I GOT THE SMALL DOG FROM A FRIEND WHO SAID THEY WERE BEING KEPT OUTSIDE, AND SHE FELT THEY WERE NOT DOING HIM DECENT, I RODE OVER TO SOUTHSIDE, AND WHEN I ARRIVED THERE WERE TWO SMALL PUPPIES THE SIZE OF A MOUSE, THEY WERE BOTH COVERED WITH FLEAS, AND IN DESPEARTE NEED OF A BATH, I TOOK THEM BOTH AND MY FRIEND WHO BROUGHT ME OVER GAVE I GAVE HER THE FEMALE, OVER THE NEXT COURSE OF DAYS I DEBATED OVER WHAT TO CALL YOU I FINALLY SAID PEPE, BEING THAT YOU WERE CHIHUAHUA.THIS SEEMED TO FIT!!!I WAS LIVING AT HOME WITH MY MOTHER AND FATHER AND DID NOT WANT THEM TO KNOW MY MOTHER WOULD NOT CARE BUT MY DAD HOWEVER WHO HAS THE NICKNAME GROUCHO MARKS WOULD NOT TAKE TO KINDLY TO THIS, SO EVERY DAY I WOULD FIT YOU INTO THE LEATHER POCKET OF MY BACK PACK,AND WHERE EVER I WENT YOU WENT, I KEPT FOOD FOR YOU WITH ME AND CARRIED A LITTLE BOWL THAT FIT INTO MY BACKPACK, WELL MAYBE 0NEAND A HALF MONTHS OF ME DOING THIS, I HAD THE SMALLEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE MY MOTHER WALKED INTO THE ROOM AND UPON HER DOING SO SHE CAUGHT ME WITH YOU, SHE SAID IF YOUR FATHER FINDS OUT HE WILL KICK YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE, HE DID NOT WANT ANY RATS IN THE HOUSE, I LAUGHED AND SAID MOMMA THIS IS NOT A RAT IT IS A DOG, WELL I STILL CONTINUED TO HIDE YOU AND MY MOM KEPT THE SECRET, ON AUGUST 1,1998 I MARRIED MY HUSBAND AND UPON MOVING TO THE COUNTRY, HIS MOTHER DID NOT ALLOW ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE I RETURNED TO MY MOM AND DAD'S AND ASKED THEM TO KEEPYOU UNTIL I COULD GET MY OWN PLACE, WELL AS IT TURNS OUT MY DEAR PEPPY I NEVER DID GET YOU BACK, YOU BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME, FROM YOU EATING CHEESE WITH MOM AND DAD WHILE THEY DRANK THERE WINE, TO YOU SLEEPING IN THE BED WITH THEM, YOU WERE THERE BABY, WHEN THEY WENT ON VACATIONS YOU WERE SURE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. THERE ARE SO MANY AWESOME THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT YOU, YOUR LITTLE FOOT DANCE, HOW YOU PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK WITH AMBER AND JORDAN,AND ALL THE TIMES I GOT SICK, AND HAD TO HAVE SURGERIES ON MY BACK AND YOU NEVER LEFT MY SIDE,YOU SLEPT WITH ME, YOU WOULD TAKE YOU A WATER FOOD BREAK AND COME RIGHT BACK AND KEEP ME COMPANY!!!THEN ON JULY 8,2005 I HAD SURGERY, THEY REMOVED AN 11 POUND TUMOR, AND ON AUGUST THE FIRST THEY TOLD ME I HAD OVARIAN CANCER, MY DEAR PEPE, HOW YOU STAYED WITH ME TO THE END, LICKING MY HEAD BALD FROM THE CHEMO, AND IN MY HEART I BELIEVE THAT IS WHY MY HAIR HAS GROWN BACK SO BEAUTIFUL,I MISS YOU TERRIBLY!!!I ONCE TOLD MY MOM TO SELL YOU TO THE NAIL SALON BECAUSE YOU USED TO DO HER FEET, SHE HAD THE PRETTIEST FEET IN VA,AT THE END WHEN YOU GOT SICK YOU LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT, WHEN THE VET TOLD US YOUR KIDNEY"S WERE FAILING I NEVER KNEW THAT TIME WOULD GO THAT QUICK. ONE DAY I AM FEEDING YOU BABY FOOD(MEAT) THE NEXT TIME WE ARE TAKING YOU TO PUT YOU TO REST, SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK THIS IS CRAZY BUT THIS IS MY THERAPY, TO REMEMBER YOU,I CRY AS I TYPE THIS, MY DAD WHO IS AGOOD MAN, AND A STRONG MAN MADE A HARD DECISION THAT DAY AND THAT WAS ONE TO LET HIS LITTLE BUDDY GO, WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES HE SAID HIS FINAL GOODBYE, MOMMA WAITED AT THE HOUSE AND TOLD YOU GOODBYE BEFORE WE LEFT IT HURT HER TO BAD, ISTAYED WITH YOU AND I TOLD YOU NEVER EVER WOULD I EVER FORGET YOU I A 5FOOT11INCH WOMAN WAS BROUGHT TO MY KNEES THAT DAY,I HELD YOU I KISSED YOU AND I CARESSED YOU AND NEVER ONCE DID I STOP LOVING YOU, BUT YOU WERE FREE, OUT OF PAIN AND YOU WILL NO LONGER SUFFER,LIKE PAPA TOLD YOU YOU WAIT FOR US WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER ONE DAY, THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO NEVER EVER BRING ANOTHER DOG TO THERE HOUSE, BECAUSE IT HURTS TO BAD,OH HECK PEPE WE KNOW YOU WEREN'T A DOG YOU WAS MY LITTLE BRUDDER (SMILE)!!!!! SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS AND PLAY AMONGST THE STARS FOR MY DEAR PEPE YOUR MEMORY IS NEVER FAR, MAY YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS AND MAY YOU NOW BE PAIN FREE, I MISS YOU MORE EVERY DAY!!!!