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The Zoo
Present:
Cleo |
Marc |
Sara
Past:
Buffy |
Chipper |
Holly |
Jonas |
KittyCat |
Marble
Mitzi |
Mickey |
Mr.Mr. |
Tammy |
Chipper
Chip (also known as Little Brown) was obtained from The Allen Vetenarian
Hospital at the same time as Marble. He was the first to be adopted from a very
large litter and was picked out and named by Lynelle. Chip - short for 'Chocolate Chip'
was described as 'mostly bassett and miscellaneous hound'. We would never have
believed it except that half the litter looked just like Chip and the other half
looked exactly like little hounds. Chip showed his heritage quickly, however, howling
all the way home in a very hound-like voice. In spite of his genes, Chipper
was built more like an antelope with long legs and great jumping ability. One of
our fondest memories is when his joy at our return home one day caused him to
do a stiff-legged bound from the floor --- directly onto the dining room table!
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Although he was small, Chipper
could be quite feisty. Shortly after Jonas arrived she made the mistake
of approaching while Chip was eating which started
some growling and snap, snap action. Afraid that
Jonas was going to hurt Chipper - she was three times his size - Fred
grabbed Jonas around the chest from behind and picked her up, thinking
she was attacking Chip. Wrong! Little Mr. Feisty was the aggresser and
came right along until his teeth slipped through her fur and he fell off.
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Mr. Mr. spent several years trying to snuggle up to Chip but with very
slow progress. In the early days Chip would snap at him, but after
several years Chip would simply get up and lay down elsewhere and
then ultimately Mr. achieved his goal of companionship. In fact, in Chip's
declining days he actually seemed to want the company and would allow
such arrangements as this. Chip was Nancy's very special buddy and
when he left us in January 1998 due to heart
problems, he left a void way out of proportion to his size, particularly
for Nancy.
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