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Rascal
Meaning:
1) a mischievous person or animal who causes trouble or does things that annoy people.
Look at that face.
That face stands out in a crowd.
Meet Rascal.
One of the best dogs ever.
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| Daughter Sarah ZK and Rascal. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
Rascal Comes Home
By Sarah Norwood
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| Daughter Sarah ZK and Rascal Rhett Butler Norwood Copyright 2010 Marcia Norwood |
By Sarah Norwood
We looked online for puppies to
rescue and adopt at www.petfinder.com. We found a little
Yorkie/Silky Terrier at a shelter in St. Louis. We drove to St. Louis, in 2000, to meet the puppy we picked
out. The drive to St. Louis was boring, and I got car
sick.
We drove to a farm just outside St. Louis, where a lady
and her husband kept puppies they rescued. The first time I saw the puppy we were to adopt, I knew his name would be Rascal. I was six years old, and he was two years old in people years. He wagged his tail and jumped all around. He even jumped up on me and scratched my leg with his nails!
Rascal sat on my lap for four hours on
the drive back home. He was happy to come
home with us. Rascal loved to play ball and run with me. Sometimes he slept on the floor, but most of the time, he slept with me under the covers in my bed, with his head on my pillow. He snored, and he kicked me in his sleep.
I have a scrapbook with all the pictures I took
of my puppy, Rascal. We kept the name the rescue people gave him, Rhett Butler, and also gave him the name Rascal. It fit perfectly. He was an ornery gentleman.
By: Sarah Norwood
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| Rascal Rhett Butler Norwood and Sarah. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Sometimes we took Rascal to the groomer, and sometimes Sarah pampered him at home. Sarah ZK and Rascal. Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood |
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| Sarah ZK and Rascal. Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood |
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| Rascal was one of the family! Copyright 2007 Marcia Norwood |
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| Granddaughter Megan, Daughter Sarah, Rascal, Daughter Faith. Copyright 2008 Marcia Norwood |
Remembering Our Beloved Rascal
December 17, 2009
Marcia Norwood
It's so hard,
but I believe it's an important part to be honest and open about the
death of pets and family members with children. Sarah, Faith and Megan, each spent time with Rascal this morning saying "Goodbye," and telling him how much they loved him.
I believe God will reunite us with our beloved pets in Heaven.
We have been telling "Rascal Stories" all day.
Rascal prayed. When we prayed as a family....Rascal put his two front paws together...as if he was praying. too.
Rascal surprised me the first time he sat in the passenger seat of the van and used his paw to put the window down and up with the electric power control. Actually Rascal put the window down and stuck his face out...and I would put the window up....and then he would put the window down again...and again...and again.
Rascal loved to travel with us. He learned to pack a suitcase. Whenever we put suitcases out to pack - Rascal gathered his toys and put them in the suitcases. Sometimes I would go on a trip by myself and find one of Rascal's toys in my suitcase.
Rascal often lived up to his name. He was an escape artist who ran into neighbor's yards and into their houses through their pet doors. He was also infamous for jumping straight up and flipping plates filled with food off the center island and onto the floor....helping himself to steak, pizza, breadsticks...or whatever anyone left too close to the edge of the counter.
Rascal once jumped up and knocked off a bottle of medicine and carried the bottle of meds to me in his mouth. He had chosen his own medicine bottle that had been sitting between three other meds for our family. We bragged that Rascal could read...even the small print on the medicine labels.
Rascal ate money.
Yes, he did.
He didn't like coins, and he didn't like 1's - or even 5's. He preferred $100 dollar bills and $20 dollar bills. He ate $100 from my sister, Gloria's purse, and he ate $300 that our son, Ben, left on the table downstairs. I caught Rascal - in the act - trying to grab a $20 that was near the top of my open purse.
Ed swore that Rascal learned to eat money from watching television. Ed claims Rascal watched a show with him one evening where a dog ate money. Immediately after the segment - Rascal went over to my purse and took out a $20. That's Ed's story, and he's sticking to it.
We are all going to miss our beloved Rascal Rhett Butler Norwood, an ornery gentleman, who was a member of our family for ten years...since we rescued him from a shelter in St. Louis.
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| Rascal. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Rascal. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
Rascal's death on December 17, 2009, came as a shock to all of us. Rascal was in perfect health until a trip to the vet two weeks before he died. Our regular vet was busy, so Rascal saw another vet in the office, and was given multiple vaccine cocktails.
We have since switched vets, and later, we switched from the deadly- Science Diet pet food, to the amazing Rachel Ray's Grain-Free pet food. We believe both the wrong vet and wrong pet food contributed to Rascal's early death.
I once thought Science Diet was the best pet food around. I even modeled in an advertisement for them. My photo is on a brochure somewhere as a scientist studying renal failure in dogs and cats. Most vets (who sell the stuff in their offices) still promote Science Diet.
I know better. I've paid the price. Two of our new rescued puppies had to have surgery to remove stones from their bladder as a direct result of Science Diet pet food.
We now have three beautiful, healthy rescued puppies that we adopted through LL Dog Rescue. Their amazing staff and volunteers care for, and find homes for precious animals.
LL DOG RESCUE
Email: lldogrescue@yahoo.comFor Dogs Available for Adoption and
Adoption Applications
visit our Web site at: www.lldogrescue.org
Send Mail to: LL Dog Rescue
PO Box 8545
Shawnee Mission, KS 66208
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| From Left: OUR PRECIOUS PUPPIES! Pearl Ming Zhu (Peek-A-Poo), Daisy Duke (Chihuahua/Chinese Crested) and Izzy Belle (Schnoodle). Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
The first puppy we found through LL Dog Rescue, was our sweet Daisy Duke. She saved us that Christmas 2009.
Daisy did not replace Rascal in our hearts, she just gave us a reason to love again.
Daisy was our 2.5 pound Christmas Miracle.
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| She looked like a Webkins! Daisy Duke (formerly Chloe Bright). Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Daisy Duke (Formerly Chloe Bright). Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
Her mamma was a Chihuahua.
Her daddy must have been a Chinese Crested.
Her brothers and sisters had different dads.
The litter was called The Bright Pups.
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| Daisy Duke and Sibling. Two of the Bright Pups. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Mamma and The Bright Pups: Daisy's Family...with a kitten! Copyright 2009 LL Dog Rescue. |
She came to us on Christmas Eve 2009.
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| Puppy Love: Daisy and Faith. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Faith with Daisy Duke (Formerly Chloe Bright). Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
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| Sarah ZK with Daisy Duke. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
Watch for more stories about Daisy in another blog!
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| Copyright 2013 Sarah Norwood |
could be
a show dog, or
song leader.
Really.
Guess what she can do?!
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| HALLELUJAH! Daisy Duke. Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
Come back often, and invite a friend!
Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
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