Rest Peacefully Dear Matty

This is Izabella and Matty sunning themselves.  Sorry it's not a better picture.  Our Dear Matty went to doggie Heaven at Thanksgiving time.  Pops (my hubby), Izzy and I had a hard time getting over loosing her as did our grandchildren.  One morning in January Pops and I went "just" to look at puppies.  We went to the pound, then to the pet store, then the humane society and for some reason, back to the pound.  We had been gone only an hour.........and low and behold there was a Springer Spaniel puppy that had just been dropped off.  He looked so much like our Matty.  Funny thing, Matty also came from the pound.  We signed up to adopt him but had to wait 4 days.  I called every day to see if anyone had come to claim him.  I also went to visit him.  Finally I was allowed to adopt him and bring him home.  We named him Piper.  We thought about a more manly name, Hank.  But Pops liked the name Piper.  We only had Piper a week and he came down with Parvo.  The vet said there was nothing he could do.  I was determined that Piper would survive.  With alot of one on one to hydrate the poor thing, he turned the corner.  He is doing great now.  Wonderful with kids, a gentle man, very loving, plastic eating puppy.  I really think he was a gift from Matty.  What do you think?  (I'll post Piper's picture soon)