Shiner, Great Pyrenees mix, May 5, 1997 to June 23, 2003
When we lived in Elgin, Texas, I would do our weekly grocery shopping at the Walmart in Bastrop, about 20 miles away. One Saturday as I was walking in, I saw a woman who had a grocery cart filled with 8 puppies in front of the door. I had to stop and look, of course! They all looked like different breeds, with different colors and markings. One cute little cream-colored pup caught my eye. I picked him up and decided to take him. The woman wrote my name on the blue ribbon around his neck so he would be waiting for me when I came out of the store. On my way out, I plopped him in my cart full of groceries and he came home. Shiner was the first baby puppy I had ever encountered. I was not ready for 3 nights of screaming for mommy. I learned fast why God made puppies so cute! But eventually he settled down and started growing.