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Happy Endings - Keesha
Dear Pug Pros:
It will be a year come November since Keesha, the ageless pug, came
to live with us in sunny Berkeley.
Since her arrival, Keesha has been a complete joy. I wanted to write
this light note to let everyone who helped us along during the adoption
process know what a wonderful pug Keesha is and how much joy she
has brought to EVERYONE who has met her. If any of you remember
Keesha, you will recall her lack of teeth and undocumented age.
Apparently her previous owners did not give her teeth too much attention,
to the point where Keesha is more like a little snaggle-toothed
pug now, with one jagged canine left, poking through her mouth like
a razor, giving pause to anyone who wants to mess with this little
dynamo.
To commemorate Keesha's one year anniversary with us, I thought
I would highlight some of Keesha's finer moments as a Pug in "Berzerkely"
Winter 2002: 1st week with us, attacks a hunk of brie cheese with
gusto while unsuspecting owners are finishing dinner. Asks for some
goat cheese later and expresses surprise when we tell her that maybe
her cheese career is over. Discover a love for lettuce however,
as a consolation prize.
Late Winter 2002: Discovers 3 Teuscher Truffle chocolates, and mistakenly
assuming they were for her, make short work of them. Feels fine
later, but leaves a note the next morning, "thanks, but next
time how about a Kit-Kat ?"
Spring 2002: travels to Colorado and enjoys a week in the snow.
City of Aspen asks for Keesha to return next year as honorary "Pug
Boarder". She is still mulling the offer over.
Spring 2002: gets attacked while on her morning walk by an english
setter that broke out of a house. Keesha is shaken,not stirred,
but checks out OK at vet. Keesha later turned to me and said "I
could have taken him, why did you pull me out from under that 100
pound uncivilized beast ?". Upon further reflection, she agrees
I chose the best course of action, saying "I am no Rocky Balboa,
I guess".
Summer 2002: while on her afternoon tea-time walk, Keesha faces
down a German Shepard 18 times her size. The Shepard actually slinks
away, Keesha proudly standing tall.
Late Summer 2002: Keesha, while roughhousing with a friend's pit-bull
mix puppy that they are fostering, leaps up on her hind legs and
has the considerably larger puppy on its back, in complete submission;
Keesha signs autographs later until every fan is happy.
Currently: sleeping away the afternoon, as content as can be, on
our bed, dreaming of all the above, all with a pug-sized ending.
David & Catherine Kevane
Berkeley, CA
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