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(00:14):
Because when I got her, I wasonly in my early twenties.
and she went all the way throughuntil my late thirties.
it's pretty cool.
Tell me about the day that you,met Katie.
Okay.
So we had this pet store in ValMe and, the guy that I was with
at the time, we went out thereand there was two of them.
(00:37):
There was a, Katie was aminiature dachshund, and she was
in a pen with her brother.
he had long hair.
He was a long-haired like redDachshund.
And then she was theshort-haired red dachshund.
And we got both of them out.
'cause we didn't know which onewe wanted to get.
(00:58):
Right.
And you have to see who theypicked.
both of them were really cute.
And very playful but.
Katie just won my heart.
I always wanted a long haireddachshund, but she was just, I
don't know.
She was just the one, and Ijust, I knew, I just knew that
she was the one I wanted.
they're always so cute aspuppies and you know, they, they
(01:18):
run and I don't know, puppiesare just like the cutest.
But yeah, she was the one, Ijust knew it, did you have dogs
growing up?
we had lots of dogs and cats,and we had a lot, and I've
always grew up with dogs andthey were bigger.
We never, I never had aminiature dachshund, but When I
(01:39):
got in my twenties and startedmy own journey as an adult, I
wanted a miniature dachshund.
And so that's what I got.
I love that she sounds.
It was a perfect, perfectmeeting, and meant to be.
I am curious to know, how youchose her name.
Yeah, so it's really weird.
(02:00):
When we were thinking aboutgetting a dog.
I always liked the name Katie Iused to have a friend when we
lived in Florida and her namewas Katie and I just thought it
was the neatest name Katie justsounded really cute.
It fit her personality andthat's kind of how it came
about.
I just love the name Katie and Iwas like, if we get a female
(02:21):
dog, it's name's gonna be Katie.
Gotta be Katie.
did you she was little.
Did you carry her around in apurse?
I don't know.
I'm envisioning L Woods rightnow, Gina.
So it wasn't a purse, but I hadthe pink stroller.
You know, they make those dogstrollers.
I just knew.
Yeah.
she was, that's so cute.
She had the dresses and I madenecklaces for, I mean, she had
(02:44):
the bling collars.
I made little necklaces for herto go over with her collars and
she wore dresses and like I hada whole section of dog dresses
in my closet that were justhers.
She was a little fashionista.
she was a little spoiled thing.
And then, like I said, I had,the pink dog stroller.
(03:06):
Yes.
That's amazing.
how would you describe her inthree words?
fun.
She was, just exciting.
She loved to swim.
Really?
Yeah, she loved to swim.
And her little tail, it was sofunny when she would jump in the
pond or in the pool She wouldswim and her tail, was like a
(03:28):
little propeller.
It would just go round and roundand she would go all around.
She loved to swim.
You wouldn't think that with aminiature dachshund, but she
loved it.
Yeah, it sounds like she, sheembraced life in all, all that I
had to offer, a little, littleadventurer.
did you take her on any, tripsthat stand out or how did you
spend your time with her?
(03:49):
Oh yeah, she, she went on allthe trips.
It, it didn't matter.
she went on all the trips.
back then, like the dog seatsweren't that popular, but, she
would, she would go with us allon trips.
We put a blanket in the back.
If we went on vacation, shewould go on vacation with us.
If we ran to the store, shewould come with us.
she was like our kid, We didn'thave kids at that age.
(04:12):
And you said that she was inyour wedding, is that what you
said?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Was she your maid of honor?
She wasn't my maid of honor, butmy maid of honor, walked her
down the aisle and I made thisblue satin dress for her and a
satin leash that, my maid ofhonor walked her down the aisle
with.
(04:32):
I was actually looking atpictures of the wedding and her
in that dress the other day, soI'll have to definitely send you
pictures.
Yes, I would love that.
I would love that.
so she was there for yourwedding.
any other big, milestones inyour life?
I mean, she went on thehoneymoon.
(04:54):
You know, you're not the onlyperson that I've interviewed
who's said that.
yeah.
She went on the honeymoon withus.
if you marry me, you marry thefamily.
Katie's my family.
it was just such a, it's such aweird part of your life when we
got her.
So she went through my twentieswith me where, you're going out
and doing all this fun stuffbecause now you're kind of an
(05:15):
adult.
she went through that stage withme and I can remember like
rushing around to get to work.
'cause you never get to work ontime.
And at that age.
Yeah, and I can remember, likeone of the funny stories is I
couldn't find her.
in the morning times I thought Ihad lost her.
