTURE SHOW CAREER FOR STORM AS SHE HAD MATURED VERY NICELY......THE MEMORIES WILL REMAIN WITH US FOR EVER NO MATTER HOW SHORT HER LIFE WAS. I LOVE YOU STORM UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN AT HE RAINBOW BRIDGE.

STORM IS PICTURED HERE PLAYING IN THE LEAVES WITH KAREN.

IN ONE WORD MAGIC WAS AMAZING. HER KIND, GENTLE SOUL, AND COMPLETE LOVE FOR LIFE WAS TRULY AMAZING. I CAN STILL PICTURE HER BREATH TAKING MOVEMENT AS SHE RAN THE YARD. SHE WAS THE OLD LADY THAT SET THE RULES FOR THE YOUNGER CRAZY DOGS. A TRUE PACK LEADER. SHE IS MISSED DEARLY, I HAD HOPED FOR MANY MORE YEARS WITH HER BUT SHE HAD OTHER IDEAS. CANCER IS SUCH A SCARY THING, I JUST THANK GOD THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TO SUFFER AND THAT SHE PASSED IN HER SLEEP IN THE HOME SHE LOVED SURROUNDED BY THE DOGS AND PEOPLE SHE LOVED. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE JUST LAST YEAR WE WERE RUNNING AROUND A SHOW RING TOGETHER. IT'S EVEN HARDER TO BELIEVE HOW OLD SHE WAS AS SHE AGED SO WELL!

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