Rags
1977 - 1994
Missed dearly by owners Jim, Roxanne and India Morrow
At table (1978); with India (1983)
A few words from Jim Morrow:
'Ole Rags
Rags was 1/2 Jack Russell .... her poppa .... but her momma was a what was called (in southeast Texas) a black and tan terrier .... but I think she was just a mutt. She had momma's coloring, but her poppa's temperment, intelligence ..... and wit..... she was a funny, funny dog .... all the guys I went to law school with .... used to claim she would smile at them!!! literally ... they believed she could actually smile and, more incredibly, knew when one would be appropriate. (I did NOT believe it ... I think she could only grin! [MY GRIN GOES HERE]).
We had that little dog for almost 18 years...... longer than we have had India. She shared everything we had.. or didn't have .... and never asked one thing other than that .. to share our lives. She was a stray actually. Roxanne and I were in an apartment.. waiting to go to law school. One day ...... there was a gunshot ..... and I went out the sliding glass doors to the patio ... there was a scared little puppy there.. shaking ....... I went out and a little boy came up.... and said...."Mr.... is that your dog?" ..... I said "no" ..... he then said "Mr. XYZ just shot her momma and now he is gonna shoot her" .................... I couldn't believe it! ... I said... "No... he isn't gonna shoot this dog!" ..... It turned out that the %&#X&% had indeed shot Rags momma.... and Rags had run away to hide on our apartment patio. The rotten %&#X&% then put the momma in a black plastic garbage bag then came looking for the pup ... (Rags was barely 4-5 weeks old! .... the only survivor of the litter). I didn't know what to do. Roxanne said... "lemme just bring it in and feed it.. and give it a bath.. then we will find a home for it" ....... I said "Roxanne!!! we are about to go off to law school.... we can't have a dog! We don't even know where we are going to live.. and you will have to find a job... and I am going to have to work part time! We can't have a dog!!!!" Well she bought the pup in the apartment.. bathed it... fed it just some warm milk ..... which it promptly threw up ............ and .............. she never left us for 17+ years. And in all those years, she gave more than she received. But then, hey, she was a dog wasn't she? ... don't they all?) She is sadly missed.
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