I called my brother and wascrying he went over there,
searching all over for her.
He ended up finding her.
(05:36):
in the midst of rushing around,I had closed my drawer and she
was sleeping inside So she wasactually in my drawer and he
found her.
She had been really spoiled.
She was our only child and wedecided to have a human child,
we didn't know how she was goingto react to that.
when I got pregnant, the childwas healthy I actually had a
(05:56):
complete placental abruption.
he had a lot of special needsbecause of that.
And we were just so scared thatKatie was going to not react
good anyway to a child.
And now we had a special needchild that we were bringing
home.
Mm-hmm.
And, you know.
It was, it was kind of, I don'tknow.
It was amazing how Katie took tohim his name was Caleb.
(06:21):
it was like Katie was hisguardian.
she knew, and I'll have to sendyou pictures of that too,
because I have pictures of, hewas laying on his little, Those
round, round pillow And Katie issitting right behind him the
whole time, or I'm holding him.
Katie's, you know, sittingRight.
Guardian.
She was the guardian.
(06:41):
I love that.
Yeah.
it's like she knew that he wasspecial, and that she needed to
be careful we expected jealousySo she stepped up to the role
that she needed to be.
and she protected him.
she was little, but she was aprotector.
I'll have to tell you that storytoo.
she was wild.
she sounds super fun not manypeople Describe their dogs that
(07:02):
way.
she had a sweet spirit for sure.
Yeah, she did.
And then, we were trying to getinto The special needs parents
mode and you know, Katie wasgoing through that with us and
everything.
when my son was two and a half,he actually passed away because
of the complications when he wasborn.
(07:22):
And, sorry, you.
Katie, you could tell that Katiefelt a loss because she kept
looking for him.
she would look for him, get onhis blankets or she couldn't get
into his bed because his bed satso high.
she could tell something waswrong and obviously, we were.
We were going crazy, you know?
(07:44):
Right.
Trying to deal with it.
she stayed with me that wholetime and it was just like, I was
the person that didn't wannatalk to anybody when I was going
through it.
Mm-hmm.
I would just lay upstairs in mybed and just going through it.
And I mean, it's child loss.
obviously it's hard.
she stayed with me the wholetime and never left my side.
(08:06):
I took off like three weeks andthen went back to work.
she stayed by my side the wholetime, eventually, Caleb's dad.
and I got a divorce, with allthe complications that went on
it was just me and her in thehouse, you know, and she stayed
by me'cause that was another bigthing that, you know, I had to
go through.
And, she was just there.
She was just there.
(08:27):
I know that's like Debbie Downerstuff, but, she was just there
with me, you know, and Imentioned earlier that she was a
protector I think she weighedmaybe five pounds, seven pounds
maybe at the most.
I can remember going to thestore and coming back and we
couldn't find her one day.
And she had gotten to a fightwith a fox out here where we
live'cause we live in the middleof nowhere.
(08:48):
And she broke her neck and yeah,she broke her neck and we take
her to the hospital.
And she was in there for a weekand they said, she's not gonna
be able to walk anymore.
And she did.
I put her in her stroller andfor a week we went around and
did things she ended up walkingagain and she recovered from it
she couldn't swim.
(09:08):
That was the only thing.
She couldn't swim anymore.
She was just protecting thehouse such a source of strength.
And she went into my thirtieswith me.
And then when, I was in my latethirties.
She ended up passing away and,she would've been 19.
but she was, Just an awesomedog.
Just fun.
She was fun.
Now she was bad, you know?
(09:30):
Like, I think all the dogs thatare really bad when they're
puppies, turn out to be yourfavorite, most memorable dogs.
Yes.
And that sass kind of keeps'emgoing.
she had it all.
She was sassy.
She was my sassy pants.
Is there a song that reminds youof her?
I mean, it's hard, right?
'cause it was like she was inyour twenties.
(09:50):
And then your thirties and likethrough, there's probably
multiple songs, but what wouldyou say is the greatest lesson
that she taught you?
Just understanding.
I always loved animals and I wasalways the person that was going
to have animals, but just howunderstanding animals are and
how intelligent they are.
(10:10):
I guess I knew that, but justwatching her through every phase
that I had to go through andwent through, it's just.
I don't know.
Understanding, understandingthey are.
And patience.
Yes.
A lot of patience.
Yeah.
what a gift to have through allthose stages in your life.
Miss Katie.
(10:31):
Oh Yeah.
Miss Katie, miss Sassy Pants.
