Music is:
The Way We Were - lyrics
below BLAST FROM THE PAST! (recently found
pictures!) Greg and his first ever dog -
Ginger, a Dachshund - circa 1976! WOW!
Fifi - beloved Teacup Poodle of Greg & his parents. 1980 - 1996 Died at 16 on Greg's chest in her sleep of old age & cancer. (We did not think any pictures existed of Fifi, so this was a GREAT find! - March 2008) THEN: (MARCH 2005)
You
know
Stempy. This is his website. We loved him dearly and really miss him!
Muffy, our female Lhasa Apso, passed away 10 days after
Stempy, at
the grand old age of 17 3/4, on October 10, 2005 - due to old
age
and cancer. We surely loved her dearly and miss her, too! Renay, our
female Shih Tzu, was Stempy's best bud and partner in crime.
She
will be 7 in February 2006. She really misses Muffy and Stempy, but she
is doing better now that she has three new playmates, Ditto, Echo, and
Tempy. She is just starting to figure out that she
has taken
over being the "Queen Bee" of our doggies. She went from #3 on
the
totem pole to #1 in 11 days after Stempy and Muffy passed.
Below is a picture of Muffy
&
Stempy's gravesite (Muffy is on the left; Stempy is on the right):
Below
is a
picture of Muffy's grave (Rest in
peace, Muffy. We love you &
miss you!):
Below
is a
picture of
Stempy's grave (Stempy, know
that we are pursuing justice for you.... so
that you, too, can rest in peace. We love you & miss you!):
ABOVE:
Cindy with Renay, Stempy,
and Muffy at Christmas a few years ago....ABOVE:
Renay and
Muffy - in the snow - Valentine's Day 2004
MUFFY 1988
- 2005 Below are a
few more pictures of Muffy (she was the "Queen Bee"...it was just
her
and her Daddy, Greg, until 1997, when Daddy met Mommy...Cindy. She was
jealous of Cindy at first, but soon grew to love her as her
Mommy....WE LOVE
YOU & MISS YOU MUFFY!
ABOVE:
Muffy as a puppy in 1988.
ABOVE:
Muffy in our
living room circa 2003.
ABOVE: Muffy in our backyard circa 2003.
ABOVE: Muffy -
picture taken 11/30/2004.MUFFY - We love you!
We miss
you so much!
February 10, 1988 - October 10, 2005
"The best doggie in the whole world!"
STEMPY Below are a
few more pictures of Stempy (he was the BOSS of all the other
dogs or, as Cindy called him so fittingly, "Daddy's Little
Deputy." He was his Daddy's constant shadow. He really loved
his
humans! There were SOOOO many things that made him special and one of a
kind....it was NOT his time to go....WE LOVE
YOU &
MISS YOU STEMPY! ABOVE:
Stempy, June 30, 1998 about 3 weeks before his first
birthday.
ABOVE:
Stempy circa 1999 when he was about 2 years old.
ABOVE:
Stempy after getting buzzed at the groomer circa 2001.
This was the last time we
ever let anyone else groom our dogs. Greg has done the grooming since.
ABOVE: Stempy on our back porch - circa
2003.
ABOVE:
This is where Stempy usually chose to sleep....above
his Daddy's head
on the pillow in bed. That is his Daddy, Greg, in the bottom left
corner of the picture.....Greg
really misses his little boy.
Above:
ABOVE: Stempy
- in the snow - Valentine's Day 2004 ABOVE:
Cindy and Stempy - Christmas 2004
ABOVE:
Stempy - 3/19/2005 - What an absolutely handsome boy....
ABOVE: STEMPY - We
love you! We miss you
so much!
July 17, 1997 - September 30, 2005 "The best little doggie there ever was!"
ABOVE: Cindy and
Stempy about 3 or 4 years ago. (circa 2002)Stempy was truly a once
in a lifetime dog.
Losing him at only 8 years of age....You should be ashamed of
yourself Dr.Thomas. How do
you
look in the mirror? Seriously.
RENAY 1999 - STILL WITH US. Below
are a few more pictures of Renay (her nickname is NayNay, she
has
a real affinity for those tiny tennis balls!
ABOVE:
Renay
after
getting buzzed at the groomer - CIRCA 2001.
ABOVE: Renay
circa 2004.
ABOVE: Renay 6-2-06
ABOVE: Renay 8/9/2006
ABOVE:
Renay & Greg - March 19, 2007ABOVE:
Renay - December 31, 2007.
TILLY May 24, 2003 - still with us.
ABOVE: Tilly is
our 3 year old Irish Setter. If you look
closely, BELOW: Here is
another picture of Tilly.
