a legend in her own lunchtime

september 9, 1992 - may 28, 2002

meet champion sugarok kewpie doll.  mainly known as kewpie-doo, kewpie-face, face and her lesser known corporate name, Kewpie T. Doo (where the T stands for "the" - it's the name on all our installed program registrations).

kewpie was my baby, the first dog i ever had after moving out on my own. although how we ended up together is another story, i was so happy to have this little social-phobic dog in my life for the four years that i did.

kewpie's main goal in life seemed to be to eat anything she could fit in her mouth. if she couldn't fit it in... well... she chewed it until she could. and i really mean anything. she's eaten electric bills, tv guides, a street hockey puck, you name it. her favourites were mud and paper. yummy, yum, yum!

however, it was her love of mud that was her downfall. living next to a factory, our mud was apparently toxic. she got sick and within 6 weeks she went from healthy and fat to so sick and full of abscesses that she could hardly walk. making the decision to let her go was the hardest thing i have ever done. once she stopped eating though, i knew it was time. no matter what, kewpie would eat. i knew then what i had to do.

the weekend before i phoned the vet i was sitting in the livingroom on the floor talking to kewpie-doo. i said, let me know, anything, if this is the right decision. she hobbled over to me, laid down and put her head in my lap. this was really a sign as kewpie generally wanted to be as far away from people as she could be (if you walked into a room and she was in it, she'd leave and not only that, but she'd make this hacking sound like you disgusted her! how i loved that dog!). kewpie looked right in my eyes as she laid her head in my lap. boy did i cry. i'm tearing up right now just remembering that.

kewpie's last meal was a cheeseburger - plain. she was happy and she ate it. and it was sad.

i loved my kewpie-doo. i loved her "i hate you all unless you have food" personality. she did have her cuddle moments, but mostly she was very cat-like in her independence. but i have missed her every day since. 

due to my hectic weekend, i was unable to post this little tribute to her on the 28th as i had planned. i was rather bummed about that. but then, the love of my life, surprised me and did his own... it's odd how even after three years i still cry about this loss and that post made me all weepy.