Because when I got her, I wasonly in my early twenties.
and she went all the way throughuntil my late thirties.
it's pretty cool.
Tell me about the day that you,met Katie.
Okay.
So we had this pet store in ValMe and, the guy that I was with
at the time, we went out thereand there was two of them.
(00:37):
There was a, Katie was aminiature dachshund, and she was
in a pen with her brother.
he had long hair.
He was a long-haired like redDachshund.
And then she was theshort-haired red dachshund.
And we got both of them out.
'cause we didn't know which onewe wanted to get.
(00:58):
Right.
And you have to see who theypicked.
both of them were really cute.
And very playful but.
Katie just won my heart.
I always wanted a long haireddachshund, but she was just, I
don't know.
She was just the one, and Ijust, I knew, I just knew that
she was the one I wanted.
they're always so cute aspuppies and you know, they, they
(01:18):
run and I don't know, puppiesare just like the cutest.
But yeah, she was the one, Ijust knew it, did you have dogs
growing up?
we had lots of dogs and cats,and we had a lot, and I've
always grew up with dogs andthey were bigger.
We never, I never had aminiature dachshund, but When I
(01:39):
got in my twenties and startedmy own journey as an adult, I
wanted a miniature dachshund.
And so that's what I got.
I love that she sounds.
It was a perfect, perfectmeeting, and meant to be.
I am curious to know, how youchose her name.
Yeah, so it's really weird.
(02:00):
When we were thinking aboutgetting a dog.
I always liked the name Katie Iused to have a friend when we
lived in Florida and her namewas Katie and I just thought it
was the neatest name Katie justsounded really cute.
It fit her personality andthat's kind of how it came
about.
I just love the name Katie and Iwas like, if we get a female
(02:21):
dog, it's name's gonna be Katie.
Gotta be Katie.
did you she was little.
Did you carry her around in apurse?
I don't know.
I'm envisioning L Woods rightnow, Gina.
So it wasn't a purse, but I hadthe pink stroller.
You know, they make those dogstrollers.
I just knew.
Yeah.
she was, that's so cute.
She had the dresses and I madenecklaces for, I mean, she had
(02:44):
the bling collars.
I made little necklaces for herto go over with her collars and
she wore dresses and like I hada whole section of dog dresses
in my closet that were justhers.
She was a little fashionista.
she was a little spoiled thing.
And then, like I said, I had,the pink dog stroller.
(03:06):
Yes.
That's amazing.
how would you describe her inthree words?
fun.
She was, just exciting.
She loved to swim.
Really?
Yeah, she loved to swim.
And her little tail, it was sofunny when she would jump in the
pond or in the pool She wouldswim and her tail, was like a
(03:28):
little propeller.
It would just go round and roundand she would go all around.
She loved to swim.
You wouldn't think that with aminiature dachshund, but she
loved it.
Yeah, it sounds like she, sheembraced life in all, all that I
had to offer, a little, littleadventurer.
did you take her on any, tripsthat stand out or how did you
spend your time with her?
(03:49):
Oh yeah, she, she went on allthe trips.
It, it didn't matter.
she went on all the trips.
back then, like the dog seatsweren't that popular, but, she
would, she would go with us allon trips.
We put a blanket in the back.
If we went on vacation, shewould go on vacation with us.
If we ran to the store, shewould come with us.
she was like our kid, We didn'thave kids at that age.
(04:12):
And you said that she was inyour wedding, is that what you
said?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Was she your maid of honor?
She wasn't my maid of honor, butmy maid of honor, walked her
down the aisle and I made thisblue satin dress for her and a
satin leash that, my maid ofhonor walked her down the aisle
with.
(04:32):
I was actually looking atpictures of the wedding and her
in that dress the other day, soI'll have to definitely send you
pictures.
Yes, I would love that.
I would love that.
so she was there for yourwedding.
any other big, milestones inyour life?
I mean, she went on thehoneymoon.
(04:54):
You know, you're not the onlyperson that I've interviewed
who's said that.
yeah.
She went on the honeymoon withus.
if you marry me, you marry thefamily.
Katie's my family.
it was just such a, it's such aweird part of your life when we
got her.
So she went through my twentieswith me where, you're going out
and doing all this fun stuffbecause now you're kind of an
(05:15):
adult.
she went through that stage withme and I can remember like
rushing around to get to work.
'cause you never get to work ontime.
And at that age.
Yeah, and I can remember, likeone of the funny stories is I
couldn't find her.
in the morning times I thought Ihad lost her.