ABOVE: This picture
is from December 2004. You can see Stempy and Renay asleep
behind Tilly. Our doggies are very loved and extremely
spoiled!
ABOVE: Tilly 8/9/2006
ABOVE: Tilly - October 2006
ABOVE: Tilly - October 2006
We
now have three new family members below who joined our family after
Stempy and Muffy passed away. Ditto 8/8/2005
- still with us. He was born August 8, 2005. He is an AKC Shih Tzu
from well known Shih Tzu breeder, Pat
Fletcher - Karyon Shih Tzu , breeder of many
champions. Stempy's breeder - the late Linda Council - Del La Rosa mentored by Ms. Fletcher. Stempy's father was AKC champion
ABOVE: Ditto - 10 weeks old.
ABOVE: Ditto - February 2006.
ABOVE: Ditto - 6/2/06.
ABOVE:
Stempy's "DITTO" on his first birthday - August 8, 2006.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY, DITTO!!
ABOVE: Ditto - October 2006.
ABOVE: Ditto - October 2006.
ABOVE :
Ditto - October 2006. Isn't he cute?
ABOVE :
Ditto - December 31, 2007.
ABOVE 2
PICTURES: Awwww - sleepy Ditto - December 31,
2007.
EchoAugust 12, 2006 - still with us.
ABOVE: Echo - 9 weeks old.
ABOVE: Echo - February 2006.
ABOVE: Echo 6-2-06
ABOVE:
Echo -
8-10-06
ABOVE: Muffy's
"ECHO" two days before
her first birthday on August 10, 2006. Happy Birthday, Echo! ABOVE:
Echo - October 2006. Look at that innocent face!
ABOVE:
Cindy and Echo - December 31, 2007.
Tempy January
4, 2006 - still with us. BELOW:
Meet
"O Tempy Be Stempy" or Tempy as we call him. He is the youngest
ABOVE: Tempy - 8 weeks old- 2/27/06.
ABOVE: Tempy - Summer 2006.
ABOVE:
Tempy 6-2-06
ABOVE: Tempy - 8/9/2006.
ABOVE:
Tempy - 8/11/06.
ABOVE: Tempy
with a ball in our backyard - October 2006
ABOVE:
Tempy - October 2006. "Look at what I got!" - He
is lying on the couch "smiling" with a little plastic food
bowl between his paws.
ABOVE: Tempy - October 2006. "Ahhhhhh,
the life!!!!!"
ABOVE: 3 pictures - Tempy - 3/19/07
ABOVE: Tempy - December 31, 2007.
ABOVE:
Tempy
- December 31, 2007. Life is so tough!
Group
Pictures: ABOVE:
Left
to
right: Renay, Ditto, and Tempy looking through the glass out the front
door of our home in October 2006. Something on the ground sure had
their attention.... ABOVE:
Left
to
right: Tempy, Ditto, and Echo (with a toy) in our kitchen - October
2006. ABOVE:
Top to bottom: Tempy's
butt, with Echo on top of him. Spoiled Rotten !Above: Left to right: Tempy,
Renay (standing), Ditto, and Echo with their favorite blanket in our
kitchen - October 2006. Life sure looks tough for these guys, don't you
think? ABOVE:
Tilly,
trying unsuccessfully, to get some "shut-eye" in her own little "safe
haven" away from those pesky little doggies that just love to pester
her. As you can see, Ditto had other ideas......October 2006. ABOVE: Left
to right: Tempy
(standing) and Ditto (laying down) in our kitchen - October 2006. These
are more than "Our Doggies!" These are our much beloved family members!
You can be sure that we are thoroughly scrutinizing our new
veterinarian and will continue to do so forever more. Stempy....we love you so....oh,
how we
miss you, little boy....and you, too, Muffy!
We
are pursuing justice for Stempy in the hopes that we can warn others of
our "Dr. Bad Vet" and hopefully spare someone else and their beloved
pet the pain and misery we have endured and are continuing to endure.
FOR STEMPY - THE BEST
LITTLE DOGGIE THERE EVER WAS!!
WE LOVE YOU. WE MISS YOU. WE WILL NEVER
FORGET YOU.
2/10/1988 ~ MUFFY
MUNSON ~ 10/10/2005
7/17/1997 ~ STEMPY
MUNSON ~ 9/30/2005
...one day our family
chain will link again.
The
Way We Were (Barbara Streisand)
Like
the
corners of my mind Misty
water-colored memories Of the way
we were Of the
smiles we left behind Smiles we
gave to one another For
the way
we were Or has time
re-written every line? If we had
the chance to do it all again Tell me,
would we? could we? What’s
too painful to remember
We
simply
choose to forget So
it’s the laughter We will
remember Whenever we
remember... The way we
were...
The
way we
were...
