Dachshund - Shih Tzu

"Dick and Dee Neville's Dogs"

TINKER TOY	Loves to Eat	and Relax
TINKER BELL	Ready for a nap	RIP 1/5/89
TIPPY O'TOOLE	Likes the Sun	Outdoors

These 3 wonderful dogs have greatly enriched our lives.

We had Tinker Bell for 14 plus wonderful years. She was a female smooth red-haired dachshund with a loving disposition. I really learned love and trust from her. Her most endearing trait was the frantic welcome she would give me whenever I returned after more than a 10 minute absence. Although quit ill for her last 2 years her loving disposition never changed. It will be a great joy to be with her once again at Rainbow Bridge.

We have had Tinker Toy for 7 years. Except for shorter legs she is a near clone of Tinker Bell. We kept the name "Tinker" in Ms Bell's honor. Tinker Toy seems to love everyone and makes her affection know by sitting on laps and offering kisses. After being the princess of our house for 5 years it amazed us how readily she accepted Tippy O'Toole. She claimed "alpha dog" status and proceeded to adopt him as we did.

We adopted Tippy O'Toole from a dog shelter. He clearly had been abused and was in poor shape- both mentally and physically. It took a great deal of TLC from my wife and I and especially from Tinker Toy to gain his trust. The poor little guy had only been with us 3 days, and was recovering from being fixed, when the big Los Angeles earthquake hit. Then shortly after he became quite ill, probably due to his prior abuse/neglect, and we almost lost him. Today he is healthy and loving to us but still mistrustful of strangers.

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>> Author Dick Neville, Created April 1996, last modified May 8^th, 2003 <<