I called my brother and wascrying he went over there,
searching all over for her.
He ended up finding her.
(05:36):
in the midst of rushing around,I had closed my drawer and she
was sleeping inside So she wasactually in my drawer and he
found her.
She had been really spoiled.
She was our only child and wedecided to have a human child,
we didn't know how she was goingto react to that.
when I got pregnant, the childwas healthy I actually had a
(05:56):
complete placental abruption.
he had a lot of special needsbecause of that.
And we were just so scared thatKatie was going to not react
good anyway to a child.
And now we had a special needchild that we were bringing
home.
Mm-hmm.
And, you know.
It was, it was kind of, I don'tknow.
It was amazing how Katie took tohim his name was Caleb.
(06:21):
it was like Katie was hisguardian.
she knew, and I'll have to sendyou pictures of that too,
because I have pictures of, hewas laying on his little, Those
round, round pillow And Katie issitting right behind him the
whole time, or I'm holding him.
Katie's, you know, sittingRight.
Guardian.
She was the guardian.
(06:41):
I love that.
Yeah.
it's like she knew that he wasspecial, and that she needed to
be careful we expected jealousySo she stepped up to the role
that she needed to be.
and she protected him.
she was little, but she was aprotector.
I'll have to tell you that storytoo.
she was wild.
she sounds super fun not manypeople Describe their dogs that
(07:02):
way.
she had a sweet spirit for sure.
Yeah, she did.
And then, we were trying to getinto The special needs parents
mode and you know, Katie wasgoing through that with us and
everything.
when my son was two and a half,he actually passed away because
of the complications when he wasborn.
(07:22):
And, sorry, you.
Katie, you could tell that Katiefelt a loss because she kept
looking for him.
she would look for him, get onhis blankets or she couldn't get
into his bed because his bed satso high.
she could tell something waswrong and obviously, we were.
We were going crazy, you know?
(07:44):
Right.
Trying to deal with it.
she stayed with me that wholetime and it was just like, I was
the person that didn't wannatalk to anybody when I was going
through it.
Mm-hmm.
I would just lay upstairs in mybed and just going through it.
And I mean, it's child loss.
obviously it's hard.
she stayed with me the wholetime and never left my side.
(08:06):
I took off like three weeks andthen went back to work.
she stayed by my side the wholetime, eventually, Caleb's dad.
and I got a divorce, with allthe complications that went on
it was just me and her in thehouse, you know, and she stayed
by me'cause that was another bigthing that, you know, I had to
go through.
And, she was just there.
She was just there.
(08:27):
I know that's like Debbie Downerstuff, but, she was just there
with me, you know, and Imentioned earlier that she was a
protector I think she weighedmaybe five pounds, seven pounds
maybe at the most.
I can remember going to thestore and coming back and we
couldn't find her one day.
And she had gotten to a fightwith a fox out here where we
live'cause we live in the middleof nowhere.
(08:48):
And she broke her neck and yeah,she broke her neck and we take
her to the hospital.
And she was in there for a weekand they said, she's not gonna
be able to walk anymore.
And she did.
I put her in her stroller andfor a week we went around and
did things she ended up walkingagain and she recovered from it
she couldn't swim.
(09:08):
That was the only thing.
She couldn't swim anymore.
She was just protecting thehouse such a source of strength.
And she went into my thirtieswith me.
And then when, I was in my latethirties.
She ended up passing away and,she would've been 19.
but she was, Just an awesomedog.
Just fun.
She was fun.
Now she was bad, you know?
(09:30):
Like, I think all the dogs thatare really bad when they're
puppies, turn out to be yourfavorite, most memorable dogs.
Yes.
And that sass kind of keeps'emgoing.
she had it all.
She was sassy.
She was my sassy pants.
Is there a song that reminds youof her?
I mean, it's hard, right?
'cause it was like she was inyour twenties.
(09:50):
And then your thirties and likethrough, there's probably
multiple songs, but what wouldyou say is the greatest lesson
that she taught you?
Just understanding.
I always loved animals and I wasalways the person that was going
to have animals, but just howunderstanding animals are and
how intelligent they are.
(10:10):
I guess I knew that, but justwatching her through every phase
that I had to go through andwent through, it's just.
I don't know.
Understanding, understandingthey are.
And patience.
Yes.
A lot of patience.
Yeah.
what a gift to have through allthose stages in your life.
Miss Katie.
(10:31):
Oh Yeah.
Miss Katie, miss Sassy Pants